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“Yes!” Stella shrieks i me in her arms so that I’m plastered to her side and the front ofbuttons from my blouse and the rip inunderwearin the breeze “I went to peek in on her in the ht after Sal and I…well, after your father and I…” She pauses and ss “I went to check on her because I accidentally set off the smoke detectors and I didn’t want her to panic, and she wasn’t there!”

“You called the cops on me?”

“Smoke detectors?” Ryan questions at the sae is palpable, but unlike the first time, it’s also humor-filled At this point, I don’t think any of us can even believe we’re living in reality anymore, and to take it too seriously would be a crime in and of itself

“Marijuana?” Sgt Ja to y “Ma’a your use of marijuana?”

My eyes widen, and my hair whips as I turn to look at Ryan pointedly Ex-nay on the ot-pay, bro We’re gonna get our parents arrested or, at the very least, fined!

He obviously realizes hispretty quickly “Where’s my dad? Inside or at home?”

“He’s inside He had to take a poop, and not even the news of finding Carly can rush a man’s bowels,” my moe has never ht now, she’s pulling it off Well, sort of

Reminded of ain and smashes my head into her boobs

“Okay, yeah,” Ryan says through a shake of his head “That’s h information”

“Mo to h the sizable bulk of her breasts “I was just…out”

Finally, my mom releasesabout, Carly?”

Sgt Ja into the ridiculous fray “Ma’a?”

“Yes,” myfor good measure “My baby is home Thank God, my baby is home”