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Then again, raphy didn’t have to be about his mom Maybe he could just tell her about hih For now, at least

"My sister Olivia had one of those little toy Barbie caive it back" He liked hearing Serena’s laughter It s "At first I s People came last, and only because when I was a kid they res"

"They did?"

"Sure So to stay alive And when you get a good up-close shot, they all look pretty funny"

"What kind of pictures do you like taking now?"

"I haven’t taken any in a while"

She was quiet for a few ears in her head working Finally, she said, "You know, if you ever want" She paused, clearly uncertain about what she was about to say "I know bugs are a much better subject than I could ever be, but if you--" She paused to s hard again "--if you ever want to use ht or shadows or whatever, I’d be happy to help"

The thing was, by that point he’d started to get a pretty clear picture of the fact that after nearly two straight decades of raphed But before he could reply, a stranger walked up to them with his phone out

"Hey, any chance I could get a pic of the two of you forin this section of the cah to the stadiuates rapping up in the parking lots all around them and the smell of barbecues and beer permeated the air Fortunately, until now, no one had so iven that there were just enough other crazy football fans in sih he doubted the guy with the blog had a clue who he was talking to, when Serena immediately flinched and turned away froroup of about ten guys over there ould be way better for your blog One has even painted his entire body like a tree"

The blogger bounded off, but Sean could see that Serena was still tense She’d actually cringed at the thought of the guy taking her picture That was how much she hated it

And yet she’d offered to e of just how huge her offer had been--and how teh he never thought he’d want to pick up a caain, "it’s okay He didn’t knoe were"

She stepped out of the way of a couple of girls ere taking a selfie "Thanks for throwing that guy off our scent"