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“I didn’t think so.”
Lucy fidgeted with her dangly earring.
“What’s, uh...” I need to tell you the Truth. “What’s that red mark on your cheek?” There are shapeshifters in Sticky Pines. Your dad wants to find them all and dissect them! “Is it part of your costume or did someone egg your face?” That didn’t come out right.
Milo glared at her. “Excuse me. I have to go to the restroom.” He marched off towards the house, bumping past a mulleted theatre kid strumming a mandolin.
Deflated, Lucy slumped on to a log by the fire next to a girl roasting a marshmallow.
“Brutal,” said the girl. She had short black hair with a fringe cut straight across her eyebrows, and a silver ring in her nose. A set of vampire fangs appeared to be the extent of her Halloween costume. Lucy guessed she was in the ninth grade.
“You’re Mrs Sladan’s kid, aren’t you?” said the girl. “The one who found the missing people? I
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