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I looked into her big brown eyes "I would hate that, too"

And at that moment I meant it

I swear, I really did

"She’s so quiet" I could make out the words, but I couldn’t place the voice Or the roo stillness that see horns, no dinging elevators or roo hallways That hen I told , that it had to be a dreaht She must have been exhausted," someone else said, and I re Christmas tree

Ethan Iceland Hulda

I threw off the covers and bolted upright in bed The sun was too bright, burning through the white lace curtains that covered the s It felt like a spotlight, and I knew I had to get away--to get out of there before someone looked too closely, asked too many questions By now, it would be obvious that I hadn’t shown up in New York, and people would be looking for me If they found Hulda, they could find Ethan And if they found Ethan, they’d find me

"Hulda!" Aunt Mary called from the door "Good You’re awake Co"

"Okay … I … Everyone?"

Turns out I just thought I’d er sister who had a set of identical twin girls a year behind Emily in school They stared atfrom a horror movie as they tilted their heads in unison and asked, "Do we know you?"

"Nope Sorry One of those faces," I said, and h the crowd

Clint’s older brother had three daughters, two of ere already married, one of whoether The kitchen was a blur of sravy So ravy I started to shake

"Hulda, why don’t you tell us about your family?"

I heard the question, but I didn’t knoho’d asked it

"Hoas your flight, Hulda?" someone else asked

"What do you like to do?"

"How do you like Oklahoma?"

"Have you ever been on a ranch?"

The questions swirled around me so fast that I was almost dizzy

Aunt Mary’s hand was on my arm "Honey, have you called home? Does your momma know you made it?"