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top of everything, perhaps not intellectually but certainly pragmaticallyWhy,
Johnny?”
“Let’s not go into it,” said StJacques curtly, removing his hand from his sister’s
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“But I have toThis is my life, he’s my life! There can’t be any more secrets where he’s
concerned—I can’t stand any more! Jacques leaned back in the patio chair, his stretched fingers now covering his foreheadHe
raised his eyes, an unspoken plea in them“All right, I know where you’re coming fromDo you
remember six or seven years ago I left our ranch saying I wanted to try things on my own?”
“CertainlyI think you broke both Mom’s and Dad’s heartsLet’s face it, you were always kind
of the favorite—”
“I was always the kid!” interrupted the youngest St“Playing out some moronic
Bonanza where my thirty-year-old brothers were blindly taking orders from a pontificating, bigoted
French Canadian father whose only smarts came with his money and his land
“There was more to him than that, but I won’t argue—from a ‘kid’s’ viewpoint
“You couldn’t, MareYou did the same thing, and sometimes you didn’t come home for over a
year
“What did you do?”
“I killed two menTwo animals who’d killed a friend of mine—raped her and killed her
“What?”
“Keep your voice down—”
“My God, what happened?”
“I didn’t want to call home, so I reached your husband my friend, David, who didn’t treat me
like a brain-damaged kidAt the time it seemed like a logical thing to do and it was the best
decision I could have madeHe was owed favors by his government, and a quiet team of bright
people from Washington and Ottawa flew up to James Bay and I was acquittedSelf-defense, and it
was just that
“He never said a word to me—”
“I begged him not toBut I still don’t understand!”
“It’s not difficult, MareA part of him knows I can kill, will kill, if I think it’s neces