“That’s where my part ends,” Tessa said.  “The police interviewed me for hours, and then Nika came and brought my bag, and we talked.  Father Paul was there for a while, and then Uncle Andy and Uncle Peter showed up and brought me here, to Sleepyside.  We stayed for a few days, and then...” she shrugged.  “You all know the rest.”

        “I don’t,” Dan whispered in her ear.

        “I’ll tell you later,” Tessa responded with a smile.  “Right now, I think everyone would rather hear how Yaya’s house burned down, and you ended up being arrested.”

        “I wasn’t arrested for burning down the house,” Dan protested.  “I was just in the wrong place at the wrong time, during an ambush.”  Turning back to the curious, Dan took a deep breath and began to remember again. “After the cops took Tessa, I was scared.  For her and for me...”

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