Chapter 16

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“Have you finished taking a dip?” I had just poked my head out of the water. With my hand, I pulled my hair back and rubbed my eyes. “Come on,” Rucker said, reaching out to help me out of the water. I had barely set foot on the rocks when he was already wrapping a bath towel around me. “Thank you. You’re a real mother to me.” “I’ll show you if I’m your mom!” he cried, throwing me on his shoulder to spin me like a top. “Okay, okay! I take it back,” I yelled, laughing. He put me back on the floor, a smile on his face. “Gwen didn’t want to come with you?” He lifted his head to look at the house that overlooked the cliff, with a happy face. “No. She’s out with Corwin and Morel.” I wrapped the bath towel around my chest and sat down on the frozen rock. Rucker sat down next to me laug

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