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“We won’t,” Pop said roughly

He stepped over to the front door and slid the deadbolt ho my mous, before tenderly pulling hs

I met my mom’s watery eyes as she rested her head on ave me a small smile

“First fucker that knocks on the door is gettin’his head on the back of the couch

My rew a little and I felt my lips twitch

Then I closedraspus

It was the first tihtmares

Chapter 17

Cameron

I’d spent the day clearing out the backyard, using Casper’s truck to haul broken chairs, the shot up grill and led picnic table to the duot rid of everything As soon as I’d finished doing that, I’d dragged out Casper’s wheelbarrow and filled it eight tiround over and over again until every speck was gone fro holes all over the yard, but I couldn’t find it in ive a shit

By the ti blisters on my hands and my arms were pretty much numb After I realized Trix wasn’t in our rooon’s place

I was tired straight tomy jaw hard all day

“Hulk,” Dragon greeted from the porch steps as I reached them

His hair was in a knotted mess at the back of his head, and his beard looked like he’d been scratching at it all day—the thing was massive

“Trix here?” I asked, co to a stop

“Yeah,” he reached over and tossed me a beer from the six-pack he’d stashed beside him “Take a seat”

I looked at the s and droppedon his damn lap

“How’s she been?” he askedhis head toward the door

I pulled out hter to pop the top ofI’d done that day, but I took a deep drag before answering, anyway

“Quiet,” I told him

“She looks like shit,” he said bluntly, taking a long s of his beer, finishing it off and opening a new one