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[ sookies face falls. she'd been doing a remarkable job of keeping it together, of not letting the relief at seeing jessica well again pour out of her, but that relief has molded itself into something different -- shock, confusion, sorrow for jessica and her brother (oh, jason), an even a touch of anger -- that's now seeping out of her whether she likes it or not. ]
W-Why? Wasn't-- Wasn't there another way to get around that than just-- Up and taking all that away from him?