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“I have to get soot had been obsessed lately with Savannah’s lack of travel Like she should take off every few ot did

She wasn’t that kind of person Foreign lands were not for her

“Honey?” Margot asked “You don’t suppose Matt was right, do you?”

“About what?”

“About Vanessa hiding the gems here?”

Savannah swung incredulous eyes to her grandmother “Do you?”

Margot pursed her lips “I guess not”

“There are no gehed “Please We would knoould knoould she get in and out withoutit?”

“But the break-ins?”

“High schoolers,” Savannah said “Just like it’s always been”

MATT HEAVED down another square of sod, lining up the edges

Don’t Think

Don’t Think

Bugs swarmed Sun burned

Don’t Think

Not about his father

Not about Jack

The accident

Savannah in the ht

Don’t Think

His world was reduced to the stretch and pull of his muscles, the river of sweat down his back

He didn’t look up Didn’t stop

The files were gone, his obsession over his father’s setup deflated with one sharp, wounded look from Savannah