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

clever than the Mark I remember. I’m really

you think things

we had no one to rely on but ourselves,

deep in the treacherous waters of the Larson

was a recipe

seemed momentarily stunned, his eyes lighting up.

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“Absolutely.” I nodded earnestly.

was just my imagination, but Mark seemed to have

relief, his tension easing considerably as

nervous.

Larson family’s banquet

of RiverCity but also some

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

relax here, and call me

smiled softly, accepting the plate

hall buzzed with activity, and typically blending

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