[ He leans toward her, not quite touching. Watching her face, her eyes—wondering what it is that's holding her together, here on the other side. She looks so drawn. Skin and bone all over again.
She might know the look he has when she catches his eye. Thoughtful, abstracted. In the thick of a story. Thinking about what she's telling him now, and Emily, and how despairing Tess had been that day in the library, contemplating a world without Ellie. ]
How do you do it? [ In the practical sense, he means. He's confident she'll take it that way. ] Smuggle a child.
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She might know the look he has when she catches his eye. Thoughtful, abstracted. In the thick of a story. Thinking about what she's telling him now, and Emily, and how despairing Tess had been that day in the library, contemplating a world without Ellie. ]
How do you do it? [ In the practical sense, he means. He's confident she'll take it that way. ] Smuggle a child.