162. Contingency

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"So what happened?" I ask, trying hard not to show how irritated I was by him not getting straight to the point. "Someone broke into my house." He begins, making my eyes go wide. "What? Are you ok? Did they get anything? Do you know what they were after?" I explode in a whirlwind of questions. "Mav..." My dad comments, turning his gaze to me in a silent way of saying 'shut up'. I nod my head and signal for Asher to continue. "As I was saying, someone broke into my house. However, instead of taking anything, they left something, or rather someone behind." Asher commented, making my eyebrows furrow in confusion. "What does that mean?" I ask, once again getting an annoyed look from my father, instantly silencing me from asking any further questions and interrupting Asher further. "Have

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