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e ar o ff . A nd L ouis , w ho c o uld s o m eti m es b eco m e v ery ir rita te d w ith
E ll ie , d ecid ed h e d id n’t c are i f h e e v er c la p ped a n e y e o n D is n ey W orld i n O rla n do.
H e p ark ed i n f r o nt o f t h e s h ed a n d t u rn ed o ff t h e w ag on ’s m oto r.
T he e n gin e ti c k ed . In th e s ile n ce, w hic h s e em ed v ery b ig a fte r C hic ag o a n d th e b ustl e o f S ta te S tr e et a n d th e
L oop, a b ir d s a n g s w eetl y i n t h e l a te a fte rn oon.
“ H om e,” R ach el s a id s o ftl y , s ti ll l o okin g a t t h e h ouse .
“H om e,” G ag e s a id c o m pla ce n tly o n h er l a p .
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Louis a n d R ac h el s ta re d a t e a ch o th er. I n t h e r e a rv ie w m ir r o r, E il e en ’s e y es w id en ed .
“ D id y ou— ”
“ D id h e— ”
“ W as t h at— ”
T hey a ll s p ok e to g eth er, th en a ll la u ghed to geth er. G ag e to ok n o n otic e; h e o nly c o ntin ued to s u ck h is th um b.
H e h ad b een s a y in g “ M a” fo r a lm ost a m onth n ow a n d h ad ta k en a s ta b o r tw o a t s o m eth in g th at m ig ht h av e
b ee n “ D aaa ” o r o nly w is h fu l t h in kin g o n L ou is ’s p art.
B ut t h is , e it h er b y a ccid en t o f i m ita tio n, h ad b ee n a r e a l W ord H om e.
L ouis p lu ck ed G ag e f r o m h is w if e ’s l a p a n d h ugged h im .
T hat w as h ow t h ey c am e t o L udlo w .
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I n L ouis C re e d ’s m em ory th at o ne m om en t a lw ay s h eld a m ag ic al q uality —
partl y , p erh ap s, b ecau se it re a lly
w as m ag ic al, b ut m ostl y b eca u se th e r e st o f th e e v en in g w as s o w ild . I n th e n ex