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Gary’s stomach was still

churning from the running and the

biscuits hadn’t been such a good idea

either.

They sat, the four of them, at the

kitchen table and Lauren talked non-

stop right through the meal.

Gary didn’t say anything. He

was too lost in the thoughts in his

head. He was too busy worrying that

the police might ring the front doorbell

any minute and ask for the two boys

seen running away from a stolen car.

And Lauren, who had possibly already

seen into his mind, would be pointing

him out and giggling as he was

hauled away.

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