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𝑰 𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝑳𝒆𝒐 𝒂 𝒇𝒆𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑽𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒆'𝒔 𝒅𝒂𝒚. 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒖𝒑 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒖𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒍𝒖𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒖𝒍𝒍 𝒎𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒆. "𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒗𝒆... 𝑰 𝒎𝒂𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒈𝒐𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂 𝒇𝒆𝒘 𝒈𝒊𝒇𝒕𝒔."
𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒈𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒐𝒘 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒚 𝒉𝒐𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒏𝒐 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒖𝒔. 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒌 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒖𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒂 𝒔𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒃𝒐𝒙 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒖𝒏𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈.
"𝑯𝒆𝒓𝒆... 𝑻𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒊𝒕." 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒔 𝒊𝒇 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒈𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅. 𝑰 𝒄𝒉𝒖𝒄𝒌𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒏 𝒂 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒌. "𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝒔𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝑳𝒆𝒐..."
𝑰 𝒔𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒑𝒖𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒊𝒃𝒃𝒐𝒏 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒑. 𝑰 𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒙 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒔𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒏𝒆𝒄𝒌𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆, 𝒊𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒃𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒕.
𝑰 𝒉𝒖𝒈𝒈𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒏 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒅. 𝑰 𝒌𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒆𝒌 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒖𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒚. "𝑺𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒘𝒆 𝒑𝒖𝒕 𝒊𝒕 𝒐𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒗𝒆?" 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒄𝒌𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒙. 𝑰 𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒔𝒐 𝒎𝒚 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒔𝒐 𝒊𝒕 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒕.
𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒖𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒑𝒖𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒊𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒚 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒄𝒌𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒚 𝒏𝒆𝒄𝒌. "𝑻𝒖𝒓𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒕'𝒔 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒂 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖." 𝑰 𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂 𝒔𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒌𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒆.
"𝑺𝒕𝒖𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈... 𝑨𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒎𝒚 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒗𝒆..." 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒓𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒓𝒎 𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒚 𝒘𝒂𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒖𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒆 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒓. 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒓𝒖𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒅 𝒂 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒆𝒌 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒌𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒍𝒚. 𝑴𝒚 𝒂𝒓𝒎𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒏 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰 𝒌𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌.
𝑺𝒐𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒖𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒆𝒚𝒆𝒔 𝒔𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒍𝒚 𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒅. 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒆𝒚𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒔 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒆. "𝑴𝒚 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒗𝒆..." 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂 𝒔𝒐𝒇𝒕 𝒔𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒚 𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒆𝒌.
"𝑳𝒆𝒐... 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒂 𝒇𝒆𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒔 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍..." 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒅𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅. 𝑰 𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒍 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅. 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒆𝒚𝒆𝒔.
𝑰 𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒚 𝒓𝒐𝒐𝒎 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒔𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒆𝒓. 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒍𝒚 𝒖𝒏𝒄𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒆𝒚𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒂𝒕 𝒐𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒄𝒉.
"𝑪𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒆𝒚𝒆𝒔 𝑳𝒆𝒐..." 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒈𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝒔𝒐. 𝑰 𝒔𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒍 𝒈𝒊𝒇𝒕𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒆𝒓... 𝑴𝒂𝒚𝒃𝒆 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒆𝒏... 𝑶𝒌𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒚. 𝑰 𝒔𝒂𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒏𝒆. 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒙 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒌.
𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒍𝒊𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒈𝒉 𝒂𝒔 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒙. "𝑫𝒐𝒗𝒆... 𝑨𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒖𝒊𝒕?" 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒕 𝒎𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂 𝒔𝒎𝒊𝒓𝒌. "𝑰 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝑰 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒃𝒊𝒕 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓." 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒖𝒆𝒅. "𝑰 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝒏𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒊𝒕..."
𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒖𝒄𝒌𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒆𝒕 𝒊𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆. "𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍... 𝑰 𝒈𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝑰'𝒍𝒍 𝒘𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒊𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒏𝒆𝒙𝒕 𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈." 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒖𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒔 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒖𝒑 𝒂𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒃𝒐𝒙 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒕. 𝑰𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒕 𝒖𝒑 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒙.
"𝑯𝒎... 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒎 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒚 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒗𝒆..." 𝑰 𝒄𝒉𝒖𝒄𝒌𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒊𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒅𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒔𝒂𝒚 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒃𝒖𝒕... 𝑰 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒈𝒐𝒕 𝒊𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒓.
𝑨𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒚, 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒈𝒊𝒇𝒕𝒔 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒄𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒔𝒌 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒍𝒇 𝒈𝒖𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑 𝒉𝒆𝒓.
𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅. "𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒘𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒔 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒂𝒔 𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆, 𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒗𝒆..." 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒌𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒚 𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅. "𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒎 𝑰 𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒐 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒚𝒐𝒖?" 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅.
"𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒂 𝒍𝒐𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒅𝒐 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒎𝒆~" 𝑰 𝒔𝒎𝒊𝒓𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒔𝒐𝒇𝒕 𝒌𝒊𝒔𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒉. 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒂 𝒈𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒎 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒆𝒇 𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒆𝒚𝒆𝒔. "𝑾𝒆'𝒍𝒍 𝒔𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂 𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒗𝒆... 𝑩𝒖𝒕, 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒊𝒕~"
𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒇𝒇 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒔𝒂𝒅, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝑰 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒈𝒐...
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