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Shops closed down if the owners wanted to go spend time on the lake, and businesses e

Like the mechanics there

Especially when the owner’s son was Deacon Carver

Maybe I needed to leave Take Keith and find a place to live so to hide fro to be impossible

"Aliens came from a spot in the sky"

"Aliens!" Deacon said in a shocked voice "Where?"

Keith sighed "They’re not here anyhed dramatically "Kid, I don’t knohat the world would do without you"

"I know," Keith said seriously "But that’s why no one can fix Mommy’s car, not even you! Because aliens hurted it"

I walked into their view in tihtly open to respond But his large fraht ofheart

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"Hey, honey," I said softly, and ran a hand through his hair as he began talking a mile a minute

"Mommy, Deaton’s tryin’ to fix your car, but I told him he couldn’t fix your car Because the aliens cao away so they can’t come after any more cars"

"I heard I could’ve sworn I oken up by Captain Ahed "That was like, five years ago!"

"Oh, of course," I said as I fought my own so inside so Deacon can work?"

My son’s face fell, but it was Deacon who responded

"He isn’t botheringin my chest as his words from the day before mixed with his implication then Embarrassed heat crawled up my face, and despite how hard I tried not to, I looked over ht brown eyes were narrowed on ain, the way he looked at er--and I wanted to hate hio inside"

"But--"

"Go inside," I whispered, but erated huff, he trudged into the warehouse

My eer snapped with the sound of the door shutting "What did I ever do to you?" I deh clenched teeth, and turned to fully face Deacon as he pushed froht

"To h burst froathered in them "Then why have--why are you--I don’t understand" I trailed off, fu for the words as he slowly closed the distance between us

For each step he took toward me, I took two back