![]() ![]() I washed my hands in that cool, clean water, scraping under and around the fingernails just in case there was too much of Dad’s skin cells there from the scuffle we’d had earlier. ![]() Was plain water enough to get rid of the traces of DNA? #One clue crossword chapter 26 air ship answer skin “I’ll be the hysterical one,” Tania said. She was totally working her amazingly calm, serious face and demeanor. Anyone would’ve thought she had just finished conducting one of her innocent, insect dissection experiments. “Who’re we going to tell first?” I stood up, shaking the water off my hands. My hands would be dry in about twenty seconds if I repeated that shaking action. Tania stood up, triumphant-the little Amazon princess who’d overthrown one of her chief abusers with the help of her princely twin. “He’ll probably call the police, and we’ll take it from there.” “First, we’ll go to the ranger.” Tania lightly ran a hand along her collarbone, where Dad’s hand had last been before he almost slammed the back of her head into the rock face. ![]() “Take it from there?” I was a mix of emotions-the diametric opposite of Tania. “My heart beats faster when I realize we just did it again. The back of my neck turns icy when I think about having to face the police. “I know, I know,” Tania said, taking my cold hands in hers, which were nice and warm. “Well, I’m going to be crying and you can tell the ranger what happened.” There was an insane amount of unwavering focus in Tania. You can, and should, look guilty-just do it in a believable way.” “We’re going to say Dad tripped at one point, and that we tried to help him but it was too late. Tania made a gesture with her right hand like she was flicking the end of a cigarette. That you’re now the older brother who feels the weight of the world on his shoulders because you feel responsible for the both of us, yadda, yadda, yadda.” “You should appear…guilty that you weren’t able to stop Dad from falling.” She drew inverted commas in the air when she said the last word of that sentence. #One clue crossword chapter 26 air ship answer skin. ![]()
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