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    “Language!” his
mom chastised as she walked into the foyer. “Tommy, I don’t think they need
your approval to be friends.”
    Trevor was
pleased with his mom’s support. Among his siblings, he had always been the
black sheep. But over the last few months his twin brother had become a douche.
Trevor wanted badly to tell his brother about the epic battle under the
Brickton mansion. But his mom, being the brilliant sheriff she is, had bribed
him with a summer internship at the police station. It turned out better than
he expected. Both Trevor and Simon had been such a help that they were each now
on the payroll.
     “Whatever,
wanna-be copper,” Tommy said. And with that, he turned away and jogged up the
stairs toward his bedroom.
    “I wish I knew
why he’s so angry,” their mother said sadly. It pissed Trevor off that Tommy
was upsetting their mom. He made a mental note to tell him later what he could
do to himself and where he could go to do it.
    “A word, Sheriff?”
Sam said formally. Trevor knew that tone. He also knew that if he wanted to get
any valuable information, he was going to have to be invisible.
    “Of course,” Anna
said. While the official cops were waiting for them to become scarce, Trevor
and Simon were crawling through the basement window that led to the perfect
destination to eavesdrop.
    “We need to talk,”
Sam whispered.
    “About what?”
Anna asked nervously.
    Simon was having
trouble hearing. “ Pssst!”
    “ Shhh! ”
Trevor shot back.
    “Can you hear?”
Simon asked.
    “Not with your
big mouth flapping. Shut it.”
    Simon shook his
head and kicked Trevor’s foot.
    “I’m not 100%
sure the portal is closed,” Sam said out of the blue.
    This surprised
Anna. “What? Why? What do you mean?”
    “I don’t know.”
    “You don’t know?”
Anna repeated, flabbergasted. “Have you believed this for the past year ?”
    “Yeah,” Sam said
flatly.
    “Why the hell
didn’t you say anything?”
    “I don’t know.”
    “Jesus, Sam, you
don’t know? Really?” She took a deep breath. “Is there something you’re not
telling me?”
    Sam shrugged, and
then motioned for her to wait a moment. He walked over to the edge of the
porch. Without warning, Sam stomped his foot with considerable force.
    Not having
expected Sam’s sudden movement, Trevor’s body shuddered a bit following the
slam. He immediately knew he had given up their location.
    “What was that
about?” Anna asked.
    “Come on out,
Trevor,” Sam said.
    “Damn,” Trevor said
harshly.
    “Uh, language,
young man,” Anna scolded. She stared daggers at Trevor and Simon as they
crawled through the latticework and dejectedly walked up the stairs.
    “Really,” Anna
said, shaking her head. “You two look like puppies in a window trying to sell yourselves.
You both look pathetic with those big eyes. But I’m not falling for it this
time. Sam and I were having a private conversation.”
    “We didn’t think
about that,” Simon said. “I’m sorry.” He elbowed Trevor.
    “Me, too, Mom.
Sorry.”
    “How in the
world did you end up under the porch?” Sam asked.
    “Wraparound
porches are the bomb,” Trevor said with a wide smile.
    “Indeed,” Sam
laughed.
    “I think you
boys can head back in the house,” Anna said.
    “No,” Sam said
softly. “If it’s okay with you, Anna, I would actually like for them to be
here.”
    Anna just glared
at Sam.
    “I know you’re
looking out for your boys,” Sam said sincerely. “I respect and appreciate that.
But I feel I need to point out that without these boys, we might possibly be
dead right now. And ignoring what happened, and ignoring that these kids are
walking Googles with all their knowledge about that shit, well, I think we
should give them the benefit of the doubt.”
    Trevor could
tell that Anna wasn’t exactly thrilled with Sam’s monologue, but he also knew
his mother. Sam had acted like a father, trying to help his mom see the bigger
picture. And