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"Take her on your bike," Olivia continues

On his bike? Do either of them detect my internal scream, because I hear it "Why can’t we use the truck?"

"Chevy needs it," answers Oz "His bike broke down last night and he has football conditioning"

Oh My biker cousin plays football Like the real kind Not the kind without pads in the yard that resembles sixteenth-century warfare

"You’ll have fun," says Olivia "The pond has trees"

Trees Second tree on the left

"What does that mean?" Oz double-takes Olivia and if it weren’t for our previous conversation I’d think she was crazy, too Well, est

A muscle in Oz’s jaitches and I’ ht, ere friends "Wear jeans over your swiets up and sto tea in our kitchen during thistoday For real, who doesn’t have central air in this century? I swear to God I’htly traces her throat "Where are you going swiuess"

Her eyebrows rise past her blond bangs "But you hate the woods"

"I didn’t say it was in the woods" Olivia did And so did Oz But me? Neverthat There’re lots of woods in Kentucky andhere comes your father! Jeff, co"

Mobird

Dad settles into Mom’s seat and he watches the direction in which Mom left then eventually turns his attention to me He’s in a white shirt and tie, which means he has hospital visits today "Hey, Em"

There’s a part of me that always relaxes when I see him "Hi, Dad"

"What did you say to freak your mo this whole digging into Mo enjoyable for so at a pond"

He nods as if he knohy this pond is a big deal "That wouldthe only one in the dark," I say

"I iine you are" He leans forward so that his head is closer to the caly "No It’s weird here, but I’h he ood"