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 running towards us from
We’re circled…
something to wear,” Lawrence commands, but even
unnervingly relaxed. Almost as if
into human form, pulling forward my aura as a shield as someone
me, I pull it on extremely fast, staring at the man I have not seen since I was a
Why is he even here?
Mom said this! Right before she died, she said ‘My father
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