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Max
Meg made her way through the gathered crowd, ordering everyone to meet us at the trailhead on the outskirts of town. No one dared to object to her demands, so I decided that if I ever went missing, I wanted Meg to be in charge of securing the search team.
Both wanting to do my part and needing to give my sister a hard time for not inviting me to her Halloween party, I called Molly. It was obvious by her groggy “Hello” that she had been asleep and was most likely hungover.
“Morning, Sunshine!” I yelled into the phone, smiling as I pictured her wincing and holding the phone away from her ear. “Or should I say afternoon?”
“You don’t need to say anything so loudly, we aren’t communicating via tin cans and string.” Molly grouched.
Ignoring her grumbling, I continued speaking in my o
