You're a hero,' Mom repeated, squeezing my hand and kissing my forehead. 'You saved six lives in that house! Six! Sure, one of them was a creep,' she looked at Lauren, 'but that's what makes it so good. "Love thine enemies."'<br />Lauren smiled at me. 'And don't worry about Curt,' she said. 'We are <i>so</i> broken up.'<br />'Six lives,' Mom repeated.<br />But I had been trying to save seven.