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"GOOD DAY, 50N, " HR. AND GLARED; HER EYE5 WERE fULL Of fIRE.
GONNE 5AID, POLrTELY NODDING "('H NOT PREGNANT."
HI5 CALT) HEAD TOWAR7)5THOHA5.
TIHE TO PLAY. THOHA5 DIDN'T RE- "
PLY; HE JU5T HUHgLED 50HETHING
ON HI5 WAY OUT. HR. GONNE H~ GONNE 5UPPRE55ED HI5 DE51RE TO 5HILE. COULT)
LOOKED OIlER TO GLORIE AND HAilE fOOLED HE. SHE 15 LIKE A 5HALL DWCIOU5 CREAM~'£· (
WATCHED. HER gODY R£5TED NEED ONLY CL05E HY HAND5 TO P055E55 HE~ A 5QtIEE2E COULT)
AGAIN5T ONE Of THE HANY KILL. THI5 15 TOO EA5Y.
WA5HER5,,AND 5HE HAD HER HEAD
ON HER ARH5. HR. GONNE fELT "OH, ('H 50RRY. ( HAD NOT INTENDED TO HAKE YOU
50HETHING IN51DE HIH TWINGE. HE UP5ET. AGAIN ( HU5T APOLO(ft2E. WA5 THAT YOUR HU5EAND THAT
5TOOD, W~PPING HI5 COATAROUND \ LEfT 50 AgRUPTLY?" H~ GONNE'5 UNU5UALLY ~IGHT P05TURE
HIH5ELf. THE gLUE ANKLE-LENGTH GAilE HIH THE APPEA~NCE Of HEIGHT. IT WA5 ALWAY5 HORE
JACKET fLUTTERED IN THE gREE2E INTIHfDATING THAT WAY.
CREATED gy HI5 HOVING fEET; IT
"LOOK, HI5TE~ ( 'H G~EfUL fOR THE HANDKERCHIEf,
, 5EEHED HORE Of A CLOAK, EN5HROUDING HIH IN AN EERIE gUT (AH REALLY NOT IN ATALKATtIIE HOOD RIGHTNOW." GLORIE
gLUE DARKNE55. HE ruggED A HANDKERCHIEf OilER HI5 HEAD, TOOK A 5TEP CACK WHILE 5PEAKING; HE NOTICED AN ANGER
AND 5T~IGHTENED HI5 POORLYKEPT GOATEE. HE WA5 READY. gREWING IN HER EYE5. ANGE~ OR fEAR? gOTH ARE ONE AND
SHE WILL gE AN EA5Y ONE. THI5 15 PERfECT. PurrING HI5 THE 5AHE.
HAND5 IN HI5 POCKET5, H~ GONNE 5LOWLY CREPT 7)OWN THE
AI5LE gETWEEN THE HACHINE5. HR. GONNE QUIETLY GOOD. ( CAN HEAR HER HEART gEATING. IT 50UNDED LIKE
APPROACHED. HI5 EYE5 5£TTLING UPON THE 5HIHHERING 5AgLE THE THUHPING DRYER5, fA5T AND RHYTHHIC, gUT IRREGULA~ (T
HAIR Of GLORIE. SHE COULT) HAilE gEEN PRETTYIf NOT fOR THE WA5 A5 If 50HETHING HARD AND fOREIGN WA5 LONGING TO
THICK GLA55E5 PERCHED ATOP HER NARROW N05E. HR. GONNE COHE OUT, TO EHg~CE HIH.
LICKED HI5 LlP5 AND CONTINUED.
"( KNOW IT 7)OE5," HE 5AID, 5TILL GRINNING HI5 WIDE
"gAD DAY?" HE A5KED IN A LOW VOICE, HOLT)ING OUT HI5 PEARL 5HILE. THI5 GIRL 15 WEAK; THEY ALWAY5ARE. f7'5 gEEN TOO
WHITE HANDKERCHIEf. LON~ ,

"HORE THAN YOU'LL EilER KNOW." SHE TOOK THE CLOTH "You KNOW WHAT?" GLORIE A5KED, TAKING ANOTHER
AND WIPED THE TEAR5AWAY fROH HER JADE EYE5. 5TEP CAC/(.

YE5, HR. GONNE THOUGHT, 5TART5LOW. GET HER TRU5T. '7HAT YOUR HEART WANT5 TO EHg~CE HE. THAT YOU
HE 5HILED, THINKING Of HI5 5WEATTHAT GLORIE NOW ruggED WANT TO EHg~CE HE." HR. GONNE APPROACHED, HI5 ARH5
ACR055 HER fACE.

'7HANK YOU, 51R."

"Hy NAHE 15 HR. GONNE." HE 5HILED, REIIEALING A
HOUTHfUL Of Off-WHITE PEARL5. SHE HANDED THE
HANDKERCHIEf CACK TO HIH A5 5HE R05E TO CHECK ON HER
DRYING CLOTHE5. HE 5TUDIED HE~ LOOKING HER UP AND
7)OWN. HE LIKED HE~ 5HE HADE HIH HAPPY; 5HE WOULT) 7)0
IIERY, IIERY NICELY.

No POINT IN DELAYING· SOHEONE COULT) COHE IN ATANY
HOHENT·

"SO, WHEN 15 THE CAgy DUE?" H~ GONNE A5KED
GLORlE, POINTING TO HER ROUND 5TOHACH· GLORIE TURNED

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