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“What part?”

“Stone fucking Lake,” I answer, the words feeling as if they burn my throat as I say them

“You could tell them no”

“You know that won’t work, Dern”

“Yeah, I know What are you going to do?”

“Go to Stone Lake They think it’s the Cremator”

“They should have never naives these sick fucks a taste of fame”

“Yeah, probably,” I agree

“You there, Boy?”

“Christ, Lawrence, I don’t want to go back to that shithole”

“Wrong At least don’t lie to yourself You don’t want to see her”

“Shein Stone Lake any that’s the truth—the other part ofshe’s still there Alhere Luna is concerned… there’s chaos in my head

“She is” My chest squeezes at his words

My brows knit together, and s open, and I blink away an ih my mind

“I h the years She’s never left Stone Lake”

I recover fro to think she’d be there but another to know that she truly never left “That’s not surprising She sure wouldn’t leave the place for me It doesn’t matter anyway It’s been thirteen years She’s probably ht is painful

“Probably Wo”

“What would you know about it?”

“Not a daht you were following in my footsteps”

“I am”

“Nah You’re just still stuck in the past” He’s not entirely right, but he sure as hell isn’t wrong either

“You want to go to Maine with me? They said I could pick my partner”

“You don’t need an old has been like me with you, Kid”

“I trust you and that’s definitely so I need in Stone Lake”

“There’s a reason I’ent, even if he is a little green”

“I want you”

“Jesus, you’re a de little prick”

“I’ll be at your house toht, be packed and make sure you’re sober”