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No lecture.
No dismissal.
Just certainty.
Like he truly believed it.
The silence stretched.
Then he stepped closer.
Not much.
Just enough.
"I also know you shouldn't have to."
The words hit harder than they should have.
My chest tightened.
His eyes never left mine.
And for one dangerous moment...
Neither of us looked away.
Then Mrs. Jenkins ruined everything.
Again.
From her porch she shouted:
"I've got Thanksgiving in the pool!"
A second voice yelled from somewhere behind her.
"Christmas!"
Another voice shouted:
"October!"
Beast closed his eyes.
I started laughing.
And just like that...
The moment was gone.
8
BEAST
Ididn't like the truck.
I liked it even less two hours later.
