Part 53 (2/2)

”Yeah, and there are a few kids at my school who're

*pretty weird when it comes to all that kind of crud,” said

Spencer. ”I can't believe them. They draw swastikas on their

hands and walk around with their heads all shaved, wearing

these stupid-looking army fatigues. You halfway expect

* *them to click their heels and salute 'Heil Hitler' at any given

moment.”

*”They're probably just going through a phase,” sug-

*gested Maggie weakly.

”A dangerous phase,” said Audrey.

aggie grabbed her jacket and went Out on the

porch as soon as she spotted Jed's headlights

pulling into her driveway. The snow had stopped

falling now, and she was amazed at how easily she could see

the porch light reflected on the s.h.i.+ny surface of new

with

0w. She waved as Leah hopped out of Jed's pickup. Then

Jed stuck his head up over the top of the cab and called out,

”Hey, Maggie. This enough snow for you yet?”

”It's totally wonderful!” she called. ”I love it! I just

wanted to say thank you for getting those snow tires on, and

just in the nick of time too!”

”No problem. I was taking Michael over to Byron

anyway.”

”Come on in and I'll write you a check for them. And we

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