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Shane had been dreading this moment for months.
It was a rainy fall day, chilly and damp. He and Ilya were watching the Pike children while Hayden and Jackie worked on some repairs around her mother's home. And they were running out of ways to entertain them.
The weather wasn't great for playing outside, but they'd played basketball with the children's hoop in the playroom. They'd read stories. They'd played games. They'd watched Lilo and Stitch. (Ilya cried.) They'd eaten lunch. The kids were getting bored. And then Ruby said the words he feared most.
"Uncle Shane, let's make slime!"