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Just get out of town, Julie kept chanting to herself. Figure out the rest later. It wasn’t much of a plan. She had to let everyone know that Felix was safe. She had to come up with some kind of explanation that made sense to everyone. Felix had a meltdown, he wanted to go home. Sorry for all the trouble.
She still couldn’t pin down where she knew the man from. Either her musician’s ear was failing her or she didn’t know the man very well. Maybe she’d just heard him in passing around town.
But most importantly, Felix was okay.
“Did he hurt you, kiddo?” Julie was trying to keep her cool, she really was. But her hands were shaking so hard it was difficult to steer.
“No. He just surprised me, that’s all. I climbed out the window because I didn’t like it there. As soon as I got to the g
