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"𝒀/𝒏, 𝑰 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝒂 𝒃𝒊𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓." 𝑰 𝒉𝒖𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒅. "𝑶𝒌𝒂𝒚, 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏." 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒂 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒕. "𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒖𝒎... 𝑯𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒚 𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈, 𝑰 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕'𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒕'𝒔 𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒅."

𝑰 𝒏𝒐𝒅𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂 𝒅𝒓𝒚 𝒓𝒖𝒃 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏. "𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒊𝒕?" 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒂 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒕. "𝑳𝒆𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒓𝒂? 𝑾𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓?" 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒏𝒐.

"𝑰 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒚 𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆..." 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝒔𝒉𝒚 𝒕𝒐𝒏𝒆. "𝑶𝒇 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆, 𝒊𝒕 𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒍𝒔... 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘." 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒅𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒖𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒈𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒓 𝒎𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒂𝒈𝒆, 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒖𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒊𝒍 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌.

𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒐 𝑰 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒅𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒕.
"𝑳𝒆𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒓𝒂 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒐𝒇𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒍?" 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒅𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒖𝒏𝒘𝒓𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒍 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒂𝒊𝒔𝒕. 𝑰 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒘.

𝑰 𝒐𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒖𝒑 𝒎𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒕, 𝑰 𝒇𝒆𝒍𝒕 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒈𝒉.
𝑰 𝒊𝒈𝒏𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂 𝒃𝒊𝒕 𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒍 𝑰 𝒈𝒐𝒕 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕- 𝒉𝒖𝒈𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅.

𝑯𝒆𝒓 𝒈𝒓𝒊𝒑𝒔 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒘 𝒕𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒓 𝑰 𝒈𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒌. "𝑪𝒂𝒏 𝒘𝒆 𝒔𝒌𝒊𝒑 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕?" 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒆𝒚𝒆𝒔 𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒆. "𝑰 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒊𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒌𝒊𝒏 𝒍𝒆𝒇𝒕, 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒌𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒔 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝑳𝒆𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒓𝒂." 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒏𝒐𝒅𝒅𝒆𝒅. 𝑰 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒏 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒌𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂 𝒃𝒊𝒕.

"𝑶𝒌𝒂𝒚, 𝒘𝒆'𝒓𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒎𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒂𝒈𝒆... 𝑳𝒆𝒕'𝒔 𝒎𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈." 𝑰 𝒑𝒊𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒊𝒓 𝒖𝒑 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒃 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆. "𝑺𝒐... 𝑾𝒆'𝒍𝒍 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆." 𝑰 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒌𝒊𝒔𝒔 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒏𝒆𝒄𝒌 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰 𝒇𝒆𝒍𝒕 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒙.

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