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Chapter Seventeen

Brody woke the next ainst his face He slowly opened his eyes and juer poised in the air, about to touch his eye He pulled back slightly, still half-asleep and unsure of where he was

“Sarah?” he asked groggily, stretching slowly “What are you doing in here?”

“What are you doing in here?” she threw back at hi her hands on her hips, her brown eyes dancing with a smile

“What are you talking about?” he asked as he sat up and looked around, surprised to find he had spent the whole night in his e, surrounded by blankets that sh his hair “I must have fallen asleep Where is everyone?”

“In the kitchen,” Sarah replied, still looking at his eye She reached a s it back when he winced “Does that hurt a lot?”

“Only when you do that,” he warned

“Oh Sorry” She giggled quietly

“You sure sound like you’re sorry,” his sober expression turned to glee as he grabbed her and pulled her into his lap, tickling her sides

She laughed out loud and squealed, “Stop it!”

“Stop what?” he asked dra her more “Do you mean stop this?” he continued his assault

Then he heard footsteps running down the hall Lou ran through the doorway, a look of panic on her face He and Sarah froze as she snapped at them both

“You almost scared the life out of me” She breathed rapidly, her hand over her chest Jeb and Sadie ran into the roo equally as worried Jeb was quite the sight, carrying a fire poker

Brody tapped Sarah She looked hiain” He shoved her playfully fro her bottom

“That wasn’t very nice,” she pouted