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"I can’t promise there won’t be an unfortunate accident later on," I said, very seriously When he laughed again it felt like a small victory

"Well, Green, it was nice of you to put it on," Liairl tiht turn you into her own personal dress-up doll"

"Kids these days," I said "Think the whole world belongs to therinned "Kids these days"

Welot He didn’t ask for my help, and I didn’t ask hiether in that comfortable silence for hours, and it still wouldn’t have been enough for me

THIRTEEN

CHUBS AND ZU WERE NOT HAPPY to be woken up at five thirty a them to make the bed while we freshened up the bathroom and replaced the used towels Not exactly clean of us, but it was better than alerting the ht

Chubs took one look at me as he marched out to the ht plain as day on his face: You’re still here?

I shrugged Deal with it

He shook his head and let out another one of his sighs

Once ere settled, Zu and Chubs in the middle seats, we all watched as Liam closed the hotel rooht, I thought, glancing at Zu out of the corner of loved hands as a pillow Didn’t get h his usual routine of checking thehinition But Lia to the minivan wasn’t to answer any of the nuoing He waited until his friend was good and snoring before calling back to me, "Can you read a hyour dad was supposed to teach you eventually?

"No probleer seat "I’ll teach you later, but for now I just need sons for me Come on up to the copilot chair"

I jerked a thumb in the direction of Chubs

Liaht a h As I clilanced over lasses "Is his eyesight really that bad?"

"Worse," Liaot the hell out of Caledonia, we broke into this house to spend the night, right? I woke up in thetheI followed the wailing, clutching so to have to beat soetaway Then I saas sitting at the bottom of the drained pool"