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"Why didn’t you say so right away?" exclaimed Candace "Wash your hands then We run a civilized house"

Evan coenie," I told hi her seat again "Lives a couple miles away"

Evan returned with clean hands and joined us "I just came by to return Uncle Chuck’s tools," he said "But you can’t just stop by here and leave without eating--especially around dinnertiain, and he dug into his food with enough enthusiasm to please even Candace She started back in with her dooodto draw both me and Charles in as well Evan wasn’t quite as lanky as his uncle but had the same blond hair and blue eyes He had a muscular build that confir outside all day," as well as the start of a sunburn, which Candace was quick to scold him about

"What do you do, Evan?" I asked, when a rare pause in the talking cauess I hadn’t entirely let go of h school teacher," he said, between bites of potatoes "At least, I aot anotheranswer "What do you teach?"

"Physics," he said "And shop" Seeing my astonished look, he added, "It’s a suess," I said "Those seem like polar opposites"

He shook his head "You’d be surprised Plus, it gives me an excuse to make lots of field trips to the space center"

"You should take Eugenie there," said Candace She turned to ive tours You should talk to them, Evan You could make a little extra money this su compensation from the space center," said Evan patiently "If she even wants to go"

"Sure," I said,my days around here anyway The irony of my life wasn’t lost on me I hadn’t just left behind a shadoorld ofon to explore the ultireat"

"But don’t tire her out," warned Candace "She’s pregnant With twins"

Evan gave me a once-over "Really? I can’t even tell"

"Flatterer," I muttered, much to his amusement

"You also can’t take her on any of those sinant wo sure," she said "I kno reckless you can be"

Honestly, Evan seemed like one of the least reckless people I’d evernature ood attitude about everything Even though Candace harassed them both for various reasons, it was obvious that there was a lot of love in this group, and they were all willing to bringand weird, and I mentioned it to Evan later

"Your aunt and uncle are so nice," I confessed ere alone Charles had entrusted Evan with the spare DVD player to install in my room "I know she’s friends with Roland--one above and beyond I didn’t expect this kind of welcome"

"That’s how they are" Evan’s back was to me as he connected a few cables between the TV and DVD player "They’re just naturally good That, and they’d bend over backward for someone like you anyway"

I frowned "Because of Roland?"