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“I was supposed to look around, but I forgot,” Josh says “You can bet your ass that I won’t forget now She’s losing her damn mind”

“Jillian would burn the place to the ground,” Dad says, referring to the woman who raised me

“Cara threatened it”

We climb the back steps and walk into the newly renovated house, stopping short at the scene before us

My aunt Cara, a wo rooun

Her blue eyes look a little crazy

“Uh, babe?” Josh steps forward and gingerly takes the firearun”

“Says who?” she demands “You didn’t see the size of the son of a bitch It was bigger than a tomcat”

Given that we have several toms out in the barn, she would know

Of course, there are no mice in the barn—because we have the cats

“Where did it go?” I ask

“Under the couch,” she says and shudders “It laughed at me”

I smirk but school my features immediately when she narrows her eyes at me

Pissing off the other wo I ever want to do

“We’ll find it,” I promise her “Get a bowl from the kitchen”

“You’re not putting thather head “That’s disgusting We eat out of those bowls”

“Don’t you have an old one that we can throay after we relocate the mouse?”

“Relocate?” She tilts her head and stares at et to relocate I want it dead I want its whole family dead”

“She’s really homicidal,” I mutter to my uncle

“Babe, why don’t you go over to the big house and hang out with Jillian while we take care of this?”

“I’ off this table”

Josh just s her purse as he carries her out the front door

“They’re still really mushy, even after all this time”

“Are you saying I’m not mushy with your mom?” Dad asks

“No, you are It’s gross”