Now He Gets It

Tam shrugged. "He's got a dad like mine." She frowned. "That black eye and those bruises? He gave them to Kent..." She was determined not to have what happened to Chris happen to Kent.

She then looked to River and nodded. "That sounds great."

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Max frowned. "What? That's crazy, Kevin. You really think she'd pick such a deadend position at a hospital in a backwater town for me?" He was relieved when the food came and interrupted the conversation.

Then he realized he had to go to dinner with Veronica, and now it had been colored by this revelation. Did she really think of him that way?