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They agreed it was wrong to throw the stick, but insisted that Chase couldn't have predicted it would result in serious injury. Ha! The real reason was that Chase was the town sports hero--and the son of the last town sports hero. Chase's dad had a lot of admirers on that board. And my family didn't.
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Down there, people would be relieved to know they're dead, and - and -' Her voice cracked. He stuck out his chin, daring her to say it. "And what?" "And maybe we should be too," Amy blurted."
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I burst out with, "Aaron--Bear--" The names are unfamiliar on my tongue, like I've never spoken them before."
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The Janus ought to put you on the payroll to scoop up a few of our artworks that fell into the wrong hands over the years. - Jonah
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Why is it," he said faintly, "that sooner or later, everybody we love dies?"
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My students are very motivated," he finished in a disappointed tone. "Kids these days," Dan commiserated."
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This is just our hobby," Dan answered quickly. "Instead of collecting stamps, we find creepy old places and poke around."
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We need Nellie and dry clothes." Dan glared resentfully at the retreating yaht in the distance. "A grenade launcher would be nice, too."
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Amy sighed anxiously. Her brother was immature and annoying. But perhaps his most unpleasant feature was the fact that he was usually right.
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It's a pleasure to see you again, Doctor," Nellie said sweetly. It would be an even greater pleasure to take a baseball bat to your lousy head."
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London never gets this hot," moaned Ian. "At least, not since the great fire of 1666."
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Brilliant as he was, Jake was not a Cahill, and he couldn't possibly understand the lesson they'de learned in the search for the 39 Clues. There was no point worrying about what might have happened. As long as you were still alive, still in the hunt, that was a good day.... Amy and Dan lived in the moment, because hard experience had taught them that there was no other time.
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I'm going to puke," Dan threatened in the darkness. "Such a lovely word," Ian commented miserably. "Have you considered something more civilized, like 'throw up' or perhaps 'give back'?" "In my hood, they call it 'tossing a sidewalk pizza,'" Jonah managed. "Your 'hood'?" Hamilton echoed from his place at the wheel. "You live in a row of twenty-million-dollar palaces. Do you even have sidewalks?"
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