❝ ᴅᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ɴᴇᴇᴅғᴜʟ❞ ᴅᴏᴜʙᴛ ᴄʟᴏᴜᴅᴇᴅ ʜᴇʀ ᴍɪɴᴅ ᴀs sʜᴇ ʜᴇʟᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ɢᴜɴ ʟᴏᴄᴋɪɴɢ ʜᴇʀ ɢʀᴇʏ ᴇʏᴇs ᴡɪᴛʜ ʜɪs ʙʟᴜᴇ ᴇʏᴇs. ᴛʜᴇ sᴍɪʟᴇ ᴏɴ ʜɪs ғᴀᴄᴇ ᴍᴀᴅᴇ ɪᴛ ᴀ ʟᴏᴛ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ʜᴀʀᴅ ғᴏʀ ʜᴇʀ ᴛᴏ ᴍᴀᴋᴇ ʜᴇʀ ᴄʜᴏɪᴄᴇ. "ɴᴏ." sʜᴇ ᴅʀᴏᴘᴘᴇᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ɢᴜɴ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛᴜʀɴᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ғᴀᴄᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴏɴғᴜsᴇᴅ ʜᴏsᴛ. "ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴡᴀs ᴛʜᴀᴛ?" ᴏɴᴇ sᴛᴇᴘ. ᴛᴡᴏ sᴛᴇᴘs. ᴀɴᴅ sʜᴇ ʟᴇᴀɴᴇᴅ ғᴏʀᴡᴀʀᴅ ᴛᴏ ʜɪs ᴇᴀʀ. "ᴡᴀɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ʜᴇᴀʀ ɪᴛ ʟᴏᴜᴅᴇʀ? ɴᴏ," sʜᴇ ᴡʜɪsᴘᴇʀᴇᴅ ᴀɴᴅ sʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴠɪᴏᴜsʟʏ sʟɪᴅ ᴏᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴋɴɪғᴇ ғʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇ sᴛʀᴀᴘ ᴏɴ ʜᴇʀ ᴛʜɪɢʜ. ʙᴇғᴏʀᴇ ʜᴇ ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅ ʀᴇᴀᴄᴛ, sʜᴇ sᴇɴᴛ ɪᴛ ᴛʜʀᴏᴜɢʜ ʜɪs ᴀʙᴅᴏᴍᴇɴ. "ʀᴜʟᴇ ᴏɴᴇ, ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ᴇᴠᴇʀ ᴛʜʀᴇᴀᴛᴇɴ ᴍs. ғᴇʀʀᴀʀɪ. ʀᴜʟᴇ ᴛᴡᴏ, ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ᴇᴠᴇʀ ʟᴀʏ ᴏɴ ғɪɴɢᴇʀ ᴏɴ ᴍs. ғᴇʀʀᴀʀɪ. ɪ'ᴍ sᴜʀᴇ ᴡᴇ ᴡᴇɴᴛ ᴏᴠᴇʀ ᴛʜɪs ʙʀᴏᴛʜᴇʀ" sʜᴇ sᴘᴏᴋᴇ ᴄᴀsᴜᴀʟʟʏ ᴀs ʜᴇ ʙʟᴇᴇᴅ ᴏᴜᴛ. "ʟᴇᴛ's ʟᴇᴀᴠᴇ ʜᴇʀᴇ ᴀᴄᴇ. ɪ'ᴠᴇ ʜᴀᴅ ᴇɴᴏᴜɢʜ ᴏғ ᴛʜɪs ᴘᴀʀᴛʏ." -------------------------------------------------------- ᴡʜᴇɴ ᴄᴇʟᴇʙʀɪᴛʏ ᴅᴀᴜɢʜᴛᴇʀ, ᴍɪᴀ ᴀsᴛᴏɴ ғᴇʀʀᴀʀɪ, ɢᴇᴛs ʜᴇʀsᴇʟғ ɪɴ ᴀ ʀᴏᴜɢʜ sɪᴛᴜᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴡɪᴛʜ ʜᴇʀ ᴄʜɪʟᴅʜᴏᴏᴅ ғʀɪᴇɴᴅ ᴀᴄᴇ ʀᴏᴍᴀɴᴏ ᴡʜᴏ ᴄʟᴀɪᴍs ᴛᴏ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ɴᴏ ᴍᴇᴍᴏʀʏ ᴏғ ʜᴇʀ.