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“You could,” Ben answered, exciteht not even get the job

Jason was quiet for a few e”

“It would,” Ben agreed, wiping his sweaty palms on his jeans “I came up with a plan, and I could just tell you and see what you think?”

Maggie and Jason shared a glance, then nodded, Maggie kicking her feet rhythmically

He exhaled “Jason, there’s a new CalArts satellite cao to art school?”

“I think so?” A little sed on Jason’s lips “Wow, CalArts? I dreamed of that”

“Of course he wants to go to art school!” Maggie motioned with her hand “What else, what else?”

They ht say yes Holy shit “We could live around Oakhurst, on the outskirts of the park It’s about an hour from Fresno, and you could commute to classes, Jason Maybe do it part-ti too quickly and stopped to take a breath

Jason licked his lips “Yeah That could work”

Maggie shook Jason’s leg, bouncing the whole futon “Daddy, it would be perfect!”

“But what about the tuition?” Jason asked “I don’t want to get into huge debt”

“We’ll figure it all out I can sell the cabin in Montana I was looking at houses while I aiting for o, and the prices aren’t bad There’s one in particular…” He fished out his phone and tapped “It’s outside of town, but still close to the schools and stores It’s at the end of a street, nice and secluded, can only gliave the phone to Maggie

She and Jason scrolled through the pictures, Maggie swiping with her finger, an excited tension zinging through the air

Ben said, “Big porch at the front and back The estie is twelve hundred a ht me out of our house in Kalispell, and thein my account I really should reinvest it This house has been on the ain the the cart in front of the horse But I wanted to give you an idea of what it could be like What we could have out there together”

As Maggie scrolled through the pictures again, glued to the phone, Jason looked at Ben and said, “It does sound a, but…”

He held up his hands “I know this is probably too uys don’t want to move at all I’m sure I could find a job here”