twenty-five

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        "Hey, Alexa!"

        "Hi."

        "Is your brother there? Can I talk to him?"

        She looked at me with a sad face. "Mom!"

        After a minute or so, Julie (Jace and Alexa's mom) appeared by the door. "Hello, Emma."

        "Hello. Can I talk to Jace?"

        She looked the same like Alexa. I wondered what was wrong with Jace. "I'm sorry but he doesn't want to be disturbed at the moment."

        The smile on my face disappeared in an instant. "Okay," was all I said before I turned around and walked away.

        Then she called out to me, "Have you finished the mixtape?"

        I faced her again. "Not yet."

        "Please do," she said before finally closing the door now.

        It made me so curious now so I ran back inside the house and forwarded the tape. Playing it and then forward again until I reached into something.

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