The tale of a rat and 5'10 white guy

Part 5

His heart dropping as the situation settles in. He stares at Laura as she's stood there looking at him. Laura begins to speak in a confused tone "Who is Marcell?" "You're  home early." Danny blurts out as he stumbles over his words,in an attempt to divert her attention elsewhere. "Who is Marcell,Danny?" Laura says again. "A -a friend of mine"  Danny now feeling flushed as he stands on the last step of the stair case." Is he here?" Laura asks looking around for him. Danny not knowing what to say "Uh,no he just left his jacket here.I was calling his name trying to get him to come back." Danny states. "That's weird,I didn't see him outside when I came into the house." Laura says as she  is testing Danny's statement. "Oh he must've went out the front door." This making atleast some sense as Danny and Laura almost exclusively use the side door. "I hope you're not lying to me Danny." Laura says now upset." "I'm not Laura,I swear." Danny says as he takes a step forward.Still feeling many emotions,and questioning the situation,Laura decided to let it go for now. There now being complete silence as neither of them says anything,Laura decides to break the silence. Laura let's out a sigh before asking Danny to take sundae out to the dog park. Giving them Both a bit of space and time to think the situation over. Danny agrees to take Sundae out for a bit.Danny putson his shoes,grabs his coat and gets sundae in the car,heading off to the dog park. As Danny is driving, his mind replays the events over and over,thinking over every word that was said,asking himself "Could I have said anything different? What if I hadn't yelled Marcells name? And do I lov-like Marcell." Mad at himself for the entire thing. And questioning his feelings towards Marcell he cranks up the radio trying to ease his mind and continues driving to his destination.

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