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“That’s the one. He’s back in town, and he’s not a boy anymore.”

Ava smiled. “I would hope not. As it is, he has plenty of explaining to do. What happened? Did he say where he’d been?”

“He was in the witness protection program.”

Ava’s eyes widened. “Seriously?”

Patience glanced at Lillie, a signal that she didn’t want to go into the details right then. Her ten-year-old didn’t need to know there were parents awful enough to want to kill their own children.

“We invited him to dinner,” Lillie said. “He said yes after I told him about the lasagna.”

“Of course,” her grandmother said. “Who could resist lasagna?”

Lillie laughed.

“He’ll be here at six.” Patience glanced at her watch. That gave her barely enough time to shower, put on makeup and obsess about what to wear.

Ava’s brown eyes twinkled. “You probably want to go get ready.”

“I thought I might change my clothes. It’s not that big a deal.”

“Of course not.”

“He’s just an old friend.”

“Yes, he is.”

Patience grinned. “Don’t make this more than it is.”