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She shivered, suddenly very alone in the big, old two-story house

Her fae of toith no other hoh the woods, across the creek and into the yard without her seeing a thing And someone had a key to this house

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Shaking, she stuffed the phone in her pocket Was so her every move?

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Gabe rubbed a towel over his daed into his shirt On the couch next to him, also fresh from the shower, AJ waited patiently for his father’s attention

“You need a comb, little man”

“I got comb” AJ whacked the side of his head with a hairbrush in an atteroom himself Gabe chuckled, scooped the boy onto his lap and took the brush

“You need a haircut, don’t you?”

“No” No and mine were AJ’s favorite words

“Yes, you do Do you think there’s a barber in Clayton?”

“No” AJ wiggled down and headed for his toy four-wheeler When Gabe didn’t follow, AJ turned back “Come on, Daddy Let’s pay outside”

AJ loved outside He’d stay out all day if someone had the patience and time to watch him

“So much for your early bath,” Gabetoy in one hand and offered the other to his son He’d endured a long, busy day Soood to hio”

In a jitterbug of excites up and down “Outside,” he yelled and raced for the door

Just as Gabe set the mini-ATV on the porch, he saw Brooke Clayton co rapidly toward her parked Toyota Soe held his attention She kept looking around as if so left and right, she looked…scared

He walked to the end of the porch “Brooke, everything okay?”