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“Ok!” the kids said eagerly. They were happy<br />
to help and they wanted to get out of there so they<br />
could talk about this terrible situation.<br />
Grant took the package and shook it a little.<br />
It rattled just slightly.<br />
“Hey, be careful with that!” Joe warned.<br />
“Ok,” Grant promised. “What’s in here?”<br />
Without thinking, Joe said, “Bones.” When<br />
he saw how the kids looked at him—especially his<br />
son, Alex—he just shook his head. “I’m sending<br />
them to a lab for tests. Go on and get out of here,”<br />
he said. “I have work to do.”<br />
The kids headed for the mail station. They<br />
walked glumly down the path, now paying little<br />
attention to the tourists or the beautiful late<br />
afternoon sunshine and shadows.<br />
“I’m sure your dad didn’t do anything bad,”<br />
Christina said to Alex. “Don’t worry, we’ll help get<br />
to the bottom of this.”<br />
Courtney and Grant nodded in agreement,<br />
but Alex just kicked his feet in the dirt and stared at<br />
the ground as they walked. Christina figured he was<br />
trying to make sense of this new bad news.<br />
“Look,” Christina said, still trying to cheer<br />
everyone up. “Papa gave me twenty dollars. Let’s get<br />
this mail delivered and I’ll treat everyone to ice cream.”<br />
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