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It’s going to put a strain on Akara, seeing as how his company is in an unofficial competition with Price’s

Even though Price Kepler has been —before I was even born—my parents still weren’t upset that Akara ju excited for hi his own boss

As Neil stops at a sleek black trailer, I hear off in the distance, “Ca-Caw! Ca-Caw!”

I cup my hands to my mouth “Ca-Caw! Ca-Caw!”

My little sister rounds the corner with the biggest sainst her as she races towardsa hard ti up with my fifteen-year-old sister

I close the distance and we hug tight She’s only an inch shorter, and with thick-soled Tio pants and a y, khaki-colored button-down knotted at her belly button, she looks pretty fucking cool

“Hoas the flight?” I ask as we break away “Are you hungry? I’ve got snacks in Booger”

“I had food on the plane” Nona bounces on her feet, dropping her backpack to the ground And she holds out her hand

I s as I shake her hand into a fist-bureeting fory summer at Camp Calloway Two hip-bu the loe’re face to face again and flutter fingertips to fingertips Then I hook her elboithat the sky

And we don’t pull apart

Instead, we draw nearer, our foreheads pressed together in a huddle My arms around her shoulders, her arms around mine This close, she’s all I see

I’m all she sees

Private At least for us We’re fucking aware other people are watching They’re alatching, but in this moment, in our huddles, it’s just me and my sister

Winona whispers with a smile, “I wish you would’ve been on the plane ride here—Greer was rolling at my farts”

I laugh, s just how much I missed her

“They smelled horrible I tried to hold them in”

“You did?” I whisper skeptically