I was surprised by everything she wrote in the letter. She never told me that dad

had died before she left Seattle, neither had Cindy or Bling, but then they might

have assumed I knew. And what did she mean when she said she had been hiding in

Seattle, and that it was a dangerous place? At dinner, Bling asked about the letter,

I let him read it through.

"I guess Max assumes that we told you a lot. Are you still confused?"

I nodded my head as Cindy came in late from work, she noticed the seriousness and

raised an eyebrow. Bling motioned to the letter, silently asking me if she could read

it. I nodded again and he gave the letter to Cindy to read.

"Same old Maxie, kickin' butt all th' way. So, what we gonna do?"

"Tell him everything, I guess. Max already thinks we have."

"How much 'everythin' from Max, from us, from Logan, or from th' day..."

"Everything, tell me everything."

"Dinner first, then dishes. After dinner, we will talk."

"Alright."

Cindy took her usual plate of food while Bling and I did dishes, then we all went into

the den and sat down.

"So, where do we start?" Cindy asked.

"At the beginning."

Bling started talking.

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