His eyes twinkled as he looked ahead, “Yeah.”

I was confused. “Why not call the police then?”

“Idiot.” Mark chuckled. “Do you think the old lady celebrating her 80th birthday

today would agree to me calling the cops? Sometimes, there are other ways

to achieve the same result.”

That statement was intriguingly profound.

Surprised, I turned to Mark and smiled. “Mark, you’re different from the Mark I

knew before.”

“How so?” He paused, looking at me, “Or… do you not like this side of me?”

“No way!” I immediately protested, praising him, “You’ve become sharper and

Mark I remember. I’m really impressed by

think things

a situation like ours, we had no one to

treacherous waters of

was a recipe for

momentarily stunned, his eyes

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“Absolutely.” I nodded earnestly.

was just my imagination, but Mark seemed

easing considerably as if my

nervous.

the Larson family’s banquet hall,

just the upper class of

from the buffet, saying, “I need to step out for a

and call me if you need

accepting the plate of Western

buzzed with activity, and

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