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It was a pretty tamed argument until he called her a parasite, and she fired back that he was a mangy mutt.
“Children!” Grams exclaimed, giving them both a stern look. “Apologize to each other this instant, or you are both grounded.”
I glanced over at Mina, and she looked pale. Grounded was something she didn’t want to be. Over a hundred years old or not, the threat scared her. Grounding, to my parents and grandparents, was not the typical: you can’t go out or have your phone taken. It was much worse. They cut off your money supply, took the keys from whatever cars you may have, and locked you in the meditating room for two days—a room where an hour on the outside felt like two days on the i
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