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Chapter thirty - Cleo
I love camping! I used to go with my parents all the time when I was little, but we haven't been for years, so when Aurora invited me along on this trip with them all, I was more than a little excited.
"Have you had a load of sugar while I wasn't looking?" Luke laughs as I practically jump up and down on my seat while he follows the convoy of our friends to the campsite.
"I'm excited, don't mock me, grumpy pants." He laughs harder and I stick my tongue out at him, linking my phone to the radio and picking songs for us to both sing along. "Why don't you do karaoke with us? You've got a really good voice?"
"You want me to serenade you? Would it turn you on?" He winks at me and turns back to look at the road.
"Hell yes, listen to this guy." I search my phone for Kaleo
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