Total pages in book: 77
Estimated words: 75414 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 377(@200wpm)___ 302(@250wpm)___ 251(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 75414 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 377(@200wpm)___ 302(@250wpm)___ 251(@300wpm)
Apparently, we’d really miscalculated there.
“Funny, isn’t it?” she said, pushing off the doorjamb, “that the fire knew just where to stop, so no innocents got hurt?”
With that, she walked down the hall to her bedroom, leaving me and her mother stunned into a long silence.
“What the hell?” Lolly said, glancing over at me. “She’s our calm, rational, stable kid.”
“Honestly, seems like she made a calm and rational plan. The stable part is debatable, though.”
“Do you think there’s a chance they could find her out?”
“I think if there is anyone in the world who can make sure they don’t, it’s you,” I said, slipping an arm around her.
“True,” she agreed, exhaling hard as she rested her head on my shoulder.
“How do you feel about it?”
“Honestly? Relieved. I always kind of hated the idea of someone coming across the place and seeing the same opportunity that Ben saw. Though, I’m not sure how I feel about my daughter being an arsonist.”
“I mean, she’s a club princess,” I reasoned. “There’s not a fully stable one of them.”
“That’s always kind of what I loved best about them,” Lolly agreed. “And it is the first time she’s ever done anything even remotely dangerous.”
“We should be impressed at her ambition and talent.”
“I wouldn’t go that far,” Lolly said with a laugh.
“She loves you so much that she wanted to destroy the place that caused you so much pain. She’s a great kid. We can be proud.”
“Yeah,” Lolly agreed. “We did good with her.”
The rumble of a motorcycle peeling up to the house, driven by someone who was absolutely not supposed to be operating the bike, had us both sighing.
“Now with that one, I’m not so sure,” I said, getting a laugh out of my wife.
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