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It’s Charlie’s twin

She has the sa brown eyes, the same wide mouth Only her hair isn’t blond and curly, it’s jet black and long, like China’s My feet slow of their own accord as I blink several times I’ve finally lost it I’ve finally beco her everywhere

She’s hunched over at a table, sipping a leolf shirt I can’t see his face, but whatever he said hs

Just like Charlie does

I know I should move on, but I stand there and watch as she slides that straw into herher eyes skitter over the tables around her, to a television up in the corner, to the ay

To me

All the color drains fronition flashes in her eyes

And I instantly know that I’ at Charlie

Chapter thirty-six

CHARLIE

This can’t be happening

Of all the places in the world for Cain to be right now, the godda Jimmy should not be one of the that couldin my ears as I watch Cain step onto the covered patio It takes everything in my willpower not to squeezeThat this is all an illusion That Cain’s not really here That I’ve finally gone crazy

"Charlie, how are you?" His tone is so s at all unusual about this situation That I’uiseand a bottle of Midol He’s used my nanizes ether to act blasé about this entire situation There’s nothing blasé about this situation

This could blow everything apart

There’s a pause and then Cain shifts his attention to Ji in his chair and his sidelong glance athis hand out, he gives Cain a toothy grin "Hi, I’m Jimmy Charlie’s uncle"

Cain’s eyebrows shoot up "Uncle" It’s a moment before he accepts Jimmy’s hand "Nice to meet you I’ain, I make sure that I adjust lance up at Cain to see steely eyes onwith it

"Yes" Cain says, the word drifting off as his h some people call me Cain"