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"What!" Ten exploded "Solancing at the hothead, Pick punched hi for ht I’d escaped or so my hand in the direction of what had once been rew up It’s gone There’s a gas station there now"

Pick nodded "Yeah They put that up about five years ago"

Five years ago? I stared at him, dumbfounded "Whatwell, what happened to the house?"

I had no idea why I asked that; what I really wanted to knohat had happened to e was behind this, I just knew it After he’d taken care of one after my family next Shit I should’ve known

"Man" Pick shook his head slowly Regret filled his eyes "Did no one tell you?"

The way he watched me, sympathetic and worried, made my skin itch It had always prickled the sa the warning, I tightenedfor impact "Tell me what?"

"The, uhthe house burned There was a house fire It burned all the way to the ground"

I stared at hilanced away That wasn’t all, I realized There was more

"Andrimace clouded Pick’s face I took a step back, not ready to hear this But then he aze and solemnly said, "I’m sorry"

I clutched my stomach and doubled

"Oh, shit," Ten breathed His sy a total douche to e to puke increase

I concentrated on breathing through my mouth as the nauseafamily? Gone?

"Most of them," Pick said, his voice low "Your mom Your sister Your niece"

I sobbed out a ainst ht try to escape