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He laughed at that Before he could respond, Rex walked in the room and collapsed on the bed “Is this what the two of you have been doing all ?”

Lucy draped her body over his shoulders, hugging hi?”

“They hate me,” he complained

She kissed his cheek “They didn’t like et used to you”

“I don’t know a da”

“Told ya,” Luke said

“You told her what?” Rex asked, looking down at Lucy’s hands as she unfastened his buttons

“I told her you didn’t know anything about racing and that’s not where your interests lie”

He shrugged “I want Lucy to stay at ho out of this You’ll see”

“Did you show the guys the plans for the garage and track?”

“Yeah,” he replied “No one except the kid is interested inhere”

“His wife, Melinda, has fa the knots out of his neck “The others will come around”

“I don’t know They’re pretty concerned about how long it will take to construct a new practice track Those with families aren’t impressed by the schools here”

“We attended Hawkins County Schools We turned out just fine”

Rex shrugged “Then there’s the issue with someone by the name of Fred Graves Anyone you know?”