Grandfather?
Confusion flits through me as I look at the men surrounding him. What is Mom’s
father doing here?
“Lawrence,” Dad says, sounding uneasy. He’s clearly as confused as I am right now.
He stands there, hands in his pockets, ignoring Dad.
the sound of several people
We’re circled…
her something to wear,” Lawrence commands, but even his
unnervingly relaxed. Almost as if he
aura as a shield as
I pull it on extremely fast, staring at the man I have not
Why is he even
said this! Right before she died, she
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