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A man rose from her visitor's chair with a copy of Law an d Order in onehand and a half-eaten glazed doughnut in the other. Hannah, pregnant with her second child, had dropped by that first day onher way to work to welcome them to the neighborhood with a pan ofbrownies. Megan wrinkled her nose. When he spoke it was in the low, measuredvoice he used when his patience was wearing thin.

Is there any coffee made?We could probably all use some. Sure thing, Dr. Garrett Wright. Maybe you look just like the girl who turned him down for thesenior prom way back when.