Macon was sitting in a hotel room in Winnipeg, Canada, when the phone rang. It confused him. No one had his number, so far as he knew. He picked up the receiver and said, 'Yes?' "Macon.
His heart gave a sudden jump. "Sarah? Julian thought you'd be staying in this hotel, and I just wanted to ask you would it be all right with you if I moved back into our house.
"Just for a little while," she said quickly. I have to leave my apartment and 1 can't find a new one.
"But the house got flooded, and the ceiling came down—
"Yes, I know. Your brothers told me."
My brothers?
They wouldn't answer their phone so I went to ask them where you were, and Rose said the house was—
You went to Rose's place, too?'
No, Rose was at your brothers' house. She's living there a while. I
See,' he said. Then he said, "She's what?"
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