Reyes returned a minute later with the same bolt cutter he'd used on the fence latch weeks earlier, its jaws still faintly rust-stained from that first afternoon at the lighthouse, and set it down on the concrete beside the locker without a word, letting the moment belong entirely to Eli.
"You don't have to do this right now," Nora said, gently, one last time, wanting to be sure. "We could wait....
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Chapter 17: The Locker
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