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“Tomorrow,” she repeated and yawned “Let’s sleep”

Sighing, I closed ht

The next tih, sleepyhead”

I rubbed at rit-filled eyes “What time is it?”

“A little after eleven,” she said with a shrug “You hungry? Because I’”

My stoht be any leftovers from yesterday?”

“Aunt Harper just cao and said she e whenever ant them” She sat up and stretched her ar out”

Downstairs, we found ether When alked in, they abruptly stopped talking, and I knew theyhard, I walked to the fridge and pulled out the two plates from the feast I missed the day before and carried them to the microwave

“Tell et the roof inspected, Shaw,” Dad said casually as he refilled his

“It’s nothing ot us forks frorab us drinks “I just loosened a few shingles when I was cli on the roof from Violet’s bedroom to her bathroom”

“What?” Mo on the roof?”

“It’s fine” Shaaved it off “Nothing happened, so whatever, right?”

“Shaw”

“So, anyway, you rin as she dropped into a chair at the island and waited forover our food

They didn’t argue with her, which surprised me Instead, they just drank their coffee and watched us eat for a few minutes After a while, I started to feel unco another bite of mashed potatoes