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I groaned Vance was Carl and Franny’s son, who used to sit around playing video games at his parent’s music shop I heard froer, as an aspiring grifter It was Roger who, along with his grandpa Carl, had brought that panda into the lost-and-found department

Vance had been a skinny kid, and I could see he hadn’t grown much Five years older thanAll he did was ca frown to anyone who bothered him We used to call hiame, he’d throw his arms in the air and yell, "Victory!"

Naturally, Vance did soendary Back when I lived in LA, Carl and Franny used to give hiear Occasionally, they’d let hih Vance ht have been skinny, but he kne to scowl

Everyone liked to tease Vance back then, but I always had a soft spot for him Underneath that nasty exterior was a sweet kid who just wanted approval Way, way back, when I was seven years old and Vance elve, we played video gah nobody else knew this, Vance wasever came of it, but I was never afraid of him after that, no matter howme? I doubted his parents had sent him out to do it And Bea used to co to ith him at all That made me doubt she had hired hied in the last seven years Maybe, now that she didn’t have any foster children under her influence, she’d taken on Vance

When I got to the bank, I waited for Vance to park his car Then I walked over to hiet his newspaper shield up in place Yep, even with the dark glasses and seven lass, and he gave me his usual scowl Then he rolled down the"What do you want?"

"Hi, Vance Nice to see you I was just wondering why you’re following me"