“If Gwynn feels so badly about this, why didn"t she come and see me?” I asked sharply. “Why send you three?”
Marianne smiled sheepishly. “Gwynn did come with us. We wanted a chance to try and convince you first, so she"s waiting outside.”
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While they went outside to get Gwynn, I took the opportunity to make a cup of coffee. A strong one. A confrontation was the last thing I felt like facing, but Ripley, Marianne and Striker had finally convinced me after a long hard argument.
What was there to lose? Nothing. There was little in my life without them. Glancing around the small kitchen, I cringed at the thought of continuing as I"d done in the past eight days. A tiny tendril of hope had wound itself around my heart, holding the broken shards together and I stirred the coffee t
