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Lewis touched his nose lightly, then let his hand drop Gra away onto the cloth,it have stripes

"I don’t know" he said, soht terror

"Don’t be a baby," Tiff said "You can be gorgeous again, let Mac work ya over"

Mac s his hands

"Okay," Archer said with the barest treanic?" John asked, the last voice of reason

"Nah, reot nailed and Mac did my nose?" Bry reminded

Which time?

"Not really, Bry," Jade said, her ed "It works okay, look at htly crooked and had a bump in the middle

"Looks like hell, Bry," Jonesy said helpfully

Archer looked between Bry and Grauess we can try, but I’d rather not have a nose like his"

Bry huffed and Gra your leg His nose has been broke " he looked at Bry

Bry held up three fingers

Wow

"See? Hard to keep fixing so re-broke and sliding into the sa to translate Gra

"Bry’s had his nose broke enough ti crooked the same way and it’s become permanent," I said

Gramps looked at me like I was slow "That’s what I just said here"

The J’s smiled

He turned to Jade "Little Missy, pop into et a few cubes of ice out of the icebox and one ofthe dishes Put the ice in there and wrap it good"

Graonna hurt like a bitch"

Lewis nodded, stoic Gramps placed both of his hands in a steepled V on either side of his nose, hiding it co deeply against the bridge

Archer howled, fresh blood flowing out of his nostrils The pain stood raw in his eyes, tears flooding them while atched

He didn’t let theht as an arrow Gra under the flow and told him to tip his head back Jade ran out to where Gramps was and he held out a hand for the ice cube bundle

"You don’t have a dishwasher, Mac?" Mia asked while he wrapped Lewis’ fingers around the soft cloth "Light pressure, that cold will help"

He watched Lewis do it and clapped hi out of his mouth

Gras Soic wand around, fixes it for the original cost of the appliance and I’ way more explanation than she’d hoped for

He turned his razor attention to ht noant to knoho rearranged this boy’s face"

"Caleb got his nuts cracked too," Jonesy said

Wow

Grahed It was not funny but yeah

Jade looked at ave Jonesy a look that clearly said, your ass is mine, sucker

Grarease and blood off his hands, "You have my supper, Caleb?"

Oh yeah! I ran back to Bry’s car and got the fridge dish It was originally Gramps’ when he’d been , white with avocado flowers and a glass lid When Moot the dishes

I handed the dish over to Gra the lid opaque He suess if it weren’t for my mom he wouldn’t have home-cooked meals very often

"Let’s head inside and talk this through"

The J’s looked at each other uneasily as we followed Gra the creeper that was stalking the AP girls, ending with the fight today with Carson the Ass-Hat

Gramps sat for several moments, his chin in his palm Finally he looked at Sophie "Have you seen this chuing with the irls has this putz attacked?" Gra He is stalking, threatening but with this new drugs pending mandatory implementation, we’re doomed Also, the AP teacher interrupted him Who knoould have happened" He threw up his hands

Sophie looked at John sharply "No John We’re doomed" She palmed her chest A hot tear escaped the well of her eyes The boys watched her cry, not knohat to do Mia and Jade went over there and put a hand on each shoulder Tiff sighed and walked over there "Listen, just kick his ass Take him by surprise"

Bry put his head in his hands I think it was difficult to be a Tiff sibling so et that Kinda hard to watch out for that little tornado?"

Bry nodded

Tiff turned, giving Gramps a Look "I can take care of myself! I don’t need A Male!" She huffed, her hands dropping from the airquotes she made around the phrase

Geez Bry just shook his head "It’s our fault There’s just too irl"

She rolled her eyes again "I know I’o all hen A Male comes in and saves me"

Sophie looked at her "I’m scared And I’m not afraid to admit it Amanda has seen him, but he wears a mask We can’t identify him!" she wailed, frustrated

Gralared at Tiff Tiff responded like usual, chewing her gum till her jaw ached

Wonderful

"So we really don’t knoho this guy is? Jade thinks she felt " he looked at her in question

"Death Intent," she answered the unspoken question

"Yeah," Gray pretty alien-sounding to him