Freya I pulled Ezra away from the bleachers with my hand wrapped tight around his, walking fast enough that he had to jog a little to keep up, and I didn't say anything until we were far enough from the crowd that no one could hear us."Ezra, listen to me," I said, crouching down to his level. "You can't talk to strangers like that. You don't know that man.""He's not a stranger," Ezra said, frowning at me like I had said something ridiculous. "He's your friend. I've seen him before, remember, at the mall and at the apartment. He's cool. I like him. He's like Uncle Ronan."I felt my chest go tight, but I kept my face soft, because the last thing I wanted was for him to think he had done something wrong. He hadn't. He was just a child who liked talking to people, who didn't know what any of it meant."Okay," I said, brushing his hair back. "Just be more careful next time, alright? Come find me first.""Okay, Mommy," he said, already bored of the conversation, his eyes back on the fiel
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