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Charlie looks at us as he opens the door to Joy’s cabin.
“We’ll be with you,” Suzy says. “Come on.”
He goes in and Suzy and I follow. Master Mind remains on the deck.
Joy is asleep in her cot.
Charlie touches her shoulder, and she opens her eyes wide and the knife under her pillow is in her hands, aimed at Charlie.
Suzy gasps. “I forgot that was there,” she whispers.
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“Where’s Charlie?” Suzy says.
“He’s not here!” Joy says, stomping her foot on the deck.
I look at Justin. Justin shakes his head. “He was here. We saw him when we came in, there was a storm, then, he vanished.”
“He woke up?” Suzy asks.
Justin nods. “Then we waited, and a few minutes later he appeared again.”
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Suzy and I head off the old-fashioned way through the streets of Toronto back to Justin’s apartment. It’s not far. We made it here on foot, we’ll make it back.
The sky hasn’t turned stormy in a few minutes, and I hope the issue with Charlie is resolved.
In the meantime, I’m enjoying a walk through the streets of my city with my wife.
“I’ve missed Toronto,” Suzy tells me as we walk.
“Yeah?”
“Just walking through the streets. I’ve been here and there, we’ve eaten here. So many memories. We’ve been in Justin’s dream for, what, a year and a half?”
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“Look at you,” Dragon Father said. “I’m so proud of you. You are so amazing. My little girl, do you know I love you?”
I heard silence.
“I love you more than anything in the world,” he continued. His voice was come, full of warmth. He sounded shocked at his own feelings as he thought about it. “I think… No, you are… You are what I love most in the world.”
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