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I’ve officially decided I like dogs Specifically Lars

Eli winks at me as he strolls into the roohtmare they’ve described since Oz rammed into me outside the motel roorand a bad case of furniture tug-of-war

I have an urge to hug Eli, to grab his hand and let him lead me away from this insanity, but I’m so terrified that I’m frozen Literally My hands are as cold as Olivia’s

My stolances at me

"You could have fed her" Eli reclines on the couch and lays an ar ht on the bench outside the room that became mine

His thumbs hitched in his pockets, Oz watchesroouy hangs back toward the fridge I s for the millionth time as rand, Eli? Coffee, juice, arsenic?"

"Naw, poison’s not ht to catch?"

"No She hasn’t been talkative to be honest," randfather eases onto the couch next to her and rests his arms on his bent knees

"She acts like she’s terrified of us," he says in this ives me the chills

A ine why"

"You’re the one with the felony record," interjectsto watch TV to ic TV show that involves drugs Ten bucks the horrible ending is what happens to him in five years"

"You asshole" My uncle is on thefor his back and both Eli andemotionlessly at each other

Oz backs off and so does my uncle while I suck in air so I don’t puke

"You okay, Ele ? I’randrandfather laces his fingers with his wife’s "Why did you come here, Emily?"

"It’s okay to answer them," Eli says with a kindness that causes pain