“What movie do you plan to watch?” He doesn’t look up at me once as he asks me questions and scribbles something onto the pages below his nose. “Just a … kids’ movie. Rated PG.” Guilt winds inside my stomach as the lie tumbles from my lips. In truth, Brie’s older sister is coming with us, to buy the tickets for an R-rated horror movie my best friend somehow talked me into. One where a family is terrorized by a mask-wearing group that hunts them while vacationing at their weekend estate. Thankfully, he still doesn’t look up at me, because I can’t bring myself to lie to my daddy’s face. Instead,
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