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She chuckled "Sure I’ratefully "Okay, see you in a bit"
After disconnecting the call, I flushed the toilet to keep up with the act that I’d needed to go, then silently slipped out of the bathroorabbing my purse Once I said the words to ed his e, seeing hi the sa to Charlotte’s for a while" I s he wouldn’t refuse
His head snapped up in ly "What, now?"
I nodded "I’ve just called her We’re going to watch a et out of here for a while and do so hi the TV remote control to Alex "Okay Letand downing the contents
I shook ly "Dad, I’ll just drive I’ll go straight there No stopping I’ll even call you when I arrive," I suggested "I just need a fewinsane with all this protective caveouthappy about it in the slightest "You go straight there No stopping at all, understand?" he instructed sternly I nodded, grinning now "And you call et there It’s about a ten minute drive If you haven’t calledfor you and I’ll lock you in your rooreen eyes bore into mine and I could see the seriousness of this now If I didn’t call he would have no qual me up forever, that much was obvious from his expression
"Deal," I agreed, stepping forward and going up on tiptoes to kiss his cheek "Can I borrow Mo towards the car keys that hung in the hallway on the key rack "Thanks I’ll call you as soon as I get there," I prorabbed the keys to my mom’s little red Rover
As soon as I stepped out of the front door I sighed as the fresh air hitas it was already dark outside, I tilted lory Looking up at the stars brought on a round of nostalgia as ihed sadly wondering if ould ever get back to that point again where ould do that Depressingly, I wasn’t sure of the answer still
Knowing I was short on ti o at all; I quickly headed to ain it seemed as I pressed the unlock button on the key I smiled toand unlockingup the heater to full blast as I started the engine and pulled out, heading down the road quickly
By the tiot half way to Charlotte’s I remembered that, in my haste to leave the house, I hadn’t picked up aht occurred to me Dad said that Charlotte’s house was a ten , she only lived five minutes’ drive It was Beth who lived ten ivea call That would give me time to stop at the movie rental store that was around the corner from Charlotte’s Pleased with my plan, I indicated off of the ot there I still had tenthe car, I darted out into the store heading for the rohey movie I came across, I headed to the checkout to pay
The bored looking cashier was just scanning my membership card when e I frowned and pulled it out Dad’s obviously ju as I opened the text h Only it wasn’t fro out all alone?’
It felt like so ed killer was there All I saw though was an empty video store and rows and rows of DVD cases My heart was sla
"Miss, that’ll be four bucks," the assistant announced