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CHAPTER 5

Elodie

I’ve never been ainto the watery earlybefore I hear any other noises For a second, I don’t knohere I am, but my disorientation only lasts for an unfortunately brief span of ti that didn’t happen, the brooch Taylen’s granny gavecake, the shart jokes, as station bathroo all over the back seat of the truck, and the king-sized bed we’re sharing

I roll over and sneak a peek over the edge of the duffel bag wall I ht before Not that I was too worried about sharing a bed with Taylen or anything I re a bed with him back ere kids It was just Taylen because his twin, Toren, never wanted to spend time with us He was the complete opposite of Taylen, happy in his own little nerdy world So, it was always just Taylen and me

The days he spent at ot much sleep He used to thrash around and sprawl all over the place, throwing long liht

He’s even bigger now, and I didn’t want to take the chance of getting crushed in ood rest in order to deal with everything I’ to have to deal with, such as the

I throw le asout along the bed, and a huge wet stain beneath his mouth He’s absolutely out, cold And so is Taylen Taylen has his arm wrapped around Jeffers’ shoulders, and his mouth is also open But not on the pillow, unless Jeffers counts as a pillow since Taylen happens to have a hugehair I can literally see Jeffers’ bristly red and brown hairs coating his tongue

Hotdogs and bananas, they’re adorable

I wish I had my phone—my old phone, not the shitty burner phone that doesn’t even have a ca this absolutely adorable, bribe-worthy moment

I guess a giggle slips fro and thick eyelashes flutter, then those ray eyes of his squint up at me

“Gah!” He throws himself away from Jeffers as he sits up and claws at his mouth

I stab a fist to hter, but it co,up

“Very funny,” Taylen gru in the , I don’t think you’d find it very funny”