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I think Cadence really wanted to change the subject, but I pressed on. “So what kind of work are you going to be doing?”
By now she must’ve realized I knew more than she thought I would. “It’s sort of difficult to explain and top secret.” She plastered a crooked smile on her face, which I knew was fake. “If I told ya I’d have to kill ya.” She poked me in the ribs with her elbow.
I laughed because it was meant to be funny, but on the inside, I felt my blood run cold. “Ha, yeah. Mom said it was security or something.”
“Something like that. Hey, how are Lucy and Emma?”
She had managed to change the subject. Good for her. “They’re good. We were all ready to head back to school, but I guess that’ll happen Tuesday. We are working on a science project together.”
“Cool. What’s it about?”
I spent way too long explaining our pr
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