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“Have you ever in your life seen a kid this size eat this much?” he asked as she sucked lustily on her bottle, her little hands gripping it tightly as if she feared he might take it from her. “You don’t suppose she was half starved when we found her?”
“Lizzy says her weight appeared to be normal and that she wasn’t showing any signs of being mal-nourished.” Her expression darkened. “Have you thought about the mother at all?”
“I’ve tried not to. It’s too infuriating. What about you?”
“I can’t help thinking that she must have been truly desperate.”
“Maybe the mother wasn’t in any position to care for a child.”
“You mean financially?”
“I mean maybe she was sick herself, maybe she even died after the baby was born and the baby’s father couldn’t cope.”
Her expression shifted from anger to sympathy. “Oh, God, I hadn’t even considered that.” She came to stand close and brushed gentle fingers over the baby’s head. “Poor little thing.”
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