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𝑰 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒃𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒌𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒕 𝒂 𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒍, 𝒔𝒂𝒕 𝒏𝒆𝒙𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝑺𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒖𝒔. 𝑰 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒎𝒚 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒐𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅𝒆𝒓. 𝑯𝒆 𝒑𝒖𝒕𝒔 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒎 𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒆, 𝒔𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒂𝒕 𝒎𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒇𝒕𝒍𝒚.

𝑰 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒖𝒑 𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒔𝒂𝒅 𝒆𝒚𝒆𝒔. 𝑯𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒔 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒆. "𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒐 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆?..." 𝑯𝒆 𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒔. 𝑰 𝒔𝒉𝒓𝒖𝒈. "𝑨𝒏𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒌𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒎𝒚 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒇𝒇 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈." 𝑰 𝒔𝒂𝒚, 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒕.

"𝑰 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒍 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒔 𝒎𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒂𝒔 𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒏." 𝑺𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒖𝒔 𝒔𝒂𝒚𝒔, 𝒉𝒖𝒈𝒈𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒕. 𝑰 𝒏𝒐𝒅. "𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒌 𝒚𝒐𝒖 .." 𝑰 𝒔𝒂𝒚 𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒆𝒕𝒍𝒚. 𝑯𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒅𝒔.

𝑺𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒖𝒔 𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒌𝒔 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒐𝒐𝒎 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑹𝒆𝒎𝒖𝒔. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒔𝒊𝒕 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏. "𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒘𝒐 𝒐𝒌𝒂𝒚?" 𝑹𝒆𝒎𝒖𝒔 𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂 𝒔𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒔𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒆. 𝑰 𝒏𝒐𝒅. "𝒀𝒆𝒂𝒉.." 𝑰 𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒍𝒚.
𝑺𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒖𝒔 𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒅𝒔 𝒎𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅. "𝑰'𝒎 𝒔𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒚." 𝑯𝒆 𝒂𝒑𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒊𝒔𝒆𝒔. 𝑰 𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒆𝒚𝒆𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒘. "𝑭𝒐𝒓?" 𝑰 𝒂𝒔𝒌.

𝑯𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔. "𝑯𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖." 𝑯𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒚𝒔, 𝒂 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒇𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒆. "𝑰'𝒎 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒔𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒚.." 𝑯𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒆𝒕𝒍𝒚, 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒗𝒐𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈. 𝑰 𝒉𝒖𝒈 𝒉𝒊𝒎. "𝑰𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒌𝒏𝒆𝒘." 𝑰 𝒔𝒂𝒚 𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒆𝒕𝒍𝒚, 𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒊𝒎. "𝑰𝒕 𝒊𝒔𝒏'𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒇𝒂𝒖𝒍𝒕." 𝑰 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆.
"𝑰𝒕 𝒊𝒔, 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉, 𝒊𝒔𝒏'𝒕 𝒊𝒕." 𝑺𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒖𝒔 𝒔𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒅𝒍𝒚. "𝑰 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒂𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 '𝒇𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒚 𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆' 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈."

𝑰 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒂𝒕 𝒎𝒚 𝒂𝒓𝒎𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒓𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝑺𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒖𝒔. 𝑹𝒆𝒎𝒖𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑺𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒖𝒔 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒂𝒕 𝒖𝒔 𝒔𝒂𝒅𝒍𝒚. "𝑺𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒖𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒘𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒊𝒕 𝒔𝒐 𝒇𝒖𝒄𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒘𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔." 𝑯𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔. "𝑰𝒕'𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒚'𝒔 𝒇𝒂𝒖𝒍𝒕 𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒍."

𝑰 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒂𝒕 𝑺𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒖𝒔. "𝑺𝒆𝒆?" 𝑰 𝒔𝒂𝒚. 𝑰 𝒌𝒊𝒔𝒔 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒑𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒖𝒈 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒕𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒍𝒚. "𝑫𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒚 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒊𝒕."
𝑰 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒆𝒂𝒓. 𝑯𝒆 𝒘𝒓𝒂𝒑𝒔 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒎𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒆. "𝑰'𝒎 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒊𝒕." 𝑺𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒖𝒔 𝒄𝒉𝒖𝒄𝒌𝒍𝒆𝒔. 𝑰 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒊𝒎. "𝑫𝒐𝒏'𝒕!!"

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