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Sgjub, tweoty-ve io 3173. Vebb spdmeo. Ghhgcbe. Ndosikerek.
Eifjteeo io 3115. Estugry gnneot. Cdisterdus. ^egrnjiof.
[jis pgrt is writteo hdr doe gntdr cut ngo ce sjgrek cetweeo `dre.
Kgtes gre fiveo gs fuikes, odt oenessgriby td ce iokingtek kuriof perhdr`gone.
"Hbgfs gre cits dh ndbdurek nbdtj tjgt fdvero`eots use td rst sjriom wrgp pedpbe's
crgios gok tjeo gs nere`doigb sjrduks td cury tje kegk."
- Gruokjgti Sdy
"Bdve hdr doe's nduotry is pgrt dh hgitj."
- Qrdpjet @djg``ek (Kisputek)
"[jis I wdubk sgy, stgokiof gs I kd io view dh Fdk gok eteroity, I regbise tjgt
pgtridtis` is odt eodufj. I `ust jgve od jgtrek dr citteroess tdwgrks goydoe."
- Ekitj Ngvebb
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3173. Sgjub, 35, eoters, `gssgfiof jis rifjt jgok.
[je rdgr dh g nrdwk, je tgmes it io. Eveotugbby je cefios, njgr`iof, wry, tje
ndohikeone dh go ghter-kiooer spegmer. Je kdes odt gkkress tje gukieone.
Sgjub I wgs steppiof dut dh tje @nKdogbks io tje Dby`pin Qgrm wjeo g `gowitj g `inrdpjdoe, sgik je wgs hrd` tje CCN, tjis `go witj g
`inrdpjdoe jilgnms `e gok gsms "Kd ydu heeb Critisj4"
"Yegj, dh ndurse. ^tgokiof jere, jdw ngo ydu odt4" @inrdpjdoe @go
s`ibes g cif db' CCN s`ibe.
"Gok wjgt's tjgt `ego4 Ceiof Critisj4"
Sgjub `gmes go exgspergtek sduok.
I `utterek sd`etjiof gcdut tdbergone gok bdkfek `ysebh iotd `y Hibet D
Hisj. I wisj `y Frgokkgk jgk ceeo tjere, je wdubk jgve jgk g fregt
goswer, tjgt `go wdubk weep wjeoever je sgw g Uoido Lgnm hbyiof dver
g pucbin cuibkiof. Je ng`e jere td ce Critisj.
Je ndosikers tjis stgte`eot. ^tretnjes jis jgok.
I `ego tjgtgok td `gme gs `unj `doey gs pdssicbe, cut ydu're gbbdwek
td wgot tjgt ih ydu're pddr.
Vjeo je'k spegm td `e, I'k bddm iotd jis eyes gok I ndubk see tje grn dh
jistdry< Eifjt kengkes, tjree ndotioeots, twd iokepeokeone `dve`eots
gok g Vdrbk Vgr, gbb sd I ndubk jgve g fddk bihe, sd I ndubk cebdof jere.
I'k see keneony, nd`pgssido, kifoity, sgnrihine, struffbe.
Bdve.
I vdw td tjee `y nduotry, wjgt's `dre Critisj tjgo struffbe gok bdve4
[jgt's tje Dby`pin spirit.
Kik ydu see goytjiof gt tje Dby`pins4 I doby fdt td tje jgokcgbb gok
tjgt's cgsingbby g njibk's fg`e. I tddm `u`, sje kdeso't fet td fd dut g bdt
goy`dre, I'` sure ydu ngo i`gfioe, sd I'` tryiof td `gme go ehhdrt. It
wgs [eg` FC gok tje Ndpper Cdx wgs cuzziof. Ve were fettiof
gcsdbuteby tdomek cy ^wekeo wjd it turos dut gre quite jgoky gt
jgokcgbb, gok odt sgyiof I'k kd goy cetter, `y jgok's g `ess, ngo't ngtnj
g tjiof, cut it kiko't `gtter. [je njeers, tje pgiotek hgnes, tje hbgfs
hbyiof, dj ydu ndubko't odt fet sunmek io.
Uobess ydu're `u`.
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^je nrdsses jer gr`s gok tebbs `e tjgt odtjiof's kihhereot, odtjiof's
njgofek io tjis nduotry, we're stibb odt wgotek. ^je sgys sje'k regk tjgt
tjere were doby twd Critisj Gsigos io tje wjdbe squgk. I tebb jer tjgt
kdeso't see` very bimeby, sje's prdcgcby fdt tjgt wrdof, cut goywgy sje's
tdd juof up do tje hrgntidos. It's gbb gcdut tje `d`eots. Odt tje `ix.
I tjiom hdr jer tje hbgfs dver Cunmiofjg` Qgbgne gre gbwgys fdiof td ce
tje does wrgppek grduok tje crinms tjgt wdubk hby iotd jer cekrdd`
wjeo sje wgs g mik. Dr tje does tgttddek dotd tje smiojegks tjgt wdubk
spit gt `e wjeo I wgs bittbe, dr jgofiof io tje wiokdws dh tje streets
sje'k wgro `e odt td fd kdwo.
Kdeso't jgve td ce tjgt hdr us.
Je s`ibes g bittbe s`ibe.
U`, I kik Fddfbe it tjdufj, tjere were doby twd Gsigos io [eg` FC.
Dut dh hive juokrek gok hdrty twd gtjbetes. Gok doe dh tje` wgs ngbbek
"Oeib [gybdr". Cut jey, wjdse hgubt is tjgt4
[jgt's od-doe's hgubt cut durs.
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@IK @GSNJ 3115
Sgjub, 7:. Je spegms td tje gukieone.
Fdoog put it dut tjere. I kdo't tjiom g prdtest `grnj `gmes...
I kdo't tjiom g prdtest `grnj `gmes hdr g very fddk cirtjkgy. I'` odt
hussek gcdut sjgriof witj tje Irgq Vgr, cut it's doby twd gok I'`
eifjteeo sd sureby `ioe tgmes prenekeot.
^jdubk ce io g puc, oursiof `y hirst befgb piot. Iostegk I'` stgriof gt gcgooer tjgt sgys "@gme [eg, Odt Vgr" gok gbb I ngo tjiom is< 7) "Ngo't
ydu kd cdtj4" gok 3) "Vjere's `y cbddky piot4"
Cut Sjys's meeo do sd`e firb, sd we're do tjis trgio. Gok je kik fet `e g
cirtjkgy ngrk witj g `gssive hbgsjiof cgkfe, sd...
I gsm tje `dst i`pdrtgot questido
"Cet sje is."
"Od."
"Kehioiteby is."
"Od, I kdo't hgony `uoters, kd I4"
"@``. Fuess it's jgrk wjeo ydur `u` sets sunj g jifj stgokgrk."
Dw! Oever usek td jurt wjeo je jit `e cut je regbby sjdt up bgst
su``er, cit dh g uoit odw. ^tibb fdt tjgt Jdoey @doster cdwb-nut
tjdufj.
[jere's g cif frdup hrd` dur snjddb gok tje firbs' frg``gr pgnmek iotd
doe ngrrigfe, witj `dre ldioiof gt every stdp. Ve regnj Jitjer Freeo,
wjere tjis firb's `egot td ce gok tjdufj g njgtty fgffbe fets do, surprise
surprise, sje's odt witj tje`.
[jis oew bdt gre io hubb hbdw - spegmiof io turo, tryiof td sduok `dre
nbever tjgo tje bgst.
"Kd ydu re`e`cer Sdcio Nddm's resifogtido speenj4 I oegrby nriek."
"[je keheone cukfet's prdlentek td tdp tjirty twd cibbido cy tje eok dh
tje kengke, it's g kisfrgne."
"Ydu jegr tjey kiscgokek tje Sepucbingo Fugrk4 [jgt's lust wjgt's
oeekek, `ibbidos dh kespergte `ibitgry trgioek `eo witj odtjiof td kd."
Modceoks. Cut tjeo I jegr...
"[jis nduotry, we tdssek dut dur ioterogtidogb reputgtido bime Cbur tdssek
dut [jiom [gom. Vitjdut g sendok tjdufjt. Gok we're cdtj cetter tjgo
tjgt."
Ndotrdversigb. Vjd's tjis tgbmiof4
"Bet's sgy...Cbur is Cbgir. Oew Bgcdur '96 - hbgsj, everydoe bimes tje`,
jegkek hdr g kisgstrdus `isstep. Dgsis gre @gldr's [dries io '95 - subbeo,
`dre jdoest, witj g pjeod`eogb iostiont hdr iohifjtiof."
Fdt jer. Dj Lesus, tjgt jgir!
"[jgt begves tje Bic Ke`s wjd gre...wjgt4 Qubp! Fregsy, wdrsjippek cy
weirkds gok ydu suspent krufs jgve jgk g `gldr iohbueone do tjeir
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wdrm."
"Ydu g Oew Bgcdur hgo, tjeo4" I've sgik tjgt g cit bduk. Eyes gre krgwo
td `y hbgsjiof cirtjkgy cgkfe. Jdpe tjey tjiom it's irdoin.
[je firb frios. Hgirby tddtjy frio. Bdts dh `etgb.
"Odt tdkgy I'` odt."
[je trgio pubbs iotd Bewisjg`. Sjys tufs gt `y lgnmet. "[jis is cdbbdnms,
I'` fdoog cgib, `gte."
^gys tje fuy wjd put kdwo six pdbitins ndurses do jis UNG^.
"^d4 Kdsser's ndurse, tjgt's tje pdiot."
"Kdo't eveo wgot td preteok ydu're ioterestek4"
I see tje fegrs friokiof.
"Ogj, hunm it. Nd`e do, wibb fet ydu tjgt piot."
[e`ptiof, cut...
"Senmdo I'bb stinm it dut gntugbby."
"Qht, suit ydursebh..."
Odw ngbbiof tjis g `grnj is cbgtgot hgbse gkvertisiof, it's odt g `grnj, it's
g ldstbe, I meep fettiof ldstbek, gbb tjese hunmiof pedpbe `dviof, cut odt
fdiof goywjere, we sjiht `gyce hive heet io tweoty `ioutes gok I heeb g
cit dh g cerm witjdut g sifo td jdbk sd I squgt kdwo io tje rdgk gok tunm
iotd tje sg`dsgs `y Frgokkgk's fiveo `e.
Ih I ndubk fd gbb Lesus gok heek tjdusgoks witj g pgir dh sg`dsgs, I'k kd
it jere, 'nguse g bdt dh tjese fuys bddm `gbodurisjek, cut I'k oeek `dretjgo g tupperwgre cdx 'nguse tje nrdwk is hunmiof `gssive, g juokrek
gok hihty tjdusgok, tjey renmdo!
^d`edoe moeebs kdwo oext td `e, gok jgoks `e g sifo. Hrgomeocrgnes
hrd` tje trgio.
"^g`dsg4" ^je bddms gt `e bime I've lust dhherek jer g pdd pukkiof.
"Od tjgoms."
I njdw it kdwo, tjis sjit's tdd fddk td wgste.
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"@y kgk tegnjes gt ydur snjddb, ydu modw."
"Kdes je4"
"Yegj, @r. Ndbbier."
"[je @efgCegrk4! Je's g hunmiof bef-eok."
"Is tjgt fddk dr cgk4"
"^drt dh io cetweeo."
I'` sukkeoby very wdrriek @r. Ndbbier is fdiof td gppegr gok five `e g
keteotido hdr tgbmiof td jis kgufjter.
"Je's err odt up jere witj ydu, is je4"
"Odpe. Ng`e io 311> tjeo fgve up bime everydoe ebse. Gt begst sd`e dh
us stibb ngre gcdut tjis nduotry, ej4"
^je wioms gt `e, regnjes hdr jer cgooer gok jdists it iotd tje gir. [je
suo spgrms dhh tje fbitter io tje pgiot, ngrehubby grrgofek bioes dh cbue,
wjite gok rek nd`cioiof td spebb dut "[SUE CSI[^ ; QEGNE." It's tje
`dst fdrfedus cit dh sifogfe I've ever seeo.
I turo `ioe dver. "CBIGS". ^`egrs dh freeo do cbgnm.
Odw tje firb is snreg`iof, snreg`iof g bdt, regbby fiviof it sd`e, wjinj
hrd` wjgt I ngo tebb is wjgt ydu're `egot td kd jere. Jer pgssido is
vidbeot gok jdoest gok regbby, regbby gttrgntive. I fet tjis urfe td snreg`
gbdof.
Je snreg`s cut tgibs dhh quinmby, e`cgrrgssek.
Ngo't quite `uster tje sg`e ioteosity dh heebiof. I wdoker ih I'bb ever
jgve tjgt. I wdoker jdw `goy dh tjis rgccbe jgve nd`e jere lust tdi`press sd`edoe tjey hgony4
[je bifjt's krdppiof dut cy tje ti`e we fet jd`e, cut everydoe stibb
jegks td tje pgrm hdr g kriom. Ngo't hiok Hrgomeocrgnes goywjere. Jer
`gte tebbs `e jer og`e's gntugbby Less gok tjgt sje gbwgys hunms dhh hdr g
nry wjeo sje's jgk doe tdd `goy.
It's hunmiof hreeziof, fettiof prdperby kgrm gok I've ceeo trgipsiof hdr
wjgt heebs bime g kgy. Vjd bets g frg``gr snjddb firb kriom tjgt `unj,
tjgt's lust irrespdosicbe. I spdt g hifure dver tje jibb, sittiof jgbhwgy up
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tje pbgyfrduok nbi`ciof oet. Less4 Yegj, ngo tebb cy tje jgir - it's jer
`dst strimiof hegture. Gpgrt hrd` jdw tjio sje is.
[jere's g frdup dh fuys gt tje cdttd` dh tje oet, tgbmiof td jer, kdo't
rendfoise goy dh tje`, kdo't tjiom tjey're doe dh -
"Di!"
Uj dj.
[je s`gbbest doe's pdiotiof gt `e. Gbwgys tje s`gbbest doe.
"Vjgt ydu bddmiof gt4"
"Er`..tje stgrs4"
"Vebb Qgtrinm Hunmiof @ddre, wjy kdo't ydu hunm dhh gok bddm gt tje`
dver tjere gok we'bb ngbb ydu wjeo we're kdoe."
^d`etjiof's rddtiof `e td tje spdt. Odt njivgbry dr uonertgioty. [jiom
I'` tdd sngrek td `dve, `y crgio's fdt tjis cgnmwgrk.
[ioy [i` cdwbs dver.
"Vjere ydu hrd`4"
Gj. [jis dbk njestout. Kuood wjy tjey cdtjer gsmiof, tjey kdo't
gntugbby ngre, `ifjt gs webb fet do witj it, regbby. I bdnm eyes witj Less,
gs I i`gfioe jdw it `ifjt fd ih tjey'k wgit hdr tje repby
"Nd`e td kd `y exg`s, iooit."
"Od, I `ego odw, wjgt's gbb tjgt do ydur cgnm4"
"Gnmodwbekfiof `y rddts." Je odks gpprdviofby td ji`sebh. "Ve
sjdubko't hdrfet wjere we nd`e hrd`, cruv."
"Yegj4 Vebb, 'cruv', tjgt's tje Ogzi swgstimg, ydu hunmiof kdomey, odt
tje Jioku doe."
"Vdt4 Od, it gio't."
"It hunmiof is. Egfbe. ^wgstimg. It's bime g Oed-Ogzi's lizzek up ydur
cgnm."
Je kdeso't cebieve `e - wdubk ydu wgot td4 - sd I tgme g pjdtd dh jis
cgnm witj `y pjdoe, krgf ji` up td tje nd``do rdd`, sjirt stibb
jgofiof dhh ji` gok Sjys pubbs up tje rebevgot Fddfbe segrnj do tje
nd`puter snreeo.
@ijir kdes g tripbe tgme. ^nreeo. Qjdoe. ^nreeo. Qjdoe. ^nreeo. Jioku.
Ogzi. G gtter dh kefrees.
"Dj. ^jit. @y Kgk's fdoog mibb `e." Everydoe's jdwbiof. Vjeo I tebb
Frgokkgk gcdut tjis je's fdoog bgufj sd jgrk, it'bb nut teo yegrs dhh jis
bihe.
"EZNU^E @E, FEO[BE@EO!"
@r. Ndbbier cdd`s io. Fdt jis nrinmet cgt tie do tdkgy.
"[jis is odt g nd``do rdd`, it is g stuky greg! Ih ydu're odt jere td
kenike do ydur UNG^ dhhers, miokby vgngte tje nd`puters hdr tjdse witj
sd`e prike gok g`citido."
@y uoi dhhers gre hgr gok freeo. Kgrt`ddr, tje Odrhdbm Crdgks, tje
Qe`crdmesjire ndgst, Grtjur's ^egt, tje Qegm Kistrint, I'bb eok up oegr
doe dh 'e`. Gbb pbgnes I ndubk tgme Less hdr sd`e seridus Ogtidogb [rust
sjit wjeo sje nd`es up hdr tje weemeoks.
"Jej. UNG^4 U.NGO.HUNM.DHH."
Qiokrdp sibeone. Sjys's sgik tjgt rifjt td ji`. Vjgt's je kdiof4
"@r. Cevgo, wjibst I gpprenigte tjgt ydur iogcibity td gttrgnt goy dhhers is
upsettiof, bgofugfe bime tjgt is odt fdiof td jebp. Gnnd`pgoy `e td
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reneptido, pbegse."
[jis is oews td `e.
"Ydu kiko't fet goy dhhers4"
"Ogj."
"Vjy kiko't ydu hunmiof tebb `e, ydu kiv4"
Je sjrufs iotd ji`sebh.
"Sgjub, gre ydu bddmiof td hdbbdw4"
"Od sir."
"[jeo I'k suffest ydu fet do witj it."
Sjys sndhhs.
"Dj yegj, ydu bet ji` dhh, I wdoker wjy."
"Hunm dhh, Sjys!"
"Kdo't see wjy ydu fet gwgy witj sjit 'nguse ydu're fdiof uoi gok
fiviof doe td jis kgufjter."
@r. Ndbbier's pissek gok it's odt tje cegrk tjis ti`e.
"Sjys!"
"Vjgt, je is! Vjeo ydu tjiom tjey're revisiof tjey're -"
"SENEQ[IDO, ODV!"
Ve gbb wgtnj gs je fet krgffek dhh. @r. Ndbbier tjrdws `e g ogsty bddm
do tje wgy dut. Hunmiof Sjys. @ijir's s`irmiof.
"Kdo't tjiom je'bb ce cgnm, cruv."
@IK LUOE
I fet dut dh `y bgst exg` gok dh ndurse it's krizzbiof. ^tgokgrk. Cut I'`
pretty ndohikeot tjgt kespite `y eohdrnek sdbd revisido sessidos, I'bb ce
dhh td Odrwinj. [jeo I turo do `y pjdoe gok tje vdine`gib tdtgbby
tjrdws `e.
Qissiof it kdwo odw, wegtjer kisrupts tje servine, gok cy tje ti`e I fet
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td tje jdspitgb, je's g cgccbiof wrenm. @dst dh jis Eofbisj, jebb, `dst dh
jis ndosdogots, dut dh tje wiokdw....odtjiof cut g prdnessido dh vdwebs,
sd I lust jdbk jis jgok. Je ceg`s gt `e gok I stgy lust bime tjgt, siomiof
iotd jis `ibmy eyes - je wgs fdiof td jgve g ngtgrgnts dpergtido cut -
I ngo doby cegr td bddm hdr g ndupbe dh `ioutes. Qgtjetin.
@u`'s lust jegrk tje prdfodsis. ^je's stgriof gt tje cio bime sje's tryiof
td set it do hire.
"Ydu modw wjy tjis jgppeoek4 Vjeo we fdt jere, bgst oifjt, I
nd`pbgioek gcdut ydur Frgokkgk's tregt`eot, beht do g trdbby hdr tjree
jdurs. I nd`pbgioek gok sd tjey've puoisjek us. [jey puoisj us witj
tjis stupik cbgnm ourse, kdeso't modw wjgt sje's kdiof. [jey're ruioiof
tjis pbgne."
"Nd`e dhh it, `u`..."
"Odt lust `e, ydur Frgokkgk's sgyiof it tdd gok wdrse! Ceeo snreg`iof
it gbb `droiof."
Kdo't wgot td jegr tjis. I jegk strgifjt hdr tje kddr gok bef it tdwgrks tje
stgtido. I stgrt tgppiof dut g text td Less, tjeo re`e`cer tjgt sje's bdnmek
jersebh gwgy hdr exg`s, kdeso't eveo goswer tje pjdoe gt tje `d`eot.
I jdbk it tdfetjer hdr gbb dh hdur [uce stdps cehdre I curst dut cgwbiof,
ngo't jebp `ysebh. @dst pedpbe ifodre `e, gs ydu wdubk, cut g fddk-
bddmiof ndupbe wegriof rufcy tdps uohdbk dut dh go e`crgne gok
ndospire td jgok `e g tissue. Vjinj `gmes `e heeb cgk hdr peffiof
tje` gs twgts wjeo tjey fdt do gt Nbgpjg`.
Gs tjey tunm cgnm iotd egnj dtjer, tje tjdufjt rises io `y `iok tjgt tjey
wibb kie, sd wibb everydoe I bdve, tjgt I stibb jgve sd `goy pedpbe td cury,
td curo, gok I hiok `ysebh wisjiof g strgofe tjiof, I hiok `ysebh wisjiof
tjgt gbb dh tje` wdubk fd gt done. [je sg`e gnt.
[jgt I ndubk fet it gbb dut tje wgy io doe jit.
Kgkg. Cdro iotd Iokigo suosjioe, kies io Critisj kgrmoess. Lust bime Frgo,
lust bime Kgk. [jree feoergtidos dh `y hg`iby odw jgve bivek gok kiek
sdutj dh tje [jg`es, tje [jg`es is dur bihecbddk.
Cut @u` stibb spregks jis gsjes io tje Fgofes.
EGSBY LUBY
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"Segbby oeek g jdb - wjd hgonies g bgst-`ioute Ndotioeotgb lguot4 Njegp
hbifjts ih we fd td`drrdw!" [jis is tje bdoebiest @^O @esseofer stgtus
io tje wdrbk.
Od repbies. Less is do sd`e pre-uoi ndurse io ^ndtbgok, we jgveo't tgbmek
prdperby io weems...
"Goydoe4 Lguot4" Kegk dut tjere. Mebby [gybdr's fdt godtjer pierniof.
[jgoms hdr tjgt vitgb upkgte, Meb. Lg`gb's' bisteoiof td C*Vitnjek,
`ust've hdrfdt je'k ndooentek it td Viog`p.
Gok @ijir's crgffiof gcdut hbdffiof jis @dtdrdbg Sgzr hdr g juokrek
quik. Fdt td gk`it, je's kdoe webb tjere.
Je `essgfes< "Jerk cdut ur Kgkg. U gbrifjt4"
Jis spebbiof iohurigtes `e, cut I'` gcdut td repby, iovite ji` gbdof,
kespergte ti`es, ngbb hdr -
"I'bb fd."
Sjys.
Hive exnbg`gtido `grms.
"Ve ndubk ngtnj up4!" Gbrifjt.
Odw tje tjiof gcdut tje sdutj dh ^pgio, tje sjitty Bgks do [dur, hubb dh
Crits strip, is tjgt tjdufj it's snu``y gok stinmy gok kepressiof gs gbb
jebb...tje gcsiotje is njegp gs hunm. Sjys meeps tryiof td kd tje hgony
sjit, witj tje sufgr gok wjeo ydu set it do hire, gok sgy g prgyer td ydur
gonestdrs dr wjgtever, cut je gbwgys ndnms up gok curos tje jgir dhh g
kihhereot pgrt dh jis cdky. @e, I lust tgme it strgifjt gok hiok s`gbb nguses
td kd sd. @gke snrg`cbek effs4 Gcsiotje. ^uhher tjrdufj tje oew Dgsis.
Gcsiotje. Fd td g nbuc. Gcsiotje. Fet Sjys tgbmiof td g firb io g nbuc.Gcsiotje. Fet Sjys tgbmiof td g firb io nbuc gok odt tjrdw up dver jer4
Gcsiotje. Fet Sjys td gk`it tjgt je modws jis `u`'s g cit hit. Gcsiotje.
Fet g firb td strdme `y pdst-snjddb cegrk io g nbuc. Gcsiotje. Gtte`pt td
rdw td Ghring io g tweoty Eurd ruccer kiofy gok hgibiof cut odt fettiof
wgsjek dut td seg gok iostegk eok up cuzziof g cgogog cdgt bdgkek witj
cbdmes do g stgf kd4 "BGK^ DO [DUS!" [jgt's rifjt, `gte, ydu gre sd
do tdur. Gcsiotje. Hioisjek tje gcsiotje4 Gcsiotje. Gok io tje `ikkbe dh
gbb tje huo...
Ceep Ceep. G text. Hrd` Less. "^drry I've ceeo sd sjit, Kgk's ceeo do
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`y ngse. I `iss ydu". MissMissMiss.
^`ibey hgne. Jgj.
"[jgt jer, yegj4"
"Yegj."
"^tibb kdo't bime jer."
"I modw. It's gbrifjt, `gte."
"Cut I'bb `gme go ehhdrt. Jdoest, I wibb."
Sjys rgises wjgt's beht io jis fbgss hdr g tdgst< "[d ydur Frgokkgk, `gte.
I'bb gbwgys re`e`cer tje pgmdrgs je `gke hdr Kiwgbi Kgy gt pri`grysnjddb, tjey curoek `y tdofue rifjt dhh."
[jree misses gok g s`ibey hgne. It's ti`e. I kd hive kihhereot krghts, gbb
pretty fgsj, cut io tje eok I jgnm it rifjt cgnm td...
"I bdve ydu, Less."
Ngo't cebieve I lust kik tjgt cy text cut...[dp. @y. Fbgss. Up.
Oext `droiof, g ceepiof nuts tjrdufj y gcsiotje kreg`. I've lust ceeojgofiof uokeroegtj g zeppebio, tryiof td bgssd g crgnjigsgurus kuriof g
tjuokerstdr`, cut odw `y eyes nregm dpeo gok I'` i``ekigteby jit cy
cdtj tje bifjt tjrdufj tje wiokdw gok tje `gfoituke dh `y jgofdver.
Ve'k ceeo nebecrgtiof. ^d`etjiof cif ih I heeb tjis sjite, sd`etjiof we
jegrk gcdut quite bgte io tje eveoiof...
DJ! [je Dby`pins! Ve fdt tje hunmiof Dby`pins, kiko't we4! VE.
GSE. HUNMIOF. G@G\IOF.
Je kdes g bittbe kgone.
Bdokdo, ydu ceguty! Ksdb Qgree, see ydu OYN, sjit cik @gkrik gok
gs hdr @dsndw4 It's tje ^u``er Dby`pins, fuys...
Sjys stu`cbes io, witj jis pjdoe td jis egr, gok I tjrdw up `y jgok hdr
go Dby`pin Jifj Hive. Cut jis hgne is sdcer. ^dcer ceydok sdcer.
I njenm `y pjdoe. Oew `essgfe "@u`". ^gys "^jgve ydur cegrk dhh".
Ve hby io egrby tje oext kgy. I've oever seeo g `gnjioe fuo io regb bihecehdre. Doby do Qbgystgtido. [jey bddm...jegvy.
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Sjys's `u`'s do ekfe io grrivgbs. @gyce 'nguse we're g cit bgte, tjey uj,
tjey put us tjrdufj tje sngooer twine gok tddm `e gsike td gsm g hew
questidos. Odtjiof weirk, odtjiof ydu wdubko't expent, .
"Gre ydu cdtj dm4 Goytjiof jgppeo td ydu4" Goytjiof jgppeo td us4
Er, we kiko't lust fet cd`cek! Jdw issje4
"Everydoe jere's hioe, tjgom Fdk." Sjys jgrkby sgys g wdrk gbb tje wgy
jd`e. Cut it heebs fddk td ce jd`e.
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^tibb ndohikeot. ^trdbbiof gs je spegms.
I kdo't modw wjgt ydur dhhine jgs ceeo bime cut gt tje doe I'` te`piof
gt, iostegk dh fdiof hdr g cddzy buonj, pedpbe wdubk oip kdwo td see
wjgtever wgs fdiof do oegr us. I triek td ifodre it kuriof wdrm jdurs,
cut I hiogbby nrgnmek do tje 6tj.
Fdt `ysebh kdwo td tje pgrm lust io ti`e td see tje Crdwobee crdtjers
steg` pgst, witj gbb tjgt bdve gok fddk heebiof ngrryiof tje` gbdof, it
bddmek bime tjey ndubk fd hdrever!
Je bgufjs. [jere's tje sbifjtest odte dh jesitgony io it. Je stdps, tgmes sd`e
pibbs dut dh jis pdnmet.
I weot strgifjt cgnm td tje dhhine gok tddm up g hubb yegr's fy`
`e`cersjip. Odt `gke it kdwo hdr tje iokuntido yet, cut tjgt wgs tje
`d`eot tjgt iospirek `e td bet fd dh tje @gnny Ks gok sd`e dtjer cgk
jgcits. Kik ydu fet tjgt4 Kik g `d`eot pbgot g kreg` io ydur jegk4
@y kreg` is tjgt `y miks wibb wgbm kdwo tje street, gok od doe wibb
questido, eveo hdr g sendok ih tjey're Eofbisj dr Critisj dr...dr...dr bdygb
dr wjgtever, rgtjer - Dby`pin espirit k'ndrps - it'bb lust ce. Everydoe wibb
lust modw.
Je odks td ji`sebh. [je sjioe cefios td nd`e dhh tje ndohikeone. Je swgbbdws
tje pibbs. Je is very gwgre dh tje`.
[jey're. Hdr `y jgok. ^d`eti`es it hbgres...I `ego, I sjdubko't
nd`pbgio, dcvidusby it's odtjiof nd`pgrek td, it kdeso't nd`pgre gt gbb td
wjgt ydu...
[jiom I'bb frdw g cegrk io nebecrgtido.
Je heebs jis huture cegrk.
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Doe kgy's frdwtj hdr every crdoze, twd hdr every sibver, tjree hdr every
fdbk. Doe juokrek gok ebeveo kgys.
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EGSBY GUFU^[
^ee-tjrdufj cgnmpgnms - g sifo dh ndwgrkine, go gk`issido dh fuibt, dr
lust g pbgio dbk hgsjido kisgster4 ^eeo tje` gcdut io tje bgst ndupbe dh
weems, gok I ngo't kenike. I ngo't kenike hrd` wjgt's io hrdot dh `e
eitjer, I kdo't modw Less' prehereone, sd I gsm tje njuccy hbdwer cbdme,
"Vjgt sdrt dh hbdwers kd firbs bime4"
"Io `y experieone, `gte" je sgys "goytjiof's hioe hdr firbs, gs bdof gs it's
hbdwers."
Vise. Hrieokby gok wise. "Cut try tjese."
[je steonj dh piss do tje cus jits `e witj go uoexpentek wgve dh
odstgbfig. It `gyce g sjitjdbe, cut it's `y sjitjdbe gok I'` fdoog `iss gbb
tjis wjeo I'` gt uoi. G mik fets do gok sees `e, sees `y hbdwers gok
snrews jis bittbe hgne up.
"Vjd gre tjdse hdr4"
"@y firbhrieok." It's stibb huo td sgy tjgt.
"Kdes sje bime hbdwers4"
Jgko't gntugbby ndosikerek tjgt. Cut everydoe bimes hbdwers.
"Ndurse. Everydoe bimes hbdwers, sd I'` fiviof jer hbdwers."
"Vjy4 Kik ydu try td cbdw jer up4"
Vdgj. I `ego, I bgufj, I kd bgufj, I bime g kgrm ldme gs `unj gs goydoe,
cut tebb ji` tjgt it `ifjt ce g cit sddo. Je `gmes g hgne gok fdes cgnm td
wjgt I tjiom pgsses hdr g Fg`e Cdy tjese kgys.
Vjeo I riof tje cebb td fet dhh, tje cdy stgrts td siof, gok je's fdt tjis
sweet sdprgod vdine...
[d tje tuoe dh "Ih Ydu're Jgppy Gok Ydu Modw It."
"Ih ydu're g pgmi gok uojgppy, hunm dhh jd`e.
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Ih ydu're g pgmi gok uojgppy, hunm dhh jd`e.
Ih ydu're g pgmi gok uojgppy gok ydu wgoog fd lijgki.
Lust hunm dhh bittbe pgmi, hunm dhh jd`e."
Od doe sgys goytjiof. Ydu kdo't kd ydu, do g cus4
It's odt quite [je Uoiversgbcut it's gntugbby sdrt dh ngtnjy. I hiok `ysebh
siofiof it gs I modnm do Less' kddr cut stdp `ysebh wjeo sje dpeos it.
^je's jgk g jgir nut. Gok bddms. [jiooer. G bdt tjiooer. I nd``eot do tje
jgir gok five jer tje hbdwers. Vjinj sje bdves. Oine doe, njuccy hbdwer
cbdme.
Gs expentek, sje's fdt tjree Gs. [wd Cs gok go G hdr `e cut it's eodufj.
Kiooer witj "tje iobgws" is gbwgys g tifjt rdpe, oever modw wjgt td sgy,
cut od prdcbe` jere, 'nguse Less is cgnm td jer dbk sebh, kdeso't bet
goydoe fet g wdrk io ekfewgys. ^je's exnitek gcdut uoi, sje sjdubk ce,
sje keserves it, gok gs we fet tjrdufj stgrters - webb, ih ydu ngbb g stinm
dh ^gioscury's fgrbin cregk stgrters - jer Kgk lust bets jer ruo do gok do,
je's jgppy td sit tjere, jis hgne stupik witj prike gok I'` fbgk we're gbb
kdiof dm.
Less pusjes jer pbgte gwgy, jgrkby egteo g tjiof gok sgys sje's fdiof tdfet sd`e wgter. Gbdoe witj tje @efgCegrk. Hunm. Bunmiby, I've fdt `y
bioes prepgrek.
"Ydu see tje sendok test, Ndbio4" Expressido odtek. Kdo't ngbb ji`
Ndbio.
"Odt ceeo hdbbdwiof it tjis yegr."
"Dj ydu sjdubk, it's ceeo epin. ^nrgpek it cy twd ruos!"
Ndbio nuts gt jis ngrrdts.
"Jdw gcdut tje Dby`pins, ydu exnitek gcdut tje Dby`pins4 I`gfioe tje
cdrdufj'bb fd cif hdr it."
"[jgt's gbb g bdof wgy dhh. Vgy tjiofs gre fdiof, we `ifjt odt eveo fet
tjere."
I odk gok put hubby jgbh g pie iotd `y hgne.
"Gre ydu g @usbi`, Sgjub4" Qgstry hbgmes hrd` `y `dutj.
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"J-jey4"
"@usbi`. Yes4 Od4"
"I, u`...webb...wjy gre ydu gsmiof4"
"Gre ydu4"
"It kdeso't regbby `gtter, kdes it4"
"Ydu gre tjeo".
"Vdubk ydu preher it ih I wgs, dr ih I wgso't4"
"I kdo't jgve goy prehereone, dh ndurse I kdo't. I wgs lust nuridus is gbb,
ydu see` g cit evgsive gcdut it."
"Odt tryiof td ce evgsive, @r. N."
"Cut tryiof td `gme g pdiot4"
"Od pdiot, oever g pdiot, go eterogb crdmeo peonib, `e."
"Vebb, it's g pdrm pie we're jgviof jere, sd...tjdufjt I'k njenm!"
Je sodrts dut g bgufj gok kives cgnm iotd jis veffies.
"Ydu ngo egt witj ydur jgoks, ih it'k `gme ydu `dre nd`hdrtgcbe."
[je rest dh kiooer is tdrture gok wjeo I fet io tje ngr I bet @u` modw
tjgt hdr done I'` frgtehub hdr tje biht. ^je tdsses `e g see-tjrdufj
cgnmpgnm.
"Vjgt tje hunm is tjis4"
^je cebts `e, prdper jgrk.
Gppgreotby tje wiokdws gt tje sjdp jgve ceeo sprgy pgiotek witj
sd`etjiof dcsneoe. Gok @ijir's tdbk jer gcdut sd`e Gsigo mik, g ^imj,
fettiof cegteo up, hive fuys, hdrty tjree stitnjes.
"^ee!" sje sgys, stgrtiof up tje eofioe. "Ydu ngo ce hrieoks witj tje
wjites, cut wjeo it nd`es kdwo td it, tje doby does wjd'bb regbby ngre hdr
ydu wjeo it fets rdufj, is us, dur pedpbe."
Cet sje's ceeo wgitiof td sgy tjgt hdr yegrs.
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"^prgy pgiot's odt exgntby g crinm, @u`, gok pedpbe fet gttgnmek gbb tje
ti`e, it kdeso't oenessgriby - I `ego, wjd's td modw4 Odt @ijir, je's g hgt
hunmiof `drdo!"
^je s`gnms `e gfgio.
"Je wgso't eveo doe dh tje`!" ^je's odt bisteoiof td g wdrk I've sgik.
"Jey `gyce ydu'k ce jgppier io Iokig, @u`, cgnm io Fulgrgt. I `ego
tjey doby jgve `urkerdus ridtsdver tjere, `unj cetter tjgo g ndupbe dh
cegtiofs." Bdve td see tjgt, sje ngo't eveo spegm tje bgofugfe, prdperby,
oeitjer dh us ngo.
Ve're io Critgio, we sjdubk reset. I `ego ydu kdo't jegr tje Sdygb
Hg`iby cgofiof do gcdut tjeir Fer`go rddts, kd ydu4 [jey kdo't ioviteydu td tje pgbgne fgrkeo hdr teg gok crgtwurst.
@u`'s g ndwgrk gok sje ngo fd wjerever sje wgots.
@e4 I'` stinmiof grduok, I'` `gmiof it wdrm.
I'` tje reset cuttdo.
EGSBY ^EQ[E@CES
Ngo't tebb ih I'` pgrgodik dr ih I've feouioeby jgk bess pedpbe nd`iof td
`y tibb tjese bgst hew weems. I've sjgvek, I've ceeo extrg njeery. @gyce
it's g cit `unj. @gyce it's puttiof tje` dhh...
Kdeso't `gtter, fgve `y odtine io tdkgy. ^gk td ce begviof, cut uoi's
ngbbiof gok tje Fddk ^jip Xirfio @efgstdre wibb jgve td sgib do witjdut
`e.
Od biht tdkgy, odt tgbmiof td @u`, sd I wgbm jd`e gok it's tgmiof gfes.
I've fdt@usin Is @y Sgkgrup bduk do repegt td meep `e nd`pgoy, cutit stgrts hregmiof `e dut gok it's bgte gok prdperby kgrm gok I hiok `ysebh
peemiof cejiok `e every odw gok tjeo witjdut `egoiof td io ngse
goydoe's tjere. I odtine tje pedpbe wgtnjiof `e gs I pgss gok I wdoker
wjgt's fdiof do tjgt I ngo't wgbm tjrdufj tdwo goy`dre witjdut ceiof
stgrek gt gok I'` quite hunmek dhh tjgt @u`'s fdt iotd `y jegk. I ygom
dut tje jegkpjdoes gok njenm `y texts, jdpiof hdr sd`etjiof hrd`
Sjys, wdokeriof jdw je's fettiof do. Odtjiof.
Cut tjere's sd`etjiof hrd` Less.
"Gre ydu gcdut4 Ve sjdubk tgbm." [wd misses. Od s`ibey hgne.
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Gt hirst, tjis kdeso't `gme seose td `e, wjgt sje's sgyiof kdeso't `gme g
siofbe hunmiof cit dh seose. Cut tjeo I ngo jegr jer Kgk's vdine gs sje
fdes do. Je's gsbeep oext kddr, sd we're meepiof it kdwo, cut it's jis
wdrks sje's sgyiof.
[je hbdwers I fdt jer gre prdppek up io g g piot fbgss do tdp dh jer
cddmsjebh gok tjey gre kegk, very kegk, gok cejiok tjgt I spdt tje hgkiof
pgiot dh jer prdtest cgooer. I wgot td `eotido sd`etjiof gcdut tjgt
ceiof hittiof, sd`etjiof gcdut sy`cdbis`, sd`etjiof nbever tjgt'bb
i`press jer cut I modw sje wdo't gpprenigte it lust odw.
^je's `gmiof g hgne tjgt I ngo't regbby regk. I tjdufjt tjgt sje'k ce
wibbiof td, I tjdufjt we were...
G sibeone biofers gok td hibb it, sje gsms ih I'` juofry.
"G bittbe," I sgy. "Cut it's jgrk td egt grduok ydu." [jgt sets jer dhh.
Qgoin. Fuibt. Oeurdses.
^je sgys sje'bb `gme `e sd`etjiof, g risdttd, g hunmiof risdttd, gok
kisgppegrs. I nduot td hihteeo, tje ti`e it tgmes td fet td jer mitnjeo, tjeo
sbip dut dh tje rdd` gok tjrdufj tje hrdot kddr wjinj I sbg` gs bduk gs I
ngo do tje wgy dut. Jdpe I wgme ji` up, I jdpe I wgme up tje wjdbe
hunmiof street!
I pef it td tje stdp doe gbdof hrd` jer jduse sd sje ngo't hiok `e gok fet
tje oifjt cus jd`e.
It's surprisiofby uoeveothub.
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Oervy.
I hdrfdt tje gooiversgry tjis yegr, tjiom bdgks dh pedpbe kik. Dobyre`e`cerek wjeo I sgw tje tricute io tje Dpeoiof Nere`doy. Doe
`ioute Kgvik Cenmjg`'s bddmiof s`uf do g speekcdgt tjeo tje eoerfy
krdps gbb dh g sukkeo...gok tje pjdtds ng`e up gok I wgs gsjg`ek.
Je frdws gfitgtek.
Cut odt hdr bdof, ydu see4 Fgbvgoizeminmek io, tje gtjbetes stgrtek
pduriof dut gok I hdrfdt gcdut it gfgio! Vdubko't jgppeo io G`ering,
tjey'k odt bet ydu odt hdrfet, cut we're odt sd cgk gt it dver jere.
@dre gfitgtek stibb.
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Ve kdo't turo everytjiof iotd go eterogb perhdr`gone dh frieh gok gofer
gok fuibt, td ce mept ghbg`e gok pgssek kdwo, tjgt'sg cgk jgcit gok
`gyce...gntugbby...g bdt dh tjiofs gre lust cetter dhh hdrfdtteo. Sifjt4 Vjy
nd``e`drgte tje sgk, tje cgk, wjeo tjere's sd `unj fddk, sd `unj ldy
dut tjere rifjt odw, ydu modw, it's go dppdrtuoity td hdrfet sd -
^d I fuess wjy I wgotek td tgbm td ydu, wjgt I've ceeo tryiof td fet
grduok td sgyiof is. Vjgt jgppeoek cetweeo us. Ndubk ydu...kd ydu
tjiom we ndubk lust -
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@IK ^EQ[E@CES
It's jdt hdr ^epte`cer.
[je dbk bgky do tjis trgio is bddmiof gt `e, stgriof gt `e, sje's ceeo
kdiof it sione Oew Ebtjg`, I ngo heeb jer eyes do tje swegt dh `y oenm.
I turo td ngtnj jer dut, gok sje hbinms jer jegk cgnm td jer cddm, bime
sje's suctbe, cut sje gio't.
I'k rgtjer sje lust puonj `e, y'modw4 [je puonj I ngo tgme, cut tje
bddm...gbb tjese hrifjteoek jgbh-stgres tjey...tjey lust...I heeb sd gbdoe.
I put do `y `dst rehioek gnneot, gok gsm sd`edoe1
"It's hdr dur pedpbe td `gme g kihhereone! Ve jgve td ce tje does td
questido!"
@y jegk is cusy gok cuzziof, cut `y std`gnj is, `y std`gnj is -
Curfer Miof. ^wgyiof io tje bioe. Wuite huo gntugbby. I jgve g `d`eot td
`ysebh gok I regbise I `ifjt ce g cit pissek.
I regbise I `ifjt ce g cit jegrtcrdmeo.
[je crdwo fuy cejiok tje nduoter s`ibes gt `e. Qity4 Ydu're odt io tje
pdsitido hdr tjgt, five `e `y curfer, kinmjegk.
Hew `ioutes bgter, gbdof [je ^trgok, we're hioisjiof up dur hries gok tje
@grtyr is sukkeoby cgof io hrdot dh us.
"Ih ydu're wibhubby cbiok td tjis ogtido's nri`es gcrdgk, ydu're nd`pbinit
io tje`."
Je sduoks bime. Less.
"Ydu ceeo tgbmiof td Less4"
"Vjd tje hunm is tjgt4"
Yegj, dm very nbever, very nbever...I'` kdoe witj tjis. "Bddm, lust sjutup witj tje sduokcites, je's fdiof dver tjere sddo, td `gme go gntugb
kihhereone."
[je @grtyr sndhhs. "Ih ydu're hrieoks witj g wgoogce cgcy mibber, I
sjdubk ce sgyiof g wjdbe bdt wdrse."
Gok tjgt's wjeo I spit gt ji`.
Odw I'` odt sure wjd pusjek wjd hirst, cut it's odt `e, nguse I'`
wgtnjiof tje twd dh tje` twist iotd tje gbbey oext td us. I hdbbdw tje`
io, lust io ngse, cut Sjys's fdt tje jgokbe do tjis, dh ndurse je kdes. Je's
fdt tje [je @grtyr's gr` piooek up gfgiost jis cgnm, lust jdbkiof, odt
jurtiof, gok je writjes gok squir`s bime go dveturoek ceetbe.
"Jey bet's ngb` kdwo, gbrifjt, ngb` kdwo!" Sjys's sbikiof tje gr` up
tifjter gok tifjter.
[je @grtyr swiofs jis dtjer gr` hree, swiofiof tdwgrks `e, jis
hiofertips crusj `ioe. "Crdtjer, pbegse!" I cgt it gwgy. I'` odt jis
crdtjer. I modw wjy je tjioms I g`, cut tjgt kdeso't `gme it true.
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Crdtjers kdo't hunm stuhh up hdr egnj dtjer kd tjey, sd I kdo't modw wjy
je, jis bdt, wgotek td hunm stuhh up hdr tje rest dh us wjd were tryiof sd
jgrk td `gme it wdrm, I'` tirek dh prdviof - I `ego, tdkgy is g kgy dh
nebecrgtido gok we lust hunmiof oeekek tjgt, ngo't je see tjgt, wjy kdes
tjis fuy jgve td ce sunj g nuot.
I frgc jis jgok gs je swiofs it dut gfgio.
^d quinm td wgve g cgooer, cut oever tje hbgf. ^nreg` dut sbdfgos, cut
odt tje gotje`, I wgoog rip jis teetj dut. Cut iostegk, I pubb jis tju`c
cgnm 'tib I jegr it sogp. [je sduok ngtnjes Sjys cy surprise gok je bets
fd.
I step io, sjdve tje @grtyr gfgiost tje wgbb, frgziof jis hgne up gfgiost g
frghhiti ndnm gok ygom cgnm go gr`. I twist, meep twistiof uotib it nrgnms,ruptures gok fives wgy, g njgio regntido, sogp sogp sogp, gbb tje wgy
gbdof. Je yebps gok tu`cbes cgnmwgrks. I ngtnj tje cgnm dh jis jegk gok
tgmiof g `d`eot td gnmodwbekfe tje hegr do jis hgne, I rg` it tdwgrks
`y moee wjinj ndooents witj tje rikfe dh jis eye sdnmet gok I jegr it
nru`pbe.
^d`ewjere, `ukkiek, kistgot, Sjys's snreg`iof.
Gs tje @grtyr jits tje frduok, I pbgot tje jeeb dh `y sjde iotd tje cgse
dh jis odse gok tje eruptido `ists dver us bime go dnego sprgy.
Sjys's jgoks nbg`p grduok `y gr`s gok je bihts `e nbegr dh tje ngrogfe.
[je cbddk hrenmbes dur smio.
[je @grtyr, seeiof jis dpeoiof, tries td snurry dhh sd I stinm dut g bef gok
je tu`cbes iotd sd`e cio cgfs. I sjgme hree dh Sjys gok frgc gt jis
gombes. Je minms dut, tjrgsjiof bime g nrdndkibe. @y jgoks gre tifjt do
jis sjdes, cut je wiffbes dut dh tje` gok kdes tjis nji`py, do-gbb-hdurs
ruo dut dh tje gbbey, iotd tje bifjt dh tje street. G cregknru`c trgib dh
cbddk hdbbdws ji`. I stgok tjere, jdbkiof tje @grtyr's sjdes.
G pgir dh rdttek modnm-dhh Seecdms.
I spio td hiok Sjys, cregtjiof jgrk, jis suofbgsses dhh, bddmiof gt `e bime
I'` g strgofer gok I heeb bime I'` seveo yegrs dbk gfgio, `eetiof ji` io
tje pbgyfrduok hdr tje hirst ti`e, tje sngrek bittbe cdy wjd ndubko't tie up
jis bgnes.
Krdppiof tje sjdes, I stu`cbe tdwgrks tje hrdot dh tje gbbey. Grduok tje
ndroer, io tje `ik-kistgone, Bgureb is jdbkiof @ijir up gs Jgrky bisteos.Jgrky peems up, nbdnms `e gok stgrts gt g pgne io `y kirentido.
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I kgrt cgnm gok sjdve Sjys jgrk io tje njest.
"Vjgt ydu kdiof4!"
"Hunm dhh."
I sjdve gfgio. Je kdeso't `dve go ionj.
"Hunm dhh, Sjys. [jey gio't fdoog bet ydu ldio tje Gr`y ih ydu fet
custek."
"Vjgt4 Vjgt gcdut uoi4"
"[jey bet goy dbk nuot iotd uoi tjese kgys."
"Sgjub, `gte - "
"Lust hunm dhh, Sjys, hunm dhh, hunm dhh, hunm dhh, hunm dhh, HUNM DHH!"
I sjdve gok gok sjdve gok sjdve 'tib je fets tje ikeg gok sbdwby trdts
gwgy, bddmiof dver jis sjdubker gt `e gbb tje wjibe, gs je fegrs up iotd g
spriot.
Cgnm td tje hrdot dh tje gbbey, I cu`p iotd Jgrky gs je nd`es grduok tje
ndroer gok see `ysebh pbgot `y hist iotd jis kdufjy fut. Jgko't pbgooek
tjgt. Je kducbes up gok wgkkbes cgnm g ndupbe dh pgnes. Sjys's
hddtsteps gre hgkiof cut odt quite fdoe.
I minm dut, sg`e pbgne, witj bess purpdse. I'` hgkiof tdd. Jgrky frdgos.
Bgureb's do jis wgy dver, `gnjioe fuo io jgok. I fbgone dver `y
sjdubker. Od sifo dh Sjys.
Fddk. Eodufj.
Je rgises jis gr`s gcdve jis jegk.
Je moeebs.
Je wiones.
Gs tje nuhhs nbinm sjut, I tgme g bddm cgnm up tje ^trgok. Juokreks dh
pedpbe stgriof gok I kdo't ngre. I ngo tebb it's fdiof td ce g fdrfedus
eveoiof, tje jegt'bb meep up bdof iotd tje oifjt.
Je sits.
Je criofs jis gr`s kdwo.
It kdes.
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[je wdrbk `dves do.
@IK GUFU^[ 3173
"@u`. @u`. @u`, @u`! @u`! Ydu're `issiof tje cest cit."
^je bddms up hrd` tje pgper.
"Jey, it's @r Cego! I bdve @r. Cego!"
Ve're wgtnjiof tje Dpeoiof Nere`doy do iQbgyer. ^je wgso't gt gbb meeo
cehdre cut sd`etjiof jddmek jer gt tje jgokcgbb.
"Dj, cehdre I hdrfet..."
^je jgoks `e twd sjeets dh G; pgper. Qriotek tinmets td tje Nbdsiof
Nere`doy Ndonert. [inmets td Cbur!
"Vjgt's tjis hdr4"
"G bittbe tjgom ydu. Hdr tje jgokcgbb. Oine td fet dut."
^je kdeso't fet td `unj tjese kgys. I jgve sd`ewjgt keotek jer sdnigb
stgokiof.
"Kiko't tjiom ydu bimek Critisj `usin, @u`."
"I kdo't. Fuess wjd's cgnm td bddm ghter jer Kgk4 Cu`pek iotd jer gt
^gioscury's yesterkgy."
Vdw. ^je bddms -
"Vebb."
[jgt vdine, tjgt bdw krgwb.
"^drry4"
"Ydu're fdiof td sgy I bddm webb."
^je kdes.
"Ydu kd."
Sduoker. Odt sd `unj tje hgne, wjinj is dbker, io go ebefgot wgy, gok
sje's bdst tje crgnes, cut `dre grduok tje wrists, tje oenm, feoergb
ndooenty cits, wjinj I gk`it `gmes `e jgppy - jer ceiof rduoker -`gke `e jgppy td see tjgt, tjdufj I tjiom tjgt `gmes `e g njguvioist.
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"[jgoms. Gbb it tddm wgs yegrs dh tjergpy gok fettiof tje jebb dut dh
Bdokdo." [jere's od wgr`tj is jer speenj.
"Vjgt's witj ydur gnneot4 Kiko't tjiom Odrwinj wdubk `gme ydu pdsj."
"Kiko't tjiom tjey'k kd ebdnutido bessdos io prisdo!"....is wjgt I wgot td
sgy. I wgot td tebb jer tjgt speokiof g ndupbe dh yegrs io prisdo iso't gs
cgk gs ydu'k tjiom. Exnept hdr tje fuy wjd crdme gbb tje hiofers do `y
rifjt jgok. Vdubk `gme it jgrker td use g ketdogtdr, je sgik.
G cubbet-bgufj.
Cut sje kdeso't oeek td modw, sd od oeek td tebb jer.
^je's wegriof g cgkfe sgyiof "Kegtj td tje ogtido-stgte" gok sje's fdt g
Ndrdog io jer jgok. Less Ndbbier jgs stgrtek kriomiof ceer. [jgt `gmes
`e jgppy tdd.
Ve wgbm io sibeone kdwo td tje stgtido. [jere's g hbgf io every dtjer
wiokdw, it's ionrekicbe, heebs bime `grnjiof kdwo g pgrgke rdute. Ve
pgss [je Ndgnj & Jdrses.
"Se`e`cer tjgt, Less4"
"Yegj. Ogtidogb Hrdot pbgne. Vitj tje sifos."
"Od, I...fdt oew dwoers odw goywgy. Fgy ndupbe, tdp cbdmes."
"Ydu're jgviof `e do."
"Odpe. Doe dh tje`'s Gbferigo gok gbb."
"Hunm `e."
"I modw. Ndubk fet cgnm do ydur Grgcin."
Cbur. Jyke Qgrm.
[je hirst suppdrt gnt kdes odt iospire, cut tje snreeo hbgsjes up td tebb us
tjgt Gotjdoy Ldsjug's wdo fdbk io tje super-jegvyweifjt cdxiof, dur
hiogb fdbk, ou`cer tweoty oioe, gok I jgve od ikeg wjd Gotjdoy Ldsjug
is cut I'` sure fbgk je's kdoe it! @y nebecrgtdry hist pu`p `drpjs iotd g
Sdnmy `dotgfe dh lgcs gok jddms gok -
"Kdo't ydu tjiom it's gbb g cit `unj4 G cit hdrnek4"
I krdp `y fugrk.
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"Od, I kdo't."
"Ve've kdoe gbb dh tjis cehdre..."
"Heebs kihhereot tjis ti`e. ^penigb. Odt lust go exnuse td fet pissek."
^je eyes tje e`pty cdttbe io `y fddk jgok.
"Od doe jere's prduk dh Critgio, tjey're prduk dh g hew exneptidogb
pedpbe io Critgio, pedpbe tjey kdo't eveo modw. It's egsy td ce prduk dh g
wiooer, preteok tje rest greo't g pgrt dh us. Od-doe's dwoiof tje Fregt
Critisj Qgekd, tje Sgpist, tje @urker, tje Sdccer, tje Cd`cer. "
I -
"Ih we lust bdst everytjiof, ih it weot wrdof, we'k ce fdiof gt egnj
dtjer's tjrdgts, odcdky'k ce prduk gcdut tjgt, wdubk tjey4"
I -
"Gok ydu tjiom goydoe dutsike dh Bdokdo fives g sjit4 [jgt tjey'k
rgtjer jgve tje Dby`pins tjgo x ou`cer dh jdspitgbs4 I speot g hew
yegrs wdrmiof io Beeks gok bet `e tebb ydu - gok kik ydu jegr tjere were
doby twd Critisj Gsigos io [eg` FC4"
"Yegj, sd wjgt4 ^d tje hunm wjgt4! Cetter tjgo odoe! Cetter tjgo - !"
Vdgj.
"^drry. Cut tjere's stibb pbeoty td ce prduk dh."
I bgy cgnm do tje frgss, it's g perhent ^u``er kgy, tje perhent Dby`pin
seok dhh. ^je bddms kdwo gt `e, fegriof up td sgy sd`etjiof.
"Vjibst we're kdiof gpdbdfies...twd tjdusgok gok hive. I sjdubk
expbgio." ^je sjuhhbes jer tdes iotd jer sgokgbs.
"Dj od, ydu kdo't jgve td."
"Od I sjdubk, I kiko't regbby heeb I ndubk sgy gt tje ti`e..."
"Jdoestby it's - I uokerstgok, ydu kdo't -"
"Ydu were g cit nrgp io cek."
Dj.
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"Cit hu`cby."
"Vebb. Hgir eodufj."
^je fives `e g bddm sdgmek io sy`pgtjy.
"Ydu cebievek `e! Ydu hunmiof ikidt." Gok tjeo tjere it is, tjgt bgufj gt
bgst. I've `issek tjgt bgufj sd sd `unj.
^je tebbs `e tjgt sje bimek `e, tjgt sje tjdufjt I wgs nddb, cut tjgt sje
wgs ibb, tjgt we were fdiof td kihhereot uois, tjgt we were lust miks tjgt
jgk dur ti`e gok sje kdeso't refret wjgt we jgk, kdeso't refret goytjiof.
I tebb jer tjgt tjere's bdts I refret, gok...gok sje kenikes tjgt's g fddk ti`e
td jegk td tje cgr.
Vjgt kd I refret4 I...
Cuotiof.
I refret odt iovestiof io cuotiof. Cetweeo tjis gok tje Lucibee, I'k jgve
`gke go gcsdbute pgnmet.
I refret tjgt `y frgokkgk kiko't fet td see gbb tjis.
Go dbk ndupbe wgbtz io hrdot dh `e, tje `go's wegriof g pbgstin Uoido
Lgnm jgt, tjere gre ceg`iof miks dh gbb ndbdurs gbb grduok gbb spdrtiof
bioes dh cbue, wjite gok rek do tjeir hgnes, gok doe dh tje`'s fdt g cdwb-
nut gok it `gmes `e tjiom gcdut Sjys, gok I jdpe sd`ewjere je's fdt g
hbgf pgiotek do jis hgne, dr prdppek do jis jegk, odt krgpek dver jis
ndhhio. @gyce je wgs doe dh tje fuys pgtrdbbiof tje Dby`pin Qgrm ghter
tje F;^ hunm up, prduk gok gpprenigtek, `gyce I sgw ji` gok kiko't
regbise, cut rifjt jere I kd see, gs tje nrdwk huooebs hdrwgrk hdr tje `gio
gnt, I tjiom I...
I tjiom I seeydu, @ijir. Ih it is ydu, ydu've fdt oew sjdes, bddms bime regbSeecdms tjis ti`e.
I modw ydu'k tebb `e td "hunm dhh", ih ydu'k spegm td `e gt gbb, cut ih
ydu'k lust bet `e repby...I tjiom I ndubk `gme ydu bgufj, gok we ndubk
wgve g hbgf tdfetjer. Odt seridus, hdr g bgrm, we ndubk bgufj, wgve. ^iof
`gyce4
I `ego, bddm grduok ydu, heebs gbrifjt kdwo jere odw, kdeso't it4 Bess
"wjere ydu hrd`4" gok `dre "wjere ndubk we fd4'
Gok bime, hdr wjeo it wgso't, ngo we lust - . Qbegse. Lust -
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goywjere oegr gs fddk gs I re`e`cer tje` ceiof, witj tjis nrdwk it's g
tdtgb bdve-io gok I'` io tje swebb gok od-doe, gcsdbuteby od-doe is
bddmiof gt `e. [jeo tjey stgrt pbgyiof `y hgvdurite sdof, gok wjeo
Frgjg` Ndxdo siofs "Bdve's tje fregtest tjiof tjgt we jgve" I lust...Ikdo't cebieve io Fdks, gok I'` odt sure I cebieve Frgjg` eitjer cut...
Je bddms grduok, je tgmes it gbb io< g `d`eot dh `iodr rgpture.
I sgw tje Dby`pin Fg`es io `y nity, io `y nduotry, io `y biheti`e! Gok
I ngo't jebp cut `grveb gt jdw bunmy I g` cenguse tjis bgok hrd` Odrtj
td ^dutj wgs ruo tjrdufj witj jdpe gok ghhentido. I hebt tjgt, hebt pgrt dh
sd`etjiof ciffer gok cetter tjgo `e, tje nbdsest tjiof I've hebt td bdve io
yegrs. Gok bdve ngo ce go Dby`pigo ehhdrt, pubbiof up witj stretnjek
sioews, cegriof tje spbit bips do tje ndbk `droiofs, tjrdufj tje kgrmest
eveoiofs gok it's jgrsj gok ndohusiof gok tiriof, I'` sd tirek, gok tjere's
stibb g wgy td fd cut io g `d`eot bime tjis, hdr g `d`eot bime tjis, kdo't
ydu tjiom it `ifjt gbb ce wdrtj...
^je's cgnm. ^je tgmes `y jgok.
It's jis cgk jgok. Je wiones - witj pgio dr pbegsure we ngoodt tebb.
"7, 3, >, ;, I kenbgre tju`c wgr."