Authors: William Bernhardt
Deadly Justice (35 page)
She paused for a moment. “Let me think about it. I’ll get back to you. I can’t stand that place, but I hate to just give up.”
“I understand. It’s a hard fight, but it’s fighters like you who are going to make the world a better place”—he poked Angie in the tummy—“for people like her.”
Angie grabbed Ben’s finger. He reached out and took her into his arms.
“You’ve been so kind to me,” Shelly said. Her eyes were welling up. “And I don’t even know why.”
Ben bounced the little girl in his arms. “Well,” he said, “we all do what we can.”
Angie clapped her hands together and cooed.
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