My voice sounded cheery, hiding what I really felt. "Here," Ryder said, sliding the yellow receipt to me. I glanced at the number and handed him my bank card. At the last second, I pulled it out of his reach. "What?" he asked. "Maybe I should use cash," I wondered out loud. "So it doesn't show up on my statements and they see it." "Who? Your parents?" he asked, staring at me like I was crazy. "Yeah," I admitted. "Oh, forget it. They won't look once I'm home." Ryder looked away quickly and took the card to swipe it. "You've been running all over town using this. They would know by now." "That's true," I realized, a little offended. My family could have easily found me. So, they either didn't care to look, or did look and didn't care to do anything about it. "What's this?" I asked suddenly to sidetrack myself. Ryder looked up at the metal ring I was holding. "It's a hose clamp." "Can I have it?" His eyes softened when he looked at me. "If you want it. It's dirty. It's just garbage." "It's a bracelet now," I announced, slipping it over my wrist.
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