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"If you’re serious, there are people ould love to talk with you Give you protection in return for a sliver of the knowledge in your head"

"No I want out I’ve got enough proble down the snitch road"

"I promise protection Just--"

"I’m seventeen," I repeat and drop the cold, nu throughup and down the slide I’ for a way out For a chance to live a normal life Just for a few seconds, pretend I’ to keep his emotions in check and explore the opportunity for his job

"Please don’t use ot into this to serve and protect, then protect irls calls froround "I want to fly Come catch ht now, I need this guy to catch me, too

He looks at an

Abby opens the front door and iht?"

"And tacos"

"Wait right here We need plates" Abby called this afternoon and demanded dinner Four tacos for her, queso with chips, brownies with frosting, told me to order for me, and to tip well

I close the front door behind y’s’s sick so I’ to say and when he inhales like he’s going to speak, Abby reappears

"We’re eating upstairs," she says and then jots up

I’ drinks and Nate watches

"What?" I ask

He sighs "You’ll find out soon enough"

She’s leaving Nate knows it and the punch is right to the gut Denny got the IDs faster than he thought he would I run up the stairs after Abby and as soon as I’ht you said your new IDs would take a few days"

Abby squints at ibberish "They will"

"Then what’s Nate upset about?"

Abby rolls her eyes "Really? For real? Can one of the guys in uys will start a quilting circle and will be selling at church bazaars Grab those drinks and put them on the floor"

It’s then that I have the saht ina candle and it’s not the only one burning There are several Not too h, and on the floor next to her bed is a picnic-style blanket

"Soak it in, Logan This is the et out of ht the candle and I soak in the glorious sight