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"Mother…" I gritted my teeth I couldn’t very well tell her not to shoot people out of theWhat other option did we have? But I really wanted to, because people her age shouldn’t be in car chases and shootouts It just wasn’t norht here, Penny!" She stuck her hand up between the seats and jabbed a finger

"It would be faster if I took the next block," I said

"Listen to you mother Turn here"

My tires screamed around the next turn Trees flashed by Soaze beat into the side ofto distractto think of a way to use your power If we "

"That kind of es" My mother rolled down the"And there is no way I ahter tie herself to a scruffy derelict with no future plans and no inco as you hter No offense Penny, in two miles, you can start to slon"

Emery frowned back at her "A little late on the no offense," he muttered

"Okay, Mother, please don’t… I don’t know Just don’t…" I couldn’t think of a good warning that would in any way es,"our hair "They think with their ic every tiun in the rearviewI let off the gas and swerved a little, hopefully giving our pursuers the ihtly windy road at high speed The black car shot forward, pulling up beside me in a moment

I felt a pu," I yelled back atto kill or capture?" Emery asked over the cacophony of air and cars

"I’d bet capture They want us"

"That’s soher up Kill theun for that" My un and pushed it out of theThe black car swerved, the reaction of the surprised driver He didn’t get a chance to slon before the boo

I winced at the shock of the noise A tire popped and the re tires squealed The car careened and the front corner of the bumper knocked my rear fender

My back end tried to fishtail I cranked the wheel and let off the gas, eyeing the approaching curve of the road The tires caught as the other car broke free and kept turning, the front wheel ruined Sparks flew up from metal on road The car hit a small dirt berm, jumped up, and ra ht in time to safely s off," my mother said, I assuun around her bust again It wouldn’t be the first tiun and pulled out an e it That was hot" She threaded another shell into its slot

I ripped o, I ondering if there was so there isn’t" I took a deep breath

"We don’t get to choose e’re given, but we do get to choose e un back into place and looking behind her

"You got to choose what I was given Bad choice" I wiped the back of ainst my wet forehead "Very bad choice Daddy should’ve made you use your crystal ball"