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I let that sink in "Oh That’s bad" I don’t yet kno I’ to explain the truck Or the relationship I ponder it for a moment, and then put it aside for when I can think more clearly "Did you talk to the police?"

"Yeah They wanted to know if the gas line shutoff was related to our adventure, because Grand Poohbah Angotti was apparently gru of it"

"Are you serious?" I shakerestaurant and his family, and he’s mad because he probably had to throw out a few pizzas? Besides, I don’t reards"All I know is thata sno driving crazily, and we acted on instinctit was ai toward our rival’s restaurant We headed it off so it wouldn’t hit people, because we are hus like that That’s it, that’s all End of story"

"So you’re not going to ?" I shs "You don’t kno relieved that one"

"Phew"

"Right? Totally gone But back to the reporters They said what about me, exactly?" I bat my eyelashes My lids feel all puffy and weird

"They said a sixteen-year-old girl driving illegally with her stunningly handsohteen and available, by the way--saved the world with their giant balls Ah-ha-ha-ha"

I roll my eyes

"They interviewed Sawyer’s parents, who actually sounded grateful, and his cousin, Kate, I think her na She said if we hadn’t been there, the snoould have hit right where the dining rooht next to the kitchen The cops said that with the gasfull blast, there could have been a treas had beenso hiel or soas"

"One of the world’s unexplained side the Loch Ness Monster and the purpose of ‘being all gangsta’" He leans back in his chair "Oh, and then a honey of a boy caot The heir to the emporium, as it were"

"Sawyer?"

"Indubitably After his little stateain"

"You jerk Tell me what he said!"

He pauses "Okay In all seriousness, he said so herself in harm’s way to save the lives of diners and eottis were indebted to her and the entire Demarco family And then he choked up on caoland melted just a little bit that day"

"Shut up"

"True story I’ I watched it ad nauseaht and all day yesterday"