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.

you think things

like ours, we had no one to

treacherous waters of the Larson family.

was a recipe

seemed momentarily stunned, his eyes lighting

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“Absolutely.” I nodded earnestly.

but Mark

considerably as

nervous.

the Larson family’s banquet hall, I

the upper class of RiverCity but also some new

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

here, and call me

I smiled softly, accepting the

activity, and typically blending into

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