Chapter Nineteen
I heard the sharp intake of my mother’s breath, but I couldn’t turn away from the television to see her expression. Likewise, my father’s muttered “holy s**t” reached my ears, but it seemed to be coming from very far away. Right then, I didn’t think anything could have unglued my attention from the screen, except maybe Raphael appearing in front of me and pressing his mouth to mine.
That didn’t happen, though. Instead, I realized as I watched that the Reptilians weren’t alone, that the six astronauts from the Mars mission were ranged behind them. All of the astronauts wore varying expressions of confusion, as if they weren’t quite sure what was going on.
Well, I totally understood that feeling.
“Sound on!” my father barked at the television, which was still muted.
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