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It’s unlike anything I’ve ever experienced before I’ but ation by the teens

But now there’s a new little seed of doubt planted in the center of my belly

I don’t belong here

“Okay, there will be no background check,” Seth says as he walks into the roouys know that Remi was on TV?”

“Of course,” Sarah replies, almost insulted that Seth would think otherwise “We’ve watched her It’s so cool”

“Dad won’t let me ride my bike downhill,” Troy mutters

“You ride it downhill all the time,” Seth says

“Not down the mountains, with jumps and obstacles,” Troy insists

“You’ll break your neck,” Jillian calls fro you around”

“I won’t break my neck,” Troy says with a stubborn frown

“Personally, I think that sos you do here on the ranch are way cooler than downhill biking,” I inform him

“Like what?”

“Riding horses, fly-fishing, riding snow Just to name a few”

“Those are fun, but not thrill-seeking,” he insists

“I don’t know,” Josh puts in “It was pretty thrilling when I ran into thatlast week”

“Rerizzly ere stuck up in the park,” Seth adds “I don’t recoh Please don’t do that”

The conversation ebbs and flows from my own experiences to the different animals the kids have seen, and after everyone has helped clean up, and it’s tis

“Please coain soon,” Jillian says

“Thank you,” I reply, not co to another family dinner quite yet

Troy and Nancy leave together, hand in hand I see the others share a glance when the door closes behind them

“Soon,” Zack mutters “I’ll talk with him soon”

“Thanks again for inviting ht”

Seth and I walk out into the cold Montana night and hop into his truck He fires up the engine, and I turn to look out the

I feel…lonely How could I just spend three hours with solonely?

Because I don’t belong here I don’t kno to act or what to say I don’t knohat it is to be around people who show so ether and actually look sad when the night is over