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

you think

situation like ours, we had no one to

in the treacherous waters

a

momentarily stunned, his

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“Absolutely.” I nodded earnestly.

it was just my imagination, but Mark seemed to have

tension easing considerably as

nervous.

Larson family’s banquet hall, I realized that the

of RiverCity but also

me some food from the buffet, saying, “I need to

here, and call me if

smiled softly, accepting the plate of Western

buzzed with activity, and

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