𝓒𝓱𝓪𝓹𝓽𝓮𝓻 1: 𝓪𝓫𝓾𝓼𝓲𝓿𝓮 𝓪𝓼𝓼

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"𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒐 𝒑𝒘𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒚 𝒎𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒚." 𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒊 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒆 𝒑𝒖𝒕 𝒐𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒔.

"𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒌𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒃𝒂𝒃𝒚𝒈𝒊𝒓𝒍, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒆𝒍𝒔𝒆 𝒊𝒔?" 𝑰 𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑰 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒍𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒚 𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒔. "𝒎𝒆??" 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒖𝒏𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆. "𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕'𝒔 𝒓𝒋𝒈𝒉𝒕" 𝑰 𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒖𝒑 𝒌𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒆𝒌 7𝒙.

"𝒏𝒐 𝑰 𝒏𝒐𝒕!!" 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒔𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒈𝒊𝒈𝒈𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈. "𝑰 𝒖𝒈𝒍𝒚!" 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒔𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈.

"𝒃𝒂𝒃𝒚 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒖𝒈𝒍𝒚, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒖𝒍. 𝒐𝒌𝒂𝒚?" 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒅𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕'𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑰 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒂 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒄𝒌 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒕 𝒅𝒐𝒐𝒓. "𝒎𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒚 𝒊𝒔 𝒅𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒂𝒅𝒅𝒚??" 𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒊 𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒆𝒅.

"𝒚𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒕 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒔." 𝑰 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒚 𝒓𝒐𝒐𝒎 𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒊 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒕 𝒅𝒐𝒐𝒓 𝒖𝒏𝒍𝒐𝒄𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒕. "𝒘𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒑." 𝒌𝒆'𝒍𝒊𝒋𝒂𝒉 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅.

"𝒅𝒂𝒅𝒅𝒚!!" 𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒊 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒔𝒐 𝑰 𝒈𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒊𝒎.

"𝒉𝒆𝒚𝒚 𝒅𝒂𝒅𝒅𝒚'𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒍." 𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒌𝒊𝒔𝒔 𝒉𝒆𝒓 5𝒙 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒆𝒌 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒈𝒊𝒈𝒈𝒍𝒆.

"𝒅𝒂𝒅𝒅𝒚 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒑!" 𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒊 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒈𝒊𝒈𝒈𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈. 𝒌𝒆'𝒍𝒊𝒋𝒂𝒉 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒆 𝒖𝒑 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒐𝒆. "𝒅𝒂𝒎𝒏, 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒊𝒏 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒇𝒂?" 𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒆𝒅.

"𝒎𝒚 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒃𝒐𝒐." 𝑰 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒋𝒐𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒍𝒂𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒆𝒅. "𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒈𝒐𝒕 𝒋𝒐𝒌𝒆𝒔 𝒉𝒖𝒉?" 𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒍𝒋𝒇𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒘. "𝒎𝒉𝒎𝒎." 𝑰 𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒌𝒊𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒏.

"𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒃𝒂𝒃𝒚 𝒈𝒊𝒓𝒍, 𝒘𝒉𝒚 𝒅𝒐𝒏𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒚 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆, 𝒐𝒌𝒂𝒚?" 𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒊 𝒏𝒐𝒅𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒂𝒔 𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒖𝒕 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒓𝒐𝒐𝒎.

"𝒘𝒉𝒚 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒌𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒊𝒏 𝒘𝒊𝒕 𝒎𝒆 𝒋𝒐𝒄𝒆𝒍𝒚𝒏?" 𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒍𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒎𝒔 𝒔𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒕 𝒎𝒆.

"𝒊𝒎 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒚𝒐𝒖... 𝒋𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒐𝒓." 𝑰 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒍𝒂𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒆𝒅. "𝑩𝒊𝒕𝒄𝒉 𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒕 𝒇𝒖𝒄𝒌𝒊𝒏 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒚𝒊𝒏 𝒘𝒊𝒕 𝒎𝒆!" 𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒖𝒑 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒕 𝒂 𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒍.

"𝒌𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒉𝒖𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒆..."𝑰 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒌𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒈𝒂𝒔𝒑 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒊𝒓. "𝑩𝒊𝒕𝒄𝒉 𝑰𝒐𝒏 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅𝒂 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒔𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒔𝒂𝒚𝒊𝒏 𝒎𝒂𝒉 𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆!" 𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒅.

𝑰 𝒃𝒆𝒈𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒓𝒚 𝒂𝒔 𝑰 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒈𝒈𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆. "𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒂𝒏 𝒋𝒐𝒌𝒆 𝒅𝒂𝒎𝒏..." 𝑰 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒄𝒓𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈.

"𝑰𝒎𝒎𝒂 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂 𝒋𝒐𝒌𝒆." 𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒍𝒖𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅𝒍𝒚 𝒌𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒂𝒔 𝑰 𝒈𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒄𝒓𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒅.

"𝑩𝒊𝒕𝒄𝒉 𝒔𝒉𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒖𝒄𝒌 𝒖𝒑 𝒇𝒐𝒆 𝑰 𝒌𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒚𝒐 𝒂𝒔𝒔." 𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒌𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒔 𝒑𝒖𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒈𝒖𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒚 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒈𝒆𝒓. "𝒅𝒂𝒅𝒅𝒚 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈??" 𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒊 𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒆𝒅.


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