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I reach out for Joy’s shoulder as she cries, while at the same time looking around for Justin to come and help.
“Joy…” I begin, but a girl from class interrupts me.
“Oh, look, someone made the pirate girl cry!” she says in a derogatory tone.
“Hey!” Charlie steps in front of Joy. “Everybody cries!”
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I think the birthday party is starting to get a bit old. The kids are now separated into small groups, small groups of boys and small groups of girls.
I see Charlie and Joy talk to another boy near the table. Trying to look like I’m not listening to them, I get closer to supposedly get a bit more juice.
“Yeah, but this is a costume,” the kid is saying. “That’s what you wear every day!”
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“But what did he say to you?”
It’s been a day since we last saw Colin and Hugh, and Justin is trying to ask Charlie what made him run away yesterday.
Charlie keeps ignoring Justin’s questions as Joy and Charlie play with toys on the deck of Bonny’s Revenge.
“Charlie,” Justin pleads for the seventh time. “What happened? What did he say?”
Charlie looks up finally. “He said ‘poop’.”
“Huh? He said ‘poop’?”
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“Hugh. Nice to meet you,” Justin offers his hand. “I’m Justin.”
“Pleasure,” Hugh shakes his hand.
“This is my father, Walter. My mother, Susanne. And you just met my daughter, Joy. Her friend was Charlie. The big robot, that, uh, chased her in the flying ship,” he sneaks a look at Colin to see if it’s okay to mention a robot and a flying ship, “that’s Master Mind.”
“Pleasure,” Hugh shakes my hand. “Enchanted,” he kisses Suzy’s hand.
“Oh, laying it on a bit too thick, aren’t you?” Colin tells him.
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Colin stands there in the street as Hugh talks to Joy and Charlie about the documentary he’s shooting right now.
Justin stands very close to Colin. “Whatever happens, there’s no need for monsters,” he tells him. “No monsters. No monsters.”
“No monsters,” Colin whispers.
“Everything’s okay,” Justin says. “You can see that, right?”
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“This was all a terrible idea! A terrible idea!” Colin begins to scream as if he is facing one of his monsters.
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Charlie comes over from his dream, using one of his permanent jetpacks, and lands on the deck of Bonny’s Revenge. He’s early. Joy isn’t up yet and Justin hasn’t appeared, either.
Suzy and I are sitting in lawn chairs in our garden, looking out. Master Mind is near the wheel.
I look at Suzy lazily. I gesture at the ship with my head, saying, ‘should we join them?’
Suzy shrugs. Neither of us is in a mood to move and there’s no good reason to.
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