Chapter 3

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"𝙾𝚔𝚊𝚢, 𝙸'𝚟𝚎 𝚗𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚝 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚏𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎,"

"𝐿𝑒𝑡'𝑠 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑖𝑡,"

"𝙸𝚏 𝙸 𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚢𝚘𝚞, 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚖𝚎 𝚒𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞'𝚛𝚎 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚝 𝚘𝚛 𝚗𝚘𝚝?"

"𝑀𝑎𝑦𝑏𝑒,"

"𝙼𝚊𝚢𝚋𝚎?

𝙽𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗, 𝙸'𝚖 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚢𝚘𝚞," 

𝐴 𝑚𝑎𝑦𝑏𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 𝑎 𝑛𝑜,"

"𝙰 𝚖𝚊𝚢𝚋𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚊 𝚗𝚘,

𝙰 𝚢𝚎𝚜 𝚒𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚊 𝚗𝚘," 

"𝐹𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛, 

𝐻𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑓𝑢𝑛 𝑓𝑖𝑔𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝐼 𝑎𝑚,"

"𝙵𝚒𝚗𝚎, 𝙸 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕,"

"..."

"𝙽𝚟𝚖 𝙸'𝚕𝚕 𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚝,

𝙷𝚎𝚛𝚖𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝙶𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛,

𝙰𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚊 𝙹𝚘𝚑𝚗𝚜𝚘𝚗,

𝙿𝚊𝚛𝚟𝚊𝚝𝚒 𝙿𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚕,

𝙻𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝙱𝚛𝚘𝚠𝚗,

𝚂𝚘 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚘𝚗 𝚒𝚝?"

"𝑁𝑜𝑝𝑒,"

"𝚆𝚑𝚊𝚝? 𝙸 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚊𝚒𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝙶𝚛𝚢𝚏𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚘𝚛,"

"𝐼 𝑑𝑖𝑑𝑛'𝑡,"

"𝚆𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗? 

𝙹𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚐𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚖𝚎 𝚊 𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚝,

𝙰𝚕𝚕 𝙸 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚊 𝚜𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚌𝚑 𝚘𝚠𝚕 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞'𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝙶𝚛𝚢𝚏𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚘𝚛,

𝙰𝚌𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢, 𝚜𝚌𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚌𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝, 

𝚈𝚘𝚞'𝚛𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝙶𝚛𝚢𝚏𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚘𝚛 𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚕𝚢, 

𝚂𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚠𝚗𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚏 𝚊 𝚜𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚌𝚑 𝚘𝚠𝚕 𝚊𝚗𝚍...𝚘𝚑 𝚢𝚎𝚊 𝚊 𝚕𝚒𝚊𝚛,"

"𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡? 𝐼 𝑑𝑖𝑑𝑛'𝑡 𝑙𝑖𝑒! 𝐼 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝐺𝑟𝑦𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑜𝑟,

-𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑤𝑛𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑎 𝑠𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑐ℎ 𝑜𝑤𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎 𝑙𝑖𝑎𝑟"

"𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚜𝚒𝚐𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝 𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚜 "𝙶𝚢𝚛𝚏𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚘𝚛𝚔"

"𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑑𝑜𝑒𝑠𝑛'𝑡 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛 𝐼'𝑚 𝑖𝑛 𝐺𝑟𝑦𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑜𝑟,

-𝐺𝑟𝑦𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑜𝑟𝑘"

"𝚂𝚘 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚒𝚗 𝙶𝚛𝚢𝚏𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗?"

"𝑌𝑒𝑠,

-𝐴𝑛 ℎ𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝐻𝑜𝑔𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑠 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡"

"𝙳𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚕𝚒𝚎,"

"𝐹𝑖𝑛𝑒, 𝑛𝑜,"

"𝙰𝚛𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚕𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐?"

"𝑌𝑒𝑠,

-𝐿𝑖𝑎𝑟"

"𝙹𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚖𝚎,"

"𝑁𝑜,"

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