[She'd been holding her breath, half expecting him to deck her in his frenzied denial of Tess' existence. Lucy's yelp makes her jump and she stops herself from running off to check on the dog, even though she'd much rather her company than Joel's right now.]
That's what I said. [She would never bring up Tess like this if she didn't have to.]
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That's what I said. [She would never bring up Tess like this if she didn't have to.]