Instinctively, John wraps his arm around her shoulder, protective in the way that he might be with Julie or Maddie, or even his own sister.
"I speak a little of the native tongue," he says. "Not fluent, but I do."
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Instinctively, John wraps his arm around her shoulder, protective in the way that he might be with Julie or Maddie, or even his own sister.
"I speak a little of the native tongue," he says. "Not fluent, but I do."