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"You won't."

"But if you sit down and eat..."

"I was hungry."

"Liar."

"A little."

I picked up half the sandwich.

"You win."

"No."

He smiled.

"You do."

Carson hurried into the room carrying a stack of printed reports.

"I've got every counselor application from Camp Eagle River."

"Anything?"

"No Emma."

"We expected that."

"No..."

He laid the files across the table.

"There wasn't a single child assigned to Cabin Nine."

Trigger looked up.

"We already knew Cabin Nine was reserved."

"Yes."

Carson tapped the paperwork.

"But look who signed every housing assignment."

I looked down.

One signature appeared on every page.

Walter Mills.

Not Robert.

Not Evan.

Walter personally assigned every cabin.

Including the empty one.