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37. Family Time
True to Mum’s word and thanks to Sam’s need to celebrate his birthday twice a year, evening finds the entire Hansen family huddled in their warmest clothes, standing to the side as Trey and I get popcorn and soda for the movie. Sam is running around with Liam, there’s no sign of Willow. Maria is standing a few feet away from Mum and Dad, glaring into space and looking as if this is the last place she would like to be at the moment. She tried to deceive her way out of coming, but Mum wasn’t taking any excuses. I can only imagine where she wanted to get to instead.
Trey keeps looking around.
I nudge him in the side. “Expecting someone?”
He shakes his head. “No.”
“That girl wouldn’t stop stealing glances at you back at the restaurant,” I tease, referring to a girl who had been at one of the tables at the restaurant we went t
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