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A knock at the door snapped his attention away--hiswhy he hadn’t co well, which was far truer than he liked to admit
It couldn’t be for real It had to be a scae glow of twilight faded into black darkness, Tick still lay on his bed, conteer He felt hypnotized by MG’s , he fell asleep to the soft hu the san on a haunted hotel:
Very frightening things are cohtmare
Tick woke up to the wonderful sound and s bacon, coupled with the unco down a mountain By the time he shook his head and burned the cobwebs of sleep away, he realized his dad had taken a seat on the edge of the bed,the mattress lean considerably in that direction
Tick tried not to sinbottom was a tad on the heavy side Certainly with his pale skin, scraggly hair, and a nose the size of Rhode Island, he didn’t qualify as the uy lacked in looks, he ht his dad was the coolest person on the planet
"Morning, Professor," Dad said in his gravelly voice Everyone in the fa in the house, so his dad had taken to calling hiht all ready to take you down in Football 3000 again, but you’re up here dead to the world I even brought a movie home for us to watch You sick?"
"No, I just didn’t feel that great last night" Tick rolled over, slyly pushing the envelope and mysterious letter farther under his pillow Luckily, his dad hadn’t seen it Tick didn’t knohat he was going to do when his , it almost felt like the letter had been a dreaain
"Well, you look like three days of rough road if you want to know the truth," his dad said "You sure you’re okay?"
"Yeah, I’m fine What time is it?"
"Ten-thirty"
Tick sat up in bed "Serious?" He couldn’t re "It’s really ten-thirty?"
"No"
"Oh" Tick fell back on the bed
"It’s ten-thirty-six," Dad said with his patented wink
Tick groaned and pressed his hands over his eyes It didn’t see deal, but for some reason it bothered him that the letter from Alaska had drained his brain so much that he’d slept forwith you?" Dad put his hand on Tick’s shoulder and squeezed "I’ them an alien’s kidnapped my son and replaced him with a half-baked clone"
"Dad, you watch way too many sci-fi movies I’m fine, I promise"