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She
s
m
e
ll
e
d
d
iff
ere
nt
t
o
o
.
L
ike
fall g
r
ass
e
s
and
the
f
u
ll m
o
o
n. He
c
o
ck
e
d
his h
e
ad and
wait
ed
.
I
t
w
o
u
ld
c
o
me
to
him.

T
hank
s
giving had
j
u
st
pa
s
s
e
d
and
L
iv
had
sp
e
nt
h
e
r
fi
r
st
h
o
li
d
ay
with the
pack.
She had
h
e
ld
h
e
r
o
wn, h
e
lping
t
o
ha
r
v
e
st
and
p
re
pa
r
e
the
m
e
al,
e
ating
with g
u
st
o
,
b
o
n
d
ing with
the
m
e
n
a
nd
w
o
m
e
n
a
lik
e
.
She
had
e
v
e
n
a
r
g
ue
d
f
o
r
l
e
ni
e
ncy
f
o
r
A
.J.
wh
e
n
the matt
e
r
was
d
isc
u
ss
e
d
at
the
c
o
u
ncil
m
ee
ting.
He
was
s
t
ill
u
n
de
r
h
o
u
se
a
rre
st
bu
t
he
was p
o
ssi
b
ly
g
o
i
n
g
to
k
ee
p
his
p
o
siti
o
n
if
he
c
o
u
ld
make am
e
n
d
s
a
nd
re
c
o
ncile
with
c
er
tain pack m
e
m
b
e
r
s.

“
Y
o
u’r
e
k
ee
ping
s
o
m
e
thing
f
r
o
m
m
e
,
L
iv,”
he sai
d
.
He
t
ur
n
e
d
h
er
,
st
ud
i
e
d
h
e
r
fac
e
, the
s
e
t
o
f h
e
r
jaw, the
spa
r
kle
in h
e
r
e
y
e
.
“
I
t
m
a
k
e
s
me
n
er
v
o
u
s.
T
e
ll m
e
,
pl
e
as
e
.”

G
a
rre
t
t
r
an his th
u
mb
o
v
e
r
h
e
r
l
o
w
e
r
lip
and
wa
t
ch
e
d
h
e
r
w
e
igh h
e
r
o
pti
o
ns.
T
e
ll him
o
r
n
o
t.
He
h
e
ld
h
i
s
bre
ath.
S
oo
n it
w
o
u
ld
b
e
Ch
r
istmas. He
had
ma
d
e
h
e
r
a
s
l
e
igh
be
d
f
o
r h
e
r
gift.
Ch
e
st
e
r
had
ta
u
ght
h
i
m
to
w
o
o
d
w
o
r
k
as
a
t
ee
n
and h
e’
d
r
a
re
ly
u
s
e
d
his tal
e
nt.
F
o
r
h
er
,
he
h
ad
ma
d
e
the
e
ff
o
r
t.
I
t
was
s
o
m
e
thing
she
h
ad
c
o
nf
e
ss
e
d
o
ne
n
ight she had alw
a
ys
want
ed
.
She sai
d
,
w
h
e
n
she w
o
u
ld h
e
ar h
e
r st
e
pfath
e
r
and h
e
r m
o
th
er
, she w
o
u
ld
pict
ur
e
h
er
s
e
lf
t
u
ck
e
d
i
nto
a
w
o
n
der
f
u
l
sl
e
igh
bed
,
safe and
wa
r
m
in
s
o
ft white
s
h
ee
ts
in a safe
wa
r
m
h
o
u
s
e
.

T
hat
was his gift
t
o
h
er
.
A
sl
e
igh
bed
,
s
o
ft
white
sh
ee
ts
he
had
f
o
u
n
d
,
the
safe
h
o
u
se and
his a
r
ms.
T
h
er
e
w
o
u
ld
al
s
o
b
e
a
d
iam
o
nd
r
ing in that
be
d
and
a q
ue
sti
o
n
f
o
r
h
er
.

“
I’
m
j
u
st
e
xcit
e
d
to
an
n
o
u
nce
that
I’
m
sq
u
a
re
,”
she
said
a
nd
dr
o
pp
e
d
h
e
r
h
e
a
d
.
S
he
du
g
the
t
o
e
o
f h
e
r
c
o
w
b
o
y
b
oo
t
i
nto
the
d
i
r
t and
b
l
u
sh
e
d
a sta
r
tling c
r
ims
o
n.

G
a
rre
t
t
s
h
o
o
k his h
e
a
d
,
b
affl
ed
.
“Sq
u
a
re
?
W
hat?
I’
m l
o
st,
b
a
b
y.”

She
l
o
o
k
e
d
u
p,
h
e
r
sm
i
le
be
atific.
She
ma
d
e
the
sign
o
f a
s
mall
sq
u
a
r
e
in
the
air
with h
e
r
fing
er
tips.
“
I’
m sq
u
a
re
.
A
ll
i
s
re
pai
d
.”

G
a
rre
t
t
l
a
u
gh
ed
.
“
I’
m
e
ith
e
r
r
i
d
ic
u
l
o
u
sly
s
l
o
w
o
r
y
o
u’r
e
talking
in c
o
de
.
T
e
ll
m
e
, y
o
u’r
e
dr
iving me
m
a
d
.”
He
playf
u
lly s
h
o
o
k h
e
r
b
y the
u
pp
e
r
a
r
ms and
s
he
g
iggl
ed
.

“
M
y
s
e
nt
e
nc
e
,
G
a
rre
tt
G
u
staf
s
o
n,
was
to
stay
h
er
e
and
p
r
o
ve
my
l
o
yalty
t
o
the pack.
A
nd
p
o
ssi
b
ly t
o
…”

“
T
o
o
ne
d
ay
re
pay
the
life
y
o
u
had
tak
e
n with a life
f
o
r
th
e
…” he
st
o
pp
ed
. “
F
o
r
the
pack.” She
said
it
s
o
ftly.

“Wait.
T
hat m
e
ans… y
o
u
m
e
an—”

She
d
i
d
n
’
t
sp
e
ak.
She
t
oo
k
h
is
hand
and
p
u
t
it
o
v
e
r
h
e
r
fa
de
d
j
e
ans,
l
o
w
o
n
h
e
r
be
lly,
o
v
e
r
the
c
o
ld
m
e
tallic zipp
er
.
F
o
r an
i
n
stant
he im
a
gin
e
d
he f
e
lt
s
o
m
e
thing.
T
o
o s
o
o
n
bu
t
he
d
id
f
ee
l
a l
e
ap
o
f
j
o
y in
h
is g
u
t.
H
is h
e
a
r
t
p
o
u
n
ded
.
“Y
o
u’re
…”

“I
t
oo
k
the
t
e
st
this
m
o
r
ning. I
was
t
o
o
af
r
aid
to
s
ay
u
ntil I
d
i
d
.
A
nd
it
’
s…w
e
ll,
Be
n c
o
nfi
r
m
e
d
a p
o
sitiv
e
.
He
said
the
t
e
sts can
b
e
w
r
o
ng
be
ca
u
se
o
f—”

“
D
NA
i
ss
ue
s.
Bu
t
h
e
?”

She
n
o
dde
d
e
v
e
n
as he
m
o
v
e
d
in, ki
s
sing
h
er
,
k
issing
h
er
,
kiss
i
ng
h
e
r
l
i
ke
he
w
o
u
ld n
e
v
e
r
b
e
a
b
le
t
o
s
t
o
p
k
i
ssing
h
er
.
“
He
said
y
e
s,”
s
he
said
in
his
e
a
r
.
G
a
rre
tt
pick
e
d
h
e
r
u
p,
t
o
o
happy to
m
ind
h
is st
re
ngth.