I pulled a fresh napkin from the dispenser and laid it flat in front of Seth."Dr. Gilman, would you mind drawing it again? The last one got ruined by some trash."Paxton's voice had started to shake."Cleo, what did you just say?"I raised my eyes. "I said you ruined my map.""I used to be the only one who ever taught you how to find your way.""That's right. Because the road you taught me led straight to a dead end. If I'd followed that map of yours again, I'd have lost my other foot too."All the color drained from Paxton's face.Seth picked up his pen and traced the red flags onto a fresh napkin."There. See you this weekend."He stood and slid the napkin across to me."See you this weekend."I folded it carefully and tucked it into my pocket.Paxton didn't leave. He waited outside until my shift ended that night."Cleo, we've known each other twenty years."His eyes were shot through with red."Twenty years, Cleo. From the time you were six until you were twenty-si
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