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

I remember. I’m

you think things

ours, we had no one to rely on but ourselves,

the treacherous waters of the Larson family.

a recipe for

momentarily stunned, his eyes

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“Absolutely.” I nodded earnestly.

but Mark seemed to have let out a

easing considerably as if my

nervous.

the Larson family’s banquet

class of RiverCity but also

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

here, and call me if you need

I smiled softly, accepting the plate of Western

buzzed with activity,

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