hanna turned to nina ." i'll take the settlement offer . i want this thing over . ineed that . ineed to stop being sick at herat .i need to move on .we all do , roger , you and chelsi as much as me ."
"talking a settlement won't fix everything , uncle dave ." chelsi said ." you need mre help than money can buy ."
"if you two wol just leave things alone .isn't it enough , that we lost her ? isn't that enough ounishment , that i'm alone and feel so guilty ? i think back to that night - t think of what should have happpened . maybe i could have saved her .it all happened so fast ."
"of xcourse you did what you could . unclew dave .we know that ." chlesi said .
he didn't seem to hear her ." for two years dinner conversation is all about her , all about justice , all about finding the killer .i don't even remember what normal life is like . youi and your dad are mking mes sick withg all this obsessing ." hanna mumbled " you're the sick ones ."
chelsi looked stricken .
"don't speak to her like that ." roger said shardly ."if you want to fight , you fight me ." he sagged ." ah , why do i talk to you ? why do i bother ?"
"nina ," chelsi said ,"even if if uncle dave takes the settlement ,i want you to know our position . we want you you to try to keep the lawsuit alive .roger agreed ." we want sarah's killer found . do whatever it takes to make that happen ."
"even if the case settles , the police will -" nina started , but she didn't get a chance to finish .
"you stay the hell out of this !" hanna said , rising from his chair like a hungry ear ." you feed off her memory , you stinking ghou! " he raised his fists and threw a punch that roger easily dodged . roger out a widespread hand on hanna 's hea and shoved him back into his char .
"talking a settlement won't fix everything , uncle dave ." chelsi said ." you need mre help than money can buy ."
"if you two wol just leave things alone .isn't it enough , that we lost her ? isn't that enough ounishment , that i'm alone and feel so guilty ? i think back to that night - t think of what should have happpened . maybe i could have saved her .it all happened so fast ."
"of xcourse you did what you could . unclew dave .we know that ." chlesi said .
he didn't seem to hear her ." for two years dinner conversation is all about her , all about justice , all about finding the killer .i don't even remember what normal life is like . youi and your dad are mking mes sick withg all this obsessing ." hanna mumbled " you're the sick ones ."
chelsi looked stricken .
"don't speak to her like that ." roger said shardly ."if you want to fight , you fight me ." he sagged ." ah , why do i talk to you ? why do i bother ?"
"nina ," chelsi said ,"even if if uncle dave takes the settlement ,i want you to know our position . we want you you to try to keep the lawsuit alive .roger agreed ." we want sarah's killer found . do whatever it takes to make that happen ."
"even if the case settles , the police will -" nina started , but she didn't get a chance to finish .
"you stay the hell out of this !" hanna said , rising from his chair like a hungry ear ." you feed off her memory , you stinking ghou! " he raised his fists and threw a punch that roger easily dodged . roger out a widespread hand on hanna 's hea and shoved him back into his char .
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