Chapter 11: Building Foreign Bridges

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"How's it going, nephew?" Keith sat down next to Luke.

"Horrible. Mom has gone over to the dark side."

"Would the Star Wars references have anything to do with your name being Luke?"

Luke laughed. His uncle, like Skills understood him. Then he remembered. This was all his uncle's fault. Keith had already braced himself, by crossing his arms.

"Spill, Anakin."

"Thought you two could get to know each other."

Luke raised an eyebrow. He looked back at his mom who was stirring something in a pot on the stove. Nate was sitting down now. Haley's steel glare still seemed to

hold Nate right where he was.

"Why?"

Dan Scott's car parked as suddenly as it stopped. He got out of the car and slammed the door loudly. Karen saw him from the kitchen, and lowered her eyebrows.

Nate sucked his teeth. Haley noticed and cracked a smile.

"You both need to find new roads, which are different than the ones we took."

Luke was amazed. Keith hadn't been fazed at all. If anything, Keith's smile seemed to burn brighter than ever before.