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

you think

a situation like ours, we had no one to rely on

in the treacherous

was a

his eyes lighting

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“Absolutely.” I nodded earnestly.

just my imagination, but Mark

considerably as if my

nervous.

Larson family’s banquet

class of RiverCity but also some new

some food from the buffet, saying, “I need

relax here, and call me if you

accepting the plate of

hall buzzed with activity, and typically blending

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