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ᴛʜᴇ ᴠᴇʀʏ ɴᴇxᴛ ᴅᴀʏ, ʟᴜᴄɪꜰᴇʀ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴍᴇᴛ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴀ ʜᴇᴀᴅ ᴏɴ ʜɪꜱ ᴄʜᴇꜱᴛ. ᴀᴅᴀᴍ ɢʀᴏᴀɴᴇᴅ ᴀɴᴅ ᴄᴜᴅᴅʟᴇᴅ ᴄʟᴏꜱᴇʀ ᴛᴏ ʟᴜᴄɪꜰᴇʀ. "ʟᴜᴄɪ..ɢᴏ ʙᴀᴄᴋ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇᴅ." ʟᴜᴄɪꜰᴇʀ ᴄᴀʀᴇꜱꜱᴇᴅ ᴀᴅᴀᴍ'ꜱ ʜᴇᴀᴅ, ᴋɪꜱꜱɪɴɢ ʜɪꜱ ꜰᴏʀᴇʜᴇᴀᴅ. ᴀᴅᴀᴍ ᴄʟɪᴍʙᴇᴅ ᴏɴ ᴛᴏᴘ ᴏꜰ ʟᴜᴄɪꜰᴇʀ'ꜱ ʟᴀᴘ ᴀɴᴅ ʙᴜʀɪᴇᴅ ʜɪꜱ ʜᴇᴀᴅ ɪɴ ʜɪꜱ ᴄʜᴇꜱᴛ. "ʏᴏᴜ'ʀᴇ ᴠᴇʀʏ ᴄᴜᴛᴇ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴛʜɪꜱ, ɴᴏᴛ ʙᴇɪɴɢ ᴀ ʙɪᴛᴄʜ ꜰᴏʀ ᴏɴᴄᴇ." ᴀᴅᴀᴍ ɢʀᴏᴀɴᴇᴅ ɪɴ ᴀɴɴᴏʏᴀɴᴄᴇ, ʙɪᴛɪɴɢ ʟᴜᴄɪꜰᴇʀ'ꜱ ᴇᴍʙᴏɴᴘᴏɪɴᴛ. ʟᴜᴄɪꜰᴇʀ ᴘᴜʟʟᴇᴅ ᴀᴅᴀᴍ ᴏꜰꜰ ᴏꜰ ʜɪᴍ ᴀɴᴅ ꜱʟᴀᴍꜱ ʜɪᴍ ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴇᴅ. "ʜᴇʏ! ɢɪᴠᴇ ᴀ ɢᴜʏ ᴀ ᴡᴀʀɴɴɢ, ʙɪᴛᴄʜ!"

ʟᴜᴄɪꜰᴇʀ ʙᴇɴᴛ ᴅᴏᴡɴ ᴀɴᴅ ᴄᴀᴘᴛᴜʀᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇʟɪᴄᴀᴛᴇ ᴘᴀʟᴇ ꜱᴋɪɴ ɪɴ ʜɪꜱ ᴍᴏᴜᴛʜ. "ᴀʜ-! ʟᴜᴄɪ ɪ ꜱᴀɪᴅ ɢɪᴠᴇ ᴍᴇ ᴡᴀʀɴɪɴɢꜱ! ꜰᴜᴄᴋɪɴ ᴅᴇᴀꜰ ᴏʀ ꜱʜɪᴛ?"ʟᴜᴄɪꜰᴇʀ ꜱᴍɪʟᴇᴅ ᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ɢᴏʟᴅᴇɴ ɪᴄʜᴏʀ ʜᴇ ᴄᴀʀᴠᴇᴅ ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴀᴅᴀᴍ'ꜱ ɴᴇᴄᴋ, ꜱʟᴏᴡʟʏ ᴋɪꜱꜱɪɴɢ ɪᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ʙɪᴛɪɴɢ ɪᴛ. "ꜰᴜᴄᴋ ʟᴜᴄɪ.." ʜᴇ ɢʀɪᴘᴘᴇᴅ ᴏɴᴛᴏ ʜɪꜱ ᴡᴀɪꜱᴛ, ᴍᴏᴀɴɪɴɢ.

ᴊᴜꜱᴛ ᴛʜᴇɴ, ᴄʜᴀʀʟɪᴇ ᴏᴘᴇɴᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴏᴏʀ. "ʜᴇʏ ᴅᴀᴀᴀᴀ..." ʟᴜᴄɪꜰᴇʀ ʜᴜʀʀɪᴇᴅʟʏ ꜱᴄʀᴀᴍʙʟᴇᴅ ᴏꜰꜰ ᴏꜰ ᴀᴅᴀᴍ, ᴅᴡɪɴᴅʟɪɴɢ ꜱʟᴏᴡʟʏ. "ꜱʜɪᴛ, ᴄʜᴀʀʟɪᴇ..ɪ-ɪᴛ'ꜱ ɴᴏᴛ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ɪᴛ ʟᴏᴏᴋꜱ ʟɪᴋᴇ.." ᴄʜᴀʀʟɪᴇ'ꜱ ᴊᴀᴡ ᴅʀᴏᴘᴘᴇᴅ, ꜱʜᴇ ʙᴀᴄᴋᴇᴅ ᴜᴘ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴏᴏʀ. "ᴅᴀᴅ..ɪ.." ʟᴜᴄɪꜰᴇʀ ꜱʟᴏᴡʟʏ ᴄʀᴇᴘᴛ ᴛᴏᴡᴀʀᴅꜱ ʜᴇʀ. "ᴄʜᴀʀʟɪᴇ ᴄᴀʟᴍ ᴅᴏᴡɴ." ᴄʜᴀʀʟɪᴇ ʙᴀᴄᴋᴇᴅ ᴜᴘ ᴇᴠᴇɴ ᴍᴏʀᴇ, ɪᴍᴍᴇᴅɪᴀᴛᴇʟʏ ꜱᴘʀɪɴᴛɪɴɢ ᴀꜱ ꜱᴏᴏɴ ᴀꜱ ʟᴜᴄɪꜰᴇʀ ᴄᴀᴍᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴄʟᴏꜱᴇ.

ᴀᴅᴀᴍ ꜱɴɪᴄᴋᴇʀᴇᴅ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴀᴄᴋɢʀᴏᴜɴᴅ, ɢᴇᴛᴛɪɴɢ ᴀ ɢʟᴀʀᴇ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ʟᴜᴄɪꜰᴇʀ. "ɪ- ꜱᴏʀʀʏ.." ᴀᴅᴀᴍ ᴄʀᴀᴡʟᴇᴅ ᴏᴜᴛ ᴏꜰ ʙᴇᴅ, ᴄᴏᴠᴇʀɪɴɢ ʜɪꜱ ɢᴀꜱʜ ᴏɴ ʜɪꜱ ɴᴇᴄᴋ. "ᴡʜʏ ᴀʀᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ʜɪᴅɪɴɢ ɪᴛ?" ᴀᴅᴀᴍ ʙʟᴜꜱʜᴇᴅ. "ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜꜱᴇ..ᴡʜᴀᴛ ɪꜰ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴏɴᴇ ꜱᴇᴇꜱ ɪᴛ?" ʟᴜᴄɪꜰᴇʀ ꜱᴍɪʀᴋᴇᴅ, ʜᴏʟᴅɪɴɢ ᴀᴅᴀᴍ'ꜱ ᴡᴀɪꜱᴛ. "ʟᴇᴛ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ꜱᴇᴇ, ꜱᴏ ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴄᴀɴ ᴋɴᴏᴡ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ʙᴇʟᴏɴɢ ᴛᴏ ᴍᴇ. ᴀɴᴅ ᴍᴇ ᴀʟᴏɴᴇ." ᴀᴅᴀᴍ ꜱᴡᴏᴏɴᴇᴅ ʙʏ ᴛʜᴀᴛ, And ʜᴇ ꜱʟᴏᴡʟʏ ᴍᴏᴠᴇᴅ ʜɪꜱ ʜᴀɴᴅ. "ɢᴏᴏᴅ ʙᴏʏ.." ʟᴜᴄɪꜰᴇʀ ꜱʟᴏᴡʟʏ ᴛʀᴀᴠᴇʟᴇᴅ ʜɪꜱ ʜᴀɴᴅ ᴜɴᴅᴇʀ ᴀᴅᴀᴍ'ꜱ ʀᴏʙᴇ, ꜱᴇᴇɪɴɢ ᴀꜱ ʜᴇ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ᴄʜᴀɴɢᴇᴅ ɪᴛ ᴏʀ ʜᴀᴅ ᴀɴʏ ᴇxᴛʀᴀ ᴄʟᴏᴛʜᴇꜱ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ᴛʜᴀɴ ᴏᴠᴇʀꜱɪᴢᴇᴅ ʜᴏᴏᴅꜱ. "ʟᴜᴄɪꜰᴇʀ, ᴡᴇ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴛᴀʟᴋ ᴛᴏ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴅᴀᴜɢʜᴛᴇʀ." ʟᴜᴄɪꜰᴇʀ ꜱᴛᴏᴏᴅ ᴏɴ ʜɪꜱ ᴛɪᴘᴘʏ ᴛᴏᴇꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ᴡʜɪꜱᴘᴇʀᴇᴅ ɪɴ ᴀᴅᴀᴍ'ꜱ ᴇᴀʀ,"ᴍʏ ᴅᴀᴜɢʜᴛᴇʀ ᴄᴀɴ ᴡᴀɪᴛ. ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴄᴀɴ'ᴛ."

ᴀᴅᴀᴍ ꜱɪɢʜᴇᴅ ᴀɴᴅ ᴘᴜʟʟᴇᴅ ʟᴜᴄɪꜰᴇʀ ᴄʟᴏꜱᴇ ᴛᴏ ʜɪᴍ. "ᴏᴋᴀʏ, ʙᴜᴛ ᴍᴀᴋᴇ ɪᴛ Qᴜɪᴄᴋ. ɪ ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ᴡᴀɴᴛ ᴍꜱ.ʙᴜᴛᴛᴇʀꜰʟɪᴇꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ʀᴀɪɴʙᴏᴡꜱ ᴛᴏ ᴛᴇʟʟ ᴠᴀᴊᴊɪᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪ'ᴍ ꜰᴜᴄᴋɪɴ ʜᴇʀ ᴅᴀᴅ." ʟᴜᴄɪꜰᴇʀ ᴄʜᴜᴄᴋʟᴇᴅ. "Qᴜɪᴛᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏᴘᴘᴏꜱɪᴛᴇ. ɪ ꜰᴜᴄᴋ, ʏᴏᴜ ᴍᴏᴀɴ." ᴀᴅᴀᴍ ʀᴏʟʟᴇᴅ ʜɪꜱ ᴇʏᴇꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ꜰᴏʟʟᴏᴡᴇᴅ ʟᴜᴄɪꜰᴇʀ ɪɴꜱɪᴅᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴏᴏᴍ.

Charlie's POV:

𝚆𝚑𝚊𝚝? 𝙸𝚜 𝚍𝚊𝚍 𝚍𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙰𝚍𝚊𝚖?? 𝙸..𝙸 𝚍𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍! 𝚆𝚑𝚢 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚑𝚎 𝚔𝚎𝚎𝚙 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚖𝚎? 𝙸 𝚜𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚎𝚍, 𝙸 𝚍𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚠𝚑𝚢 𝙸 𝚛𝚊𝚗 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚋𝚞𝚝, 𝙸 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚊𝚖 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚏𝚞𝚜𝚎𝚍. 𝙷𝚎'𝚕𝚕 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚖𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚘𝚗 𝚎𝚗𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑! 𝙸'𝚖 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚒𝚝! 𝙸 𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚢 𝚛𝚘𝚘𝚖 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊 𝚜𝚖𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚔 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚖𝚢𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏, 𝚋𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚎𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚅𝚊𝚐𝚐𝚒𝚎! 𝙼𝚢 𝚠𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚏𝚞𝚕 𝚐𝚒𝚛𝚕𝚏𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚍, 𝚘𝚑 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝚜𝚘 𝚕𝚞𝚌𝚔𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚛. "𝙷𝚎𝚢 𝚑𝚞𝚗, 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚍𝚊𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞'𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚜?" 𝙸 𝚜𝚊𝚍𝚕𝚢 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚖𝚢 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚍, 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚟𝚊𝚌𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚜𝚙𝚘𝚝 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚍 𝚗𝚎𝚡𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚎𝚛.

"𝙲𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚠𝚑𝚢?" 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚖𝚢 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝙷𝚎𝚛'𝚜, 𝙸𝚝 𝚏𝚒𝚝 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚏𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚕𝚢. "𝙸 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚛𝚞𝚙𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚊 𝚜𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗.." 𝚅𝚊𝚐𝚐𝚒𝚎 𝚐𝚊𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚌𝚑𝚞𝚌𝚔𝚕𝚎𝚍. "𝙸 𝚑𝚘𝚙𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞'𝚛𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚊𝚍 𝚊𝚙𝚘𝚕𝚘𝚐𝚒𝚣𝚎𝚍!" 𝙸 𝚜𝚊𝚍𝚕𝚢 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚎𝚛, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚑𝚞𝚌𝚔𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚌𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎𝚍. "𝚆𝚊𝚜 𝚒𝚝 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞'𝚛𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛?" 𝙸 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚖𝚢 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚍. "𝙸𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜..𝙰𝚍𝚊𝚖." 𝚅𝚊𝚐𝚐𝚒𝚎 𝚍𝚛𝚘𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚢 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍, 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚖𝚘𝚞𝚝𝚑 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚙𝚎. "𝚁𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚕-" 𝙹𝚞𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚠𝚎 𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚑 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚗𝚘𝚒𝚜𝚎𝚜 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚘𝚘𝚖 𝚗𝚎𝚡𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚞𝚜. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚘𝚘𝚖 𝚗𝚎𝚡𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚞𝚜 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝙳𝚊𝚍'𝚜 𝚛𝚘𝚘𝚖. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚕𝚘𝚝 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚜𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚐. "𝙰𝚑! 𝙻𝚞𝚌𝚒! 𝙽𝚐𝚑~! 𝙰𝚑 𝙵𝚊-𝚏𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛!" 𝙼𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚅𝚊𝚐𝚐𝚒𝚎'𝚜 𝚎𝚢𝚎𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚍.

"𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚝'𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚐𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚘 𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚕.." 𝚅𝚊𝚐𝚐𝚒𝚎 𝚋𝚕𝚞𝚛𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚞𝚝, 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚖𝚢 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗. "𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚒𝚎, 𝚍𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚖𝚊𝚢𝚋𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚑𝚎'𝚜 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚢 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝙰𝚍𝚊𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚖𝚘𝚖?" 𝙸 𝚗𝚘𝚍𝚍𝚎𝚍. "𝙾𝚔𝚊𝚢, 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕 𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚢 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚑𝚒𝚖." 𝙸 𝚑𝚞𝚐𝚐𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚕𝚢. "𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚔 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚅𝚊𝚐𝚜, 𝙸'𝚖 𝚜𝚘 𝚕𝚞𝚌𝚔𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞." 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚕𝚞𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚍, 𝚖𝚘𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚖𝚢 𝚑𝚊𝚒𝚛 𝚋𝚎𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚢 𝚎𝚊𝚛. "𝙽𝚘 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚋𝚕𝚎𝚖 𝚋𝚊𝚋𝚎, 𝙸 𝚊𝚖 𝚊𝚕𝚜𝚘 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚕𝚞𝚌𝚔𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚋𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝚖𝚎." 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚔𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚎, 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚒𝚕𝚢 𝚔𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔.

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