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Jennifer was eating for the first time. She’d been with them for three days now, and after Thad’s treatment, she’d been more receptive to conversation with Devon. Going in with Bess, Devon had encouraged Jennifer to eat, and it reassured their guest to see them interacting. Although Thad had thought it would be intimidating, it turned out to be effective.
Devon did feel self-conscious about sitting around the dining table with Bess, Thad, and Zave when Jennifer was upstairs eating alone in the other wing. But at least she was eating. Baby steps were more likely to be successful in the long term than trying to rush the woman into a hasty recovery.
“Her vitals are getting stronger,” Thad said. “So if she keeps eating a little every day and doesn’t stop drinking,
