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“Just quickly before I run out the door,” Molly said to Ben, who was still in bed after staying up late reading one of his Napoleonic sea tales. “I want to meet with Laurine soon. I don’t know if she’s right about Franck, but I’ll tell you, I got the distinct impression yesterday that something is not quite right about him.”
“In what way?”
Molly stopped combing her hair and thought for a moment. “It’s…it’s hard to put my finger on. He’s…it’s like he’s too good to be true, you know? So forgiving of his father’s abuse. So polite.”
“You think something’s wrong with him because he’s polite?”
“Yes. I mean, that’s not all there is to it, obviously. I’m just saying that the fact that his sister is accusing him doesn’t seem crazy to me. There’s more going on with him than it appears on the
