He thought he was stopping for a stray dog in the snow-until he saw what she was hiding beneath her body

bullied the church ladies into sewing crate blankets. Pine Hollow, having finally chosen to see, discovered there was plenty to do.

Cal found that strange and humbling. For years, he had thought a person had to be whole before becoming useful. He had been wrong. Sometimes usefulness came first, and the rest followed where it could.

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