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"Jonah"

"I can’t, Dani I’ll tell you when I know for sure"

"Give e Then decode it"

Jonah chuckled briefly "Just give ht"

She read between the lines "We’re not in the clear, are we?"

"Not by a long shot"

She turned back to watch the rest of the town pass by "Well, for what it’s worth, I’ to see my aunt She’ll probably not even talk to e is safe with rip on the steering rod "The dire and doo Kathryn, huh?"

"PrettyI’ her"

"Trenton said you and Julia got into it last night You okay?"

"He could hear us? Great I wonder who else did"

"He shut the fire doors so you were cut off from the atriuht as a thank you"

He chuckled lightly, and Dani closed her eyes, letting the sound of his laugh war one of the cafes in town The tops of the red umbrellas that covered five or six tables outside the entrance were the only things they could see now "Look at that" Dani gestured toward theone Winds were dangerous last night They picked up an hour after we got to headquarters We were lucky we got there e did"

Dani felt a shiver down her back

Just then, they turned the corner She noted, "The gas station is still the hookup for drinks"

Two boats of teenagers were drifting around the corner A bottle flashed as it caught the sun between one hand to the next

"Don’t they have so better to do?" Jonah answered hier"

"You were the rebellious leader type back then"

"I just wanted to have fun, but, yeah" He grew quieter "Sos pissed me off"

"Like when you beat up Trenton Galloway"

"He was going on and on about hoas going to ‘score’ with soirl for his real date that night Made me mad" Jonah fell silent "He reminded me of my father--just ready to use and discard soood guy"