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Ummm, no I donʼt think so

"Wow, thank you somyself between my brother and Charlie "That was so sweet of you to fix us so over to plant a kiss on my cheek "Youʼre the best"

Okay, soto ood?"

Charlie took a big bite of his pie His eyes got big as he struggled to s "Itʼs great" Charlie has always been a wretched liar

"What did I do wrong?"

"Nothing Itʼs great Different, but good different" I grabbed the plate fro bite, which I immediately spit out "That Cool Whip is rancid!"

Jase leaned over and scooped a big glob of creaer and plopped it into his mouth before I could stop hihed "Iʼ to be all the rage at next yearʼs holiday gatherings" I took a tentative taste and realized he was right I had el wasnʼt around to gloat over et you another piece of pie"

Charlie grabbed the plate out of my hand "No, you wonʼt I told you, I like it"

"You donʼt have to--"

"Scout, please shut up and let , sour crea it, but I could tell he was just doing it so ood person and one offor uilty as I dug intoin the rabbed the earbuds off ofI needed was for Jase to catchI noticed when I pushed play was thatI breathed a sigh of relief My planning would have been for nothing if I couldnʼt hear what they said while I was out of the roo I noticed was how loud and abrasive my voice was Did I always sound like that? If so, how on earth does anyoneI noticed was that boys can go a really long tiive up when one of therelʼs pen in her purse?" Yes! I made a mental note to thank Mr Brenner for all of the useful infory

"I told you, she orking on that newspaper stuff with him," the other voice said I was pretty sure that one was Jase It was so how much they sounded alike "Iʼive it back Itʼs no big Seriously"