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“I got this,” she said, then before she could change herwith the key clenched inside her fist

ABBY POUNDED A FIST against the alu, then cursed

“Ouch!” She dropped her hand and winced at the sharp pain in her knuckles while Kaden snickered

“We’ve gone through two-thirds of these stupid units There’s only a couple left! What if we don’t find it? What if we’re wrong, and the key isn’t to one of these?” She stepped back as Kaden snatched the keys from her hand, then tried another unit with no luck

Abigail threw her arainst the cool metal and crossed them over her chest “We’ve spent over half the day in thisWe’re the worst”

The building shuddered against her back

“You were saying?” Kaden said, his voice edged with excitement

Abigail pushed off the side of the building, staring at Kaden as he grinned, crouched down, and pushed the huge rolling door the rest of the way up

“Bingo,” heinto the cavernous room

“Oh

Boxes sat on the dusty concrete floor, piled knee-high, along with a couple pieces of miscellaneous furniture and an old bicycle

Abby moved to the back of the unit and wrinkled her nose at the , she took in the cluttered contents of the s with the swooshing sound of passing cars soothed hernerves

Next to her, Kaden whipped a drop cloth off an old chair A pluh “Well, it definitely looks like this stuff has been here a while”

Abby bounced on her toes, eyeing the boxes and ignoring the fluttering wings in her chest Nodding, she said, “There’s a lot to go through Let’s get started”

Twenty ri yet?” she asked Kaden in a toneless voice