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

the Mark I remember. I’m really impressed

think things

a situation like ours, we had no

in the treacherous waters of

a recipe for

his eyes lighting up.

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“Absolutely.” I nodded earnestly.

my imagination, but Mark seemed to have let out

easing considerably as if my question had made

nervous.

the Larson family’s banquet

class of RiverCity but also

some food from the buffet, saying, “I need

call me if

I smiled softly, accepting the plate

hall buzzed with activity, and typically blending into

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