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Drawing herkiss “Mmm, I’ve missed you, Jenny”

Her mother smiled at her father “I’ve missed you, too Do we have you all to ourselves for a while?”

“I have one last thing to wrap up tonight around nine, but after that, I’ll be chained to my desk for the next feeeks”

A relieved sigh escaped her mother’s lips “Since that’s the safest place you could be, I’lad to hear it”

After bestowing another kiss on her mother’s lips, her father added, “You worry too much”

“Daddy, can I go with you tonight?” Saued, “But it’s Friday night I don’t have school tomorrow”

“There’s a little too ” As disappointment clouded her face, he reached over to tweak her nose “Next time, mija”

From her father’s no-nonsense tone, Sam knew not to press the issue any further Once he took his seat at the head of the table, she reluctantly sat down in her chair Her dinner held a little ot hoed to clean her plate because she kneould please him

It was during those last few bites that a brilliant idea formed in her head She would prove to her father she wasn’t too young to see a case with heat If she was going to be an agent like him one day, she had to start sos, he had started her off young by teaching her how to shoot a gun down at the range as well as de several self-defense moves

Of course, if she was to succeed, she would have to be a little sneaky That here the idea came in

“What’s the grin for?” her father asked, bringing her out of her thoughts

“Nothing,” she murmured

After the dinner dishes ashed and her siblings scattered off to their own Friday-night social events, Sam pretended to be interested by as on television When the clock ticked closer and closer to nine, she faked a fens and then clai in early She held back a sht