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gy JAY 1. LEVY
THE 1X>ORTO THE WASHER SLAHHED SHtrr WrrH A LOUD lILTIHATELY TO CALISE FEAR· Hie. C;ONNE SHIFTED THE COAT
EIING OF HETAL A4AIN>I' HETAL.
CL05EIe TO HIS HOllTH, fOle HE COlIW FEEL HIS TEETH CLENCH
THEY HAVE gEEN FIGHTING FOR TEN HINtrrE5. C;ONNE 5A7
THERE, IN THE FADED RED PLA>I'IC CHAIR--HIS EYES KEEPING AND HI5 5HILE WIDEN HOfCE. IF rr WA5NT fOle THE CON>I'ANT
CON>fANT IJIGILANCE ON THE TWO. Etrr HD>rLY ON HE~ HE
PULLED titS DEEP gLlJE COAT TOWARDSHIS HOtrrH--GMNG HIH gEAr OF THE HACHINE, THEY HIGHT HAVE EVEN HEAleD HIH
THE IJlSAGEOF RE5T,AND HIDING HIS WIDENING SHILE· LAlIGH·
"I CANT gWEVE YOll, THOHA5," THE GIRL SAlT) AS SHE
Hie. C;ONNE LOOKED AleOllND THE LAlINDROHAr. IT WA5
REPEATEDLY SH()l,iED HER NEWLY GREEN SHIIZI IN HIS FACE.
"YOl1 Ptrr THIS SHIIZI IN WrrH HY >rlIFF! YOll KNOW YOllR SHIIZIS ONLY THE THREE OF THEH. 11s A GOOD THING NO ONE ELSE IS
gLEED. Now LOOK AT rr!" HERE. THI5 SHOW IS HINE. SHE IS HINE·
"YOll ALWA~ TRYTO HELP· 11s TOO HlICH," C;LOf?JESAID
"c;LORIE, I'H som. IWASNTTHINKING ..·" THOHA>' HEAD
A5 5HE THREW THE HIXfl{RE OF SHIRT5, SOCKS AND
gOggED AS IF HE WERE TRYING TO KEEP rr Ag()l,iE WATER· HE
lINDERGARHENTS INTO THE DRYE~ SLAHHING THE DOOR SHtrr.
KEPT TICYINGTO FIND HER EYES gEHIND THE GREEN gLOlISE,
WrrHOtrr SlICCES5. EVEfMVHERE THOHAS LOOKED THERE WAS "YOllR HELPING NEVER DOES ANYIHING gtrr CALISE TROlIgLE,
THE DYED gLOl1SE AND ANOTHER GRlINT OF ANGER FROH THIS
GI~ THIS C;LORIE. THE LOOK OF SADNESS ON HIS FACE WAS AND TROllf:LE HEANS HORE WORK fOR HE, HORE OF A HESS fOR
PATHETIC. HE TO CLEAN LIP. WHY DO YOU ALWA~ FLICK LIP, TOH?
C;LOf?JE WAS A SHALL GIRL, gtrr THICK AROlIND THE EVEIiYfHING YOll DO ISALWA~ 5CREWED SOHEHOW."
H~ C;ONNE CONTINlIfT) TO WATCH; HE L()l,iED EVERY
HIDDLE SOHEWHAT. LONG LEG5, AND JET gLACK HAI~ SHE
HINtrrE OF rr.
COllLD HAVE gEEN A GYP5¥,A TWlVELE~ A HY>rE~· Etrr THE
THICK, gLACK FWlHED GLASSESON HER N05E GAVE HER A SENSE "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOll TALKING AgOtrr, C;LOf?JE?"
OF REALI7Y. SHE WA5NT ANY HY>rIC, JlI>I' A PER50N· STANDING THOHA5 SAID· "WHAT HAVE IFLICKED LIP? WHA1s WRONG?"
"EVEIiYfHING," SHE SAID IN A LOW, DESPI51NG TONE.
HERE, IN THIS LAlINDROHAT, WrrH H~ C;ONNE.
PlITTlNG HER HAND TO HER gROW·
THOHAS APPEARED OWER THAN SHE, gtrr ONLY gy A FEW SHE LOOK5 LIKE SHE ISAgOtrr TO CRY--GOOD.
YEAR5, COLLEGE KI7)5, OR HAygE THEY JlI>I' GWlDlIATED. THOHAS "JlI>f GO HOHE TOHHV," C;LORIA SAID LOOKING LIP· H~
WM TALl, AND HAD AN AIR OF >rlIPIDI7Y Agotrr HIH. A f{)OT&4LL
C;ONNE COllLD SEE HER EYE5 gEHIND HER LARGE GLAS5E5.
PLAYE~ HAygE, ORJlI>I' A FlILL-TIHE WEIGHTLIFTER.
TEAR5 WELLED THERE, READY TO DROP OVER HER CHEEK5.
"I WASONLYTICYING TO HELP/' THOHAS SOFTLYSAID·
HR. C;ONNE SHIFTED IN THE HARD PLA>I'IC CHAIR. IT WAS THOHAS FROZE. "LEAVE HE ALONE AND GO HOHE."
H~ C;ONNE COllLD r:ARELY HEAR HER VOICE OVER THE
UNCOHfOIZIAgLE--WHL, LAlINDROHAT CHAIR5 ARE NEVER
DRYING RlIHgLlNG· HE >l'WlINED HIS EARS, REHAINING IN HI5
COHfORTAgLE, gtrr THE SHOW HlI>I' GO ON· THE LIGHTING ON SEAT. THOHA5 LOOKED SlIRPRI5ED WHEN C;LOf?JE CALLED HIH
THE PAIR WM POOf?; THEY SEEHED TO gE HAINLY W gy THE TOHHY.
PERHAP5 5HE CALLS HIH TOHHY WHEN SHE IS lIPSET--
>rREAHING SlINUGHT POURING INTO THE LAlINDleOHAT FleOH THE
LAfCc;EWIN7.>0W5gEHIND HIH. THE CON>I'ANT THlIHPING OF HIS HOW HOTHERLY. Etrr THEY WERE NOT HOTHER AND SON-
HEAW CLOTHES IN THE D~ER PDlINDfT) IN HIS EAR5--HE HAD TO DEFINrrELY NOT. H~ C;ONNE LAlIGHED, gtrr 7lI~fT) HI5 HEAD
NNE rr Otrr TO HEAR THE ARGlIING LOVEfC5.Hie· C;ONNE KNEW AWAY FROH THEH. ALL HE NEEDED WA5 '70HW' TOAPPROACH·
THAT WOllLD CA1I5E TOO HlICH TRMLE, AND HA'{gE EVEN SpOIL
THATLOOK ON C;LOf?JE'SFACE--ANGE~ ANGEIe IS GleEAr. 11s SO HIS FlIN. HE DIDN'T NEED A PH~ICAL CONFRONTATION WrTHTHIS
CL05E TO FEAR THAT n'S ALHD>r SICKENING· To CALISE ANGER 15 WEIGHTLIFTER.
HERE WE ARE NOW· HR. C;ONNE WATCHED THOHAS
>fOHP HI5 WAY TO THE FRONT tea: WALKING f?JGHTPAST THE
NA57IC SEAT5.
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