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Chapter Thirty-One

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HARPER

We stopped at a shed that’s just a few yards away from the stream to gather our fishing poles and a tackle box. “We’re lucky my dad rigged up all the poles. That would take an extensive amount of time we don’t really have. But I’ll take the tackle box with us just in case.” He smiles over at me and points at all the fishing rods that are hanging from hooks on the wall. “The coral colored rod is Tenley’s, if you would like to use hers for now. Or you can use any of the others? All but this one, it’s mine,” he says, grinning as he pulls a black and gray fishing rod from the wall.

Chuckling and shaking my head, I reach up and grab a black and green rod from the wall. “Somehow I knew the black and gray one was yours. I’m not surprised in the slightest. Whose pole does this one that I grabbed belong to?”

“That pole is my dad’s. Don’t worry. He won’t be upset with you using his fishing pole.” Layken rounds me and pushes me towards the door.

When we walk to the side of the shed, I see
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