she peers up at him for a moment, just out of the corner of her eye, but doesn't say anything about it. his car was — well. she understood why he might like to have seen it, a possession he'd taken special care of, but it didn't seem to match up.
eventually, as they finally cross over a particularly slippery patch of ice on the ground, caroline's hand having tightened its grip around his upper arm in the process to keep her balance, she offers: ] I saw my mom's sheriff's badge. [ and then, ] And you.
[ and then she resolutely says nothing else, because she's too busy looking straight ahead. ]
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she peers up at him for a moment, just out of the corner of her eye, but doesn't say anything about it. his car was — well. she understood why he might like to have seen it, a possession he'd taken special care of, but it didn't seem to match up.
eventually, as they finally cross over a particularly slippery patch of ice on the ground, caroline's hand having tightened its grip around his upper arm in the process to keep her balance, she offers: ] I saw my mom's sheriff's badge. [ and then, ] And you.
[ and then she resolutely says nothing else, because she's too busy looking straight ahead. ]