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
We’re circled…
and give her something to wear,” Lawrence commands, but
unnervingly relaxed. Almost as if
human form, pulling forward my aura as a shield
on extremely fast, staring at the man I have not seen
Why is he even here?
died, she said ‘My father took him‘.
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