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𝑰𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒔𝒐𝒐𝒏 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒌𝒚 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒇 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒖𝒅𝒚, 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒕 𝒂 𝒃𝒊𝒕 𝒅𝒂𝒓𝒌.

𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒌𝒂 𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒍𝒚 𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒆𝒚𝒆𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒔 𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒕𝒚. 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒐𝒐𝒎, 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒏𝒐𝒘, "𝑹𝒖𝒌𝒐?!" 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒆𝒅.

"𝑶𝒉, 𝒚𝒐𝒖'𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒌𝒆..." 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒗𝒐𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎. "𝑮𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑹𝒊𝒌𝒂." 𝑯𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆, 𝒘𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒃𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒊𝒏 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒊𝒎.

𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒆𝒅, " 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒕𝒂 𝒎𝒆!..."

𝑯𝒆 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒃𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒈𝒂𝒛𝒆 𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒆𝒓, "𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕? 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝑰'𝒅 𝒓𝒖𝒏 𝒂𝒘𝒂𝒚?" 𝑯𝒆 𝒈𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒂 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌.

"𝑷𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆, 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒗𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒎𝒚 𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏..." 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒈𝒓𝒊𝒑 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒌𝒆𝒕.

"𝑺𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒚..." 𝑯𝒆 𝒈𝒐𝒕 𝒖𝒑 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒊𝒓, "𝑫𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒚, 𝑰'𝒎 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒎𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒐𝒇 𝒂 𝒄𝒐𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅. 𝑨𝒏𝒚𝒘𝒂𝒚, 𝑰 𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒌𝒇𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆, 𝒘𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒈𝒐𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒚."

𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒌𝒂 𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒄𝒌𝒍𝒚 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒃𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒋𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝑹𝒖𝒌𝒐 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆.

"𝑩𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒚, 𝑹𝒊𝒌𝒂..."

"𝒀𝒆𝒔?" 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒐𝒏 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒈𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒊𝒎.

"𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒌 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒐 𝒎𝒖𝒄𝒉 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒎𝒆, 𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕, 𝑰 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒊𝒕." 𝑯𝒆 𝒔𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒅.

"𝑶𝒇 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆! 𝑫𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒕, 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝑰 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒅𝒐. 𝑰'𝒎 𝒔𝒐 𝒈𝒍𝒂𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒂 𝒃𝒊𝒕 𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖." 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌.

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