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We ignored the ticket lady, as looking at us like ere aliens Willia mine, and then he smiled

"Now, tell me that story"

Chapter 18

Willia up her hand and I slap it Then shes, but I don’t take surprise hugs very well It’s startling when people reach out to grab me without advance notice

Jenna’s eyes widen when she sees my reaction "I’? Okay Got it"

We walk toward one of the two tunnels that go under the train tracks and lead to the main plaza There’s artwork on the walls--stylized posters fro various attractions at the park I stop to admire them for a moment and she stands beside me "You could do better than that"

It’s true, I could But I haven’t forgotten why I’d h that wretched turnstile in the first place, with the threat of getting stuck inside it still as strong as when I was six and being dragged through it byto tell lances at me "Oh, well that’sto tellwe should exit the short tunnel It brings us out into the Town Square, which, despite its name, is a circular plaza From here, a street leads toward the rest of the park There’s a horse-drawn trolley car rounding the bend, and I give it a wide berth as alk Horses alsoones like that shiny black draft horse

I take note of the buildings stretching down the short length of the "road," thinking I’d like to paint this scene some day I wouldn’t do it here, of course So I memorize asso also helps keeparound Thankfully, there aren’t enough of them to be considered a crowd

"I came back because I was in love"

I jerk , but she isn’t s I have to really know a person to know their body language and what it means I can mostly read Adam, Britt and my dad, but Jenna is still about seventy percent ain "A boy Hey, we should go to the City Hall and find out what attractions have turnstiles so we can avoid them Unless…you want to work on that today, too?"

I frown, picturing the turnstile again, reliving that fear of getting stuck or chopped in half I shake ht back" Withina list in her hand "Apparently, you are far from the only person who has an issue with turnstiles! They had this list all prepared"

She’s toldthat all those other people having the same fear should somehow make me feel better about my own I think about it for a ood at puttingme to feel like less of a freak than I a up one of the sidewalks on Main Street toward the famous candy shop I can smell vanilla in the air

"Did you know that Walt Disney designed this street to er than it actually is?" she asks