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Chapter 53

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Cyrus

“You listen to Sadie while I’m gone, all right. Be a good girl.”

Megan nodded, her big eyes wide as she stared up at me. Morning had come far too quickly, and I was getting ready to hit the road back to the city. Sadie and Megan were standing in the driveway next to my car to tell me goodbye. Megan was still in her pajamas, and Sadie wore a pair of yoga pants and a tank top I desperately wanted to rip off her. She gazed at me with a worried expression, but I could tell she was trying not to let her anxiety show in front of Megan.

“Will you come back soon, Uncle Cyrus?” Megan asked, reaching up to grab my hand. “I don’t want you to go.”

I gave her a tender smile and lowered myself, so I was squatting in front of her.

I patted her head and said, “I’ll only be gone a day or two. I promise, you won’t even notice I’m gone.”

She stuck out her bottom lip. “Yes, I will.”

I chuckled and nodded. “All right, maybe you will because you’re a very smart girl. You’ll have Sadie, though. You tw
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