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Anna and the boys.”
“How did he know when my parents were

killed in the car wreck?”
“I sent him a telegram. He never shared his

phone number with me.”
A lot of things started to come together for

Rachel. “That is how you knew there was a man
who would buy your house and still let you stay
in it, isn’t it?” she asked.

Mother Davis nodded. “I knew we could
trust Jacob. Even though he might not owe either
of us anything, I knew he would help us. He paid
almost twice what it appraised for to give us
more to live on.”

Rachel was quiet. She was exhausted by the
gamut of emotions she had experienced, from
fear of Matthew to sorrow from painful

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