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“Your family wants time with you It’s understandable” I still ere staying at a hotel where I don’t have to worry about behaving myself after dark

We ht of stairs to the third floor It’s an awesohteen-year-old boy It looks like nothing has changed since Alex e s fras everywhere, and posters from the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition have the prime spot above his bed

Alex drops our bags on the floor beside his double bed and pulls out his laptop

“What are you doing?”

“Checking for the article Sunny was talking about” He clicks furiously for a few seconds His brow furrows as he scans the screen

I sit down and read with hiht, theThere’s nothing concrete in the article It’s speculation apart fro ency exit and a fewme onto the bus My face isn’t visible

He heaves a sigh of relief and squeezes the back of nize you”

“That’s good What about Buck and Sunny? Do you think there will be pictures of them, too?”

Loads of pictures flood the screen when he puts their naood Buck better watch himself”

They’re all pretty har like the ones of Alex and

“If it’s any consolation, I don’t think Buck has ever done the whole ‘brunch with parents’ thing”

“He’s probably doing it to get back at me”

”Maybe they genuinely like each other”