he rushed out the gate and ran out to greet them . the man pulled the wagon to a stop and christine along with arlo got down . wade reached her and they hugged each other tightly . '' i 'll never go back unless you go with me , '' she said softly to him . wade let go of christine and picked up arlo

'' she likes that for you too . '' '' well ... , '' max struggled to find another guess . '' it ca n't be somebody else , ' cause i would know . '' to his surprise , max saw a flicker of something in tom 's eyes that said he was getting warmer . '' she has n't ever been on a date , except you , as far as i can remember , '' said max

she smiled at him and again his stomach did a little flip-flop . they danced for a few minutes in silence . '' so , what do you do ? '' mike asked , trying to take his mind off his terrible dancing skills and the looming near-death situation . '' oh , i work for fedex delivering packages . but i do n't really want to talk about work

he did n't answer as he picked up the broken clock and flipped it over to the back , fiddling with the knob . tick tock . tick tock . the ticking and tocking was slowing down to a gurgle . '' so we get the ira crystal ball , and we use it to go to the underworld ? '' i asked , making sure that was the plan . still no answer as he twisted the knob on the soon-to-be-dead
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