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Except for Eli, the room’s empty Emily’s dad took her out to lunch Mom herded Olivia to an appointment Razor closes the door and, with the click of a button, Eli turns off the TV

He’s lying on top of the covers in a pair of jeans Because Eli’s a tough son of a bitch, he was placed in a regular rooe over his chest where the bullet went clean through "You don’t agree?"

Incapable of bullshitting It’s what I like about Eli What I also like? He knohat’s going on without anyone telling hi to ask her to"

Eli rubs at the spot above his wound "I don’t want her involved in this, nor do I want her name on some police report, and I wouldn’t think you’d want her to relive what happened I especially don’t want her to say anything that’s going to cause proble you or Emily can add You didn’t see what happened You were outside"

He’s right It’s the conversation Eain We never heard the Riot threaten Eli

I assess the ed to be He was always larger than life The coave Eht? So she wouldn’t be scared?"

Eli nods like I explained ht me?"

"What?"

That I don’t want to be the rity "That I’h that h that I’ to do this for E for s on the chair across the roo out of it stares at me "Emily definitely had a different life than she would’ve had if she and Meg stayed in Snowflake She has options now that she never would have if she had grown up here, but you and Meg rong"

Eli studieshurt a lot of people along the way in the na Emily Told a ton of lies to cover your tracks and Erew up scared Whether she was raised in Florida or here in Snowflake, the result turned out to be the sa"

I slip the cut off my back and slide my thumb over my name: Oz All I desired was to be part of the whole, to be part of the club It’s still ih to ruin any ut, I layand I won’t ask Emily to, either"

My footsteps fill the room as I head for the door and when I place lance over rimace mars his face as he pierces et to the bathrooive theoing to be in the room when I meet with the police, I’d prefer to do it with a shirt on"

"What did you say?"