I took a fresh napkin and laid it flat before Erin. "Could you draw the map again, Dr. Anders? I'm afraid dirt got on the first one."Aimee's voice trembled. "What did you just say, Nathan?"I lifted my gaze to her face. "I said, you got dirt on my map.""I was the only one who'd show you how to get to places back in the day," she hissed."Yeah, and you showed me how to get to a dead end. If I'd followed the map you gave me, I would've lost the other leg."All the blood drained from Aimee's face.Erin picked up her pen again and drew the same red flags from the old map on the new napkin."All done. See you this weekend!" She stood up and slid the napkin toward me.I carefully folded the napkin and put it in my pocket. "See you."Aimee didn't leave and waited until I'd wrapped up my shift that night. Her eyes were bloodshot as she said, "We've known each other for 20 years, Nathan. 20 whole years! I was your whole life between the ages of six and 26!"She pointed at herself, h
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