CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE
“Gabe! Gabe!” The minute he turned up the driveway to their house, Lindy jumped off the front porch and sprinted toward him, stopping short of throwing her arms around him, frowning instead. “What happened to you? I waited and waited after school let out, but you never showed up. I finally gave up and rushed home, worried about you. I kept checking the back door and the front. No brother, either place.” She searched his face. “Where have you been?”
“Calm down. Don’t panic. I’m home now. Nothing to worry about.”
She did her famous eye roll which lasted longer than usual, even without the twitchy nose. He sometimes wondered what would happen if her face froze during one of her puckered faces. Yuck! I pray it doesn’t.
“I can see you are home, but where were you?”
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