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"Nan, I can’t" And Mina truly felt that she couldn’t She had burned her bridges and burned them badly

"Nonsense, all you do is pick up the phone and say, ’Brody, I’rabbed her phone and held it up to Mina’s ear "Here, you can use lared at Nan in response

"Fine" Nan put her phone away "Since it see and find this Grimoire or whatever and prepare you to break the curse" The way Nan said it,trip and needed to find supplies, instead of possiblyelse today, we need to eat!"

"You just ate," Mina said

NanThat’s biting the bullet to win a bet I’rab food first You owe me"

After a cheap lunch at one of the Mexican stalls nearby, the girls walked the rows of small shops in the various districts

"So your dad…?" Nan let her question trail off It was too delicate of a question to ask outright

"Yeah, ht in one of the h it" Mina walked a little slower

"Do you reuess I must have suppressed a lot of those memories and my mom won’t speak about it What I do re, and carefree until ed He was driven, obsessed with breaking the curse

"He must have loved you a lot"

"That or he wanted revenge for Uncle Jack I don’t know" Mina felt at a loss, confused, and a little angry "So I HAVE to do this, Nan I have to finish the tale and break the curse because if I don’t, it falls on Charlie and I can’t let that happen I have to protect Charlie"

"Sign me up, where do we start?" Nan spoke

"Nan, you don’t have to help You don’t even have to get involved I only told you because I needed your support, in case I have o to school"

"You can’t tell me about this curse and then NOT expect me to help I’m your friend, I care about you and I care about Charlie It’s a done deal"

"Nan?"

"Don’t you ’Nan’ ot two semesters of Karate under my belt, a serious case of attitude and iants that come my way Fe Fi Fo FUM!" When she said Fum, Nan did a karate kick in the air and folloith a chest punch

"I think that’s the wrong story," Mina laughed