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RUTH

               Sam called me.

               "Sam, what's up? How's Rodriguez? I heard he got stabbed in the guts by a devil kid," I laughed.

               "He's not a devil kid," Sam growled, "In fact, we adopted him. Rodriguez is–"

               "You adopted the kid who tried to kill your husband?!" I laughed some more, "Why would you–"

               "Hey, have you ever thought about what 'the kid' has gone through? His parents were assassinated," Sam told me.

               "Did he kill them?" I asked curiously.

               "Seriously, Ruth? No. He also doesn't speak English. He's all Russian and eleven years old," she explained. I instantly fell in love with the boy.

               "How cute!" I exclaimed. "Even better, he tried to assassinate someone?! A young assassin! Training young is always best!" You could say that my eyes practically turned into hearts.

               "Ruth, we're not training him to be an assassin. He's really good with knives, though."

               "Sounds like LeBron when he was younger," I compared.

               "Enough about Adrian–"

               "His name is Adrian?! Aw..." I expressed. "Is he tall?"

               "No, he's short for an eleven-year-old boy. Anyways–"

               "Little Man! So adorable," I repeated.

               "Listen, Ruth..." Sam said, sounding annoyed, "I called to see how Daniel's doing. Any memories come back?"

               "No," I answered, "But they were going to try something on him to help regain his memories," I stated and described the plan to her.

               "Sounds crazy, but I hope it works," Sam said.

               "Yeah," I agreed, looking at the unconscious Daniel. "Me too."