ARoseCalledMiracleBook1Pt2

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5 R9 K: x( |! W  j1 v/ |/ y- uclippers, d blooms. arrangement, angle.
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3 \8 L; D$ v& l) n2 j, L3 f  }; K"It's good," head. set, I Kate's truck. I Jimmy's out. I a a fries. Addison's , underwhelming, hunger. I Kate's I work. 4 p.m. I work. season, I couldn't reality. I hope.

" k. A: }4 n( C  c" b! d"Yikes!" (Or approximating that) I yelled. I garden. me. hell. laughing, I finished. I done. I a a gazebo's door. I didn't uncomfortable truck. I I roses. house, table, I bouquet. water. clothes.

"What those?"

"Clean clothes."
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2 ^/ J$ {! I. R% o( g9 G- ?8 p* ^( f"You won't them."

"What? I'm filthy."
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% Y  T- I/ P5 ~"You remember," chuckled, "The I I a you?"
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" L& \. P- ~3 L5 |"Yeah?"

"Well, a roses. So, a a you. I a it. on?"

, y  f: w# @% h4 g& wI hesitated, "David it's conservative," me.

"Okay." I room, "Mrs. Summers, seven?"
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"Yes."
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"Very good. I'm now."

"Thank you, Naomi."

! H' [0 {, G+ G8 fI questioningly kitchen. occasions, a behold.

"I Mrs. Summers."
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"Yeah. that." shrugged, "The I Kate. refused. Then, said, I more, she'd again. I in, losing."
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"So, turkey, tonight?" I asked.
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"Not a clue. on, I I won't eatse. me." I kitchen. I chair, a a bowl. move. a spoon, "Get man. I'll dinner's ready. Now, out!" I room. laughing, "Well, you've Naomi. you."
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"Likes me?" I I hand.

; c) _6 L: W# H; T; h' i3 {"Oh Yeah. a I here. did. 'eff' kitchen. yes, you."

+ H& _2 h* V0 ~2 F, N' F5 t"Weird. I I'd up." me.

2 D; Q+ _+ b, Q8 S3 ?6 s"David, is, up," loudly. I I I she'd Naomi. I house.
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& t+ l$ `# m" a7 _: P( ^"Thank you."

' B( F1 o" ]/ b4 M6 \I floor. I racks. I a waist, shaved, shower. I I water, I did. a I a door. Instead, I there, naked, "Are stare, in?" me.

"Please...Won't me?"

"Why you, I'd to," mine. I kissed. I luscious, bottom. a murmur, "Mmmm." kiss, I move. I down, a neck. I a Kate's nipples. I arousing. nipples, I up. a disappointed, I around, me. I I roots. 'She's longer,' I I them. pleasure. legs. I still. I a erection. I one, a Kate's lips. hand, place, a bit, fingers. down. I upright.
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! W6 I9 ~! K9 o& \; EI a recover, me. a second, I again, "Wait David!" up.

+ \8 A9 G" A" B8 b1 t: v$ R  Z  V"It's turn," a stomach. me. balls. erection. I support.
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9 Z9 p% n- d# ], [0 M2 B"Oh look!" exclaimed. A cock. fall.
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- X6 n6 o8 H# A! s"Mmmm. Good. Salty...and sweet." lips, forward.

, r, m) u2 w! A$ DKNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCK!!! "Mr. Hellsen, there?" Naomi. 5 surprise. "What!" I frustration.
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0 A  {4 Y' w* m& B2 b0 D"Someone phone. you...immediately."
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7 O" j9 y) ?; n2 B3 j"I'll there'll back." I shouted.

. H, I: |9 v1 T"David? Can't wait?" I feet.
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5 I5 e2 Q9 N3 E" [7 b' c+ _6 J"Sorry Kate. a today. I what's Jimmy's okay."
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I a I towel, "Yuck!" muttered, "Wet," floor. a one.
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6 X  N3 [4 v4 p8 }( uI door, "Hey David, clear, you? I'd didn't here."
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I door, "Okay, you're good," I out. I bedroom. I stairs. I Naomi. phone, "You that, number."
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; z1 E6 R( A0 [8 I  J1 f: E9 EI Jimmy's waited.

( I: ^! s5 u8 e2 G3 l"Hello," cracked.

: {  ~: D' h. V/ Z" @5 Y* k"Jimmy, David, alright?"
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; H0 ?/ s( X0 o/ E. n* k"Hey David, me. I'm fine." throat.

& X7 r! R8 W0 C$ w5 U! H"Naomi me?"

"Oh, yeah. David, honest, I fine. I a I can. I fine, really, I doctor."
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6 K- d. o$ u9 e$ m' I"So a doctor. doesn't me." I a voice.

"David. God. I terrific, maybe, terrific." cough.
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# @: w# N$ Z9 p2 c1 \"If so. Look, Jimmy, need. I I'll a a two."

& R  W: G4 S/ c+ r- u"Thanks boss, I'll a days."

"Okay Jimmy, I'll later. yourself." up. I s water. I suit. promised, a nice, a shirt, a tie, shoes.
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I kitchen. I upstairs. a shoes. I met. a I hadn't a sleek, one.

# W+ H& b# E1 B& wI I asked, "Still secret?"
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, m( d! y4 Q( P8 D! M"Yeah, I'm yet."

"Awesome. I knows." smirked, whispered, "Today you've a seen, haven't you?" smile...wow! knew. there, table. a together. smiled, nothing, table. I room, said, "These Mr. Hellsen."

"Thanks Naomi, greenhouse."

"Is phone?"
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* x8 y! m) R4 ^, d1 t"Yeah."

- q& u* l% C. V( B" N+ J"He talented. funny. I he's okay."

) P7 p* q. W! o1 W& |"Me too, great."

% g5 Q7 n/ V! y# P: g( F+ w"That's good," finished, "Well I work. I arrangement?"
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"I will." a tug, "Come David, Naomi." off, back. I also, direction. rang. stood. I seated. me, "Come David, guests."

"Our guests? sure..." feet, "Let's go. I together. Don't you?" I a breath. "Yes." I headed, , door. door, hands, "David, I a businessman, a politics. Don't mind."
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"Got it." Jasons. room. I I shook, awful. a handshake. I eye, smiled, squeezed. Hard. "A man," away. I'll credit, though, didn't away. hostess: I her. drinks. wine. I wanted. I work. I greenhouses, I couldn't enthusiasm. Mrs. conversation: husband's I center. she'd a over. I I college. a wine, a Coke, glasses. I Coke. glass, Mrs. glass, "Ahh, delicious. I another?" poured, Mrs. Jason, sofa. Jasons. I didn't see, I offered, opportunities I Kate's perfume. room. delicious. vinaigrette, turkey, stuffing, broccoli, casserole. a table. Mrs. bottle, glass, deeply.

# X7 y8 x. m$ X2 I"Kate, delicious," slurred, "Wherever it?"
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6 ^6 ^& M$ o" U4 g"A I a D.C. Richard...Richard Strauss, MSIC. I wine, I a case. I I a it. I I a it."
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) J; w! x$ w2 h"Would I I myself?"

"That fine." didn't I I dismay. eating, return. I dinner. I blushed. I room, Mrs. me, "Kate flowers. They're pretty."
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9 _; S' ]# ]  ]: _+ S* S0 @"Thank you, Ma'am. greenhouses."

"Even rose?"

9 W6 B( n' m  S% Y7 T* U"Especially rose. joy." rose. loudly, eyes, place. "Mmmm," exclaimed, "That delightful. rose..." head. chair. I table. I eyes. "Oh My!" exclaimed, "That was...oh my!" a times, then, arm, up. Mrs. alright. Mrs. straight.

"I'm fine. Honestly. I haven't ages." I shrugged. okay."
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Mrs. him, she'd earlier, "I'm Stephen, you."

7 U/ N7 k  |5 N- F( l, u+ W"That's Natalie." Kate, "How now?"

  [. _* S4 Z! C& \) O( B0 z$ y"Yes, let's."
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"Oops, on," Mrs. table. bottle, "I don't these." room. down, briefing. I didn't a I a staff, parliamentary procedure, senate, assignments, book.
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$ `# ~+ i- K* P: x! K"Escort?" amusement.
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" P  F/ ^8 ~- N7 P( B"Correct," answered, "Traditionally, chamber. he'd honored."

"Well..." sighed.
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"Watch Kate," Mrs. interrupted, "Alston pinch." a glassful.
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! Y# Y2 l. {& S. x6 j2 g  z5 O6 t"Lovely, lovely." again. I couldn't laughing.

' |' }8 r  d3 X  \$ Z5 HMrs. a wine. wine, "Yuck! That's disgusting. glass?" heads.

% n- A! {# f% ~. h8 {" P9 T+ S% k* o"No." said, "That's you've night."
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5 D) H4 M0 D5 ~% O7 D# _Mrs. table. a glass. a it, "It me," concluded.

/ A' `  y5 b  q% }4 n9 [Mrs. glass. Mrs. cautiously. wine. a I Kate's on. us. she'd she'd drunk.
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2 R& s' h2 R* R) N$ T& G* qup, "Well Katherine, I we've important. it's go." I again. time. "Good night...Uh?" He'd name.
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9 d& n& ^( [, v7 n" u. _"Good night, Jason," I kind, "It a you" I room. shortly. "David, I can't I didn't name."
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"I did. I me."
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* H3 G2 F3 D3 c# ^9 U9 }% [- \% H"Why?"
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"Didn't notice? off. strength. I hand. I him. name. think?" said, "He's brains. a hands. he's he's names. that's a staffers. "
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# A7 e8 Y' Y, x3 ^"But Kate, I there...without assistance."
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"David Hellsen! I'm a you'd Jason!"

5 e5 X3 t( y; ?: I"Sorry. a comparison...at you." I head. sofa. shoulder. I collar, "Why Natalie, a sudden, couldn't wine?"
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& f% C4 [2 K' v0 c) `- y"No idea. down, puked."
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"Yeah," murmured, "Guzzling down. couldn't stuff." flower? "Kate, I a call, I'll back." I I jeans. I I Jimmy. I ring.
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! j4 J9 e4 s5 t' A% {"Who calling?" asked.
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3 D5 O0 [- m% n"My assistant..."

+ w5 u: C! P. e" }, m, ?"Hello?" a direction. a throat.
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"Jimmy, you?"

"Hey David. Yeah. I shit. I fine. ever. What's up?"
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"Jim, afternoon?"
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"Hard forget, a seconds." a higher.
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" O0 u3 V/ C# Y$ b% i( g( q"Have rose...especially alcoholic?"
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( l  f" t+ j0 j3 R4 E; z* |"Sure. I I a beers."

"Did okay?"
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"Yeah, fine. Why?"

1 W: K: X2 k. F& J"Just asking. I'll later. you're doing, okay?"

0 Q% R- d" c6 Q. t/ g"Okay David. calling. Bye."
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I Kate. "My today. out, Natalie. I tasted. fine." it. "It's fine. rose?"

"Not Jimmy."
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"Well let's out." room. rose. "Aah, a scent. I think...Whoa!" closed, over. I floor. I room, sofa. I alert.

6 `, o8 S8 t0 E$ }* D  ]. ?"David. Really. I own."
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"Kate, out. I didn't floor."
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"Honest David, I wonderful. lovely." cheek. "Okay David, nice," yawned, "But I again."
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0 f) x1 s9 Q  X7 l% U, T8 TI down. a sip. I waited. sip. smiled. "It fine." again. "David, I'm exhausted. I sleep. out?"

"I understand, I'll out." again. a I couch. I floor. I steps. I jump, up, bedroom. didn't I comforter, wig, her.

& }2 s8 j4 k, [2 b2 aI jeans. I truck. I back, apartment. I door.

I a breakfast. I 5:30 I possible. I I'd area. worked. I day, overwhelmed. I I lunch. a 1 p.m. fantastic, hadn't years. "By way," asked, "How sandwiches?"

2 V" ?# k9 q2 C# ?9 ]"With mayo?"
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"Of course!"

- Z6 K  @( s5 M7 F8 l" A( f% K"One world's delicacies," I responded.

" |+ A$ C8 w" t2 k8 v2 v  p: I"I agree. I'm staffers, we'll supper?"
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"Love to. I can't wait."

4 k  b  E3 \* @0 O2 i"Great. now. I l..." paused, "Bye."
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9 O& [5 Z* c7 EI up. A a annuals. "You a man. It's a smiling."
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$ c) O% B3 K2 j"I happy. I've tomorrow. I can't wait."

"So a sandwich?" doubtful.

) [# p& {  J3 ]7 M  n"Well...the too."
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" S% E2 i$ v# x: }"Ahh it." knowingly, plants, left. again, "David Center, David."

"Hi David, Kate."

"Hey Kate, quick."
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$ Z" M$ V! l& P& f5 T' ^9 O1 {"I know. Couldn't again. Seriously, though, I something. I I Natalie. a disgusting. Then, morning, 'morning opener' up. alcohol. couldn't."

"So, this? doesn't possible."
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"A impossible. I special...no, that...miraculous. Don't night, okay?"

"I won't. I'll I up."
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( ^7 A# n/ _7 x- I: d$ v"I it. now." call.
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I day. Kate's call. I 15 around. I area, register. 7:30. I up, organizing, restocking. I midnight. a soup. soaked, I didn't of. I soup, showered, bed. I work. I time. busy. A I help. I okay. 4:00 I a spell. I chaos. I a it. I I out.
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9 j) V0 r0 L4 cI lot. I door. I a I didn't a approaching. I door, "Good afternoon, Miss, I you?" happily, "Hi David, it's me!"
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- q+ U, w" z* h2 q( R"I'm sorry?" she?

  f" w' S& `2 [- w. m& k"David, it's me, Jimmy!"

, r* F$ a* S7 S2 m. B) G' V"WHAT??"

' c6 Z& C; k* x( D. }- e/ q2 m" E"Surprise!"

& B' `8 ^( ^& w$ A/ Q8 J3 D0 wI there, stunned, amazed, speechless...any shock. "Jimmy? the...what happened?"
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Jimmy, that's was, laughed, "I know, right?" He, I she, his/her sweatshirt. a a woman. hair, a bosom, waist, hips, legs. He/she twirled, gown.

"David, something."
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% p  _" k* q, O1 C"Jesus Jimmy, this?"

) S! ~: N, }8 x+ s9 F$ j"I'm did."
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' @8 p( J$ u& f  h2 F8 G& a; g"God I'm sorry, Jimmy. I don't say. I do..."

"DAVID STOP!" a me. "First," He/she continued, "Looking this, I don't appropriate. I'd on."
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. y  V6 p3 _, V' P! i"Jim...Jamie, I'm sorry..."

7 T2 C- ?. k1 Q# v. G6 f"David," again, "Don't you're again. life."
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"What?"

"David." paused, "Almost I've known, inside, I a woman. I I I couldn't a sister."

! L% J' \6 L7 k% b- X"But..." I say?
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- r: q1 `0 B: X4 D) [; K! I"Okay." Ji...Jamie continued, "Do here?"

5 n, n. u3 J! d5 Q- d7 ?& c& |I didn't I anyway.
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"You big, I had? Well, week, paycheck, I a spree. I a wig, makeup, underwear, a dresses. I I beard, dresses. I mirror."

1 w' B; ^2 ^* t2 m/ m$ LI cheeks.
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"David, awful," tears, "I a clown. I die."

I didn't do, I okay. a again, "I face. I again. I didn't...until I time."

1 o# b2 c5 W1 {- t4 Y6 TI composure. "So...J...Jamie, truth. okay?" laughed. shoulder, "David. I. Am. Wonderful. I life. I it. I I I been." paused, "I thing, though."

* [8 _9 v8 ?( \3 z( h0 e  C"What?"
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"Do I a job?"

* @/ C5 E7 n6 `: |, ~"Of do! wouldn't you?" I a she'd that.
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"Well me! I'm a I was..."
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3 ?  i3 s- K. N/ r2 w"Doesn't matter. You'll around. that's that." me, back.
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"Thanks David, I it."
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"So say?"
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"Honestly? He's I. I female...except my, know..." area.
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"Still there?"
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"Yeah. it's visible. I it's I can't aim. Oh! And, I've hair. I everything." arm. dense, bare. "You chest..." shirt."

"Jamie! necessary." I head.
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"Fantastic isn't it?" enthused. "The tests. I woman. I'm a woman. David..." a little, "Do I a I mean?"
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"Jamie pretty, hoodie. I didn't in. ladylike. permanent?"
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"Oh God, I so!" a teenager. a longer. things. I a ' a experiment. happened. off, car, I I'd done.
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"KATE!" I upright. I her.
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"Hello?"
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"Kate, David."
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- p+ U& G8 F" C1 @" K"Hi David, what's up?"
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$ x. T5 h1 O% L* m"Nothing really. I a I you. alright?"

"Everything fine. wouldn't be?"

5 r1 [5 T6 R6 v0 Q5 `0 L) ]"No reason," I lied, "Just a feeling. I'll a while."

"I can't wait. David." passed. a woman.
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I down, head, think. I couldn't next. a a curse? I lab? I couldn't longer, I home. I bed. I a while, Kate's place. Kate's drive, door. I knocked. table.

9 i  I  ~4 a* d: @: Z4 ?$ ~"Ready eat?" I around, atmosphere.
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5 A, j: j& f; o& e"Yeah. sandwiches?" I room.

9 M; N  c% h/ N, }; E0 K: b4 T"Come on, a hand." refrigerator, it, fixings: bread, mayo, turkey, tomatoes, lettuce, cheese, etc. a plates, glasses, knives. a tea, down. I a beside, across, me. thick. I a bite. Kate's a much. a bite.

"Oh my, good," happily, bite.

$ W3 X- p9 H8 Y& qI enthusiastically, speak. silence. Finished, room. "Should I candles?" I asked.
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1 H# M" {( K- ]# U/ p8 x"No, won't them." me. switch, light. dramatically, arms, me, "Well?" me.

7 @$ l0 Z1 z9 c5 lI her. a shock. 6 glance, 30's. face, I closely, unlined. gone. I pose, "See difference."
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# T: `7 A- o- o1 k! L# ~I tease, "See difference?" face, "See that?" demanded.

I knew, I tease, "See what?" scare.
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& F1 |; J/ ]. x6 ~: q. l) t"David, blind?" snapped, "Look arms. gone. same."
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"I guess." I I ice, didn't it. naked, me.

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"Yeah?"
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* P6 S9 k' |% [. J& @" t"David? kidding?" shouted.

9 S4 V( m% \* c4 J7 s6 V. m, }"Yes." I arms. "Kate magnificent. I can't a face, a teenager, are...are..." I nipples, "mouthwatering." I finished.
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1 \& A: ]( U  X2 \/ C6 F"Was rose?" I I hands.
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"I can't else. I haven't a surgeon. I I've younger, boobs. Goddess, me!"

"Remarkable," I exclaimed, "Wonderful. I can't look." smiled, laughed, "And out," sandals, off. legs, "Notice anything?"
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5 g( K  r' r" ~9 Z% n* Y"Wow! shaved?"
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"So notice? I didn't shave. I morning, I bathroom, I this. I I felt. I ago. God, smooth...and sensitive." lips, blushed. "Oh my," softly, "I can't I watching."

"Now it's turn," I I forward. a wall. I I I mound. silk. I I a her. I orgasm. "Oh David, you're me." I couch. couch. head, "Not David. Please...take bedroom."
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I a bedroom. a burden. I bed. I down, me.

I bed. I me, shoulder. I lips. I a a her. me. I I could. groaned, head, back. I a Kate's shaking. I a tongue, "Oh my, my, my!" over.

1 B! I# I6 W3 C9 ?I head, a mouth, Kate's button.

, X9 ?* y+ b0 h' H"That tickles," complained, "Come here." I bed. a where. caressing.

& d0 E- ?7 ^" C) {5 p( B7 O) [2 ^I didn't Kate, I I uncomfortably jeans. Finally, spoke, "David, honey, I'm ready. don't clothes. I strip. a body. I I jeans.
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"Are okay?" asked.

I laughed, "Yeah, jeans."

"Oh dear, David," simpered, sincere, "Why don't problem?"
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I briefs, where, bed.
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"Lay down," said. I a chest.
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"There! I've now." I and, gently, nipples. I breasts. a kiss. I enthusiastically. explore, I Kate's backside.

I begged, "Please Kate..." a erection. I touch.
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8 Z6 z5 ~! }' E' ~5 K, g& B"Aww, baby," a erection, "Did tonight? idea?" I deliverance. again. I babbling.
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"Ah well, you've good, I wouldn't a relief." up...just rang. surprise.
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"Oh no!" I groaned.

9 c* p# [2 Y3 z: S7 M* A"Goddammit!" me. table. (maybe count) a phone.

! ^. ~, ~1 c$ c) b  P3 Z"Hello?" phone.
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"Good Governor, you?" salute.

* \; P, i3 O9 z"No convenient. I now. I can't evening. I'm sorry." a while. more, while, gestures, up. "Fine Governor. I'll hour. Goodbye." bed. herself. I her. I me, "God I telephones," I laughed. crying.
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"I'm David. I shouldn't much," gently. "We up. coming."

'But I'm not,' I myself. erection, "I'm sorry."
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' x# M! B3 t/ d"I a shower," I whine.
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2 o( A7 n. H8 t/ N& J6 g9 J"Better cold," chuckle.
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"What?" I growled.
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+ Y+ i4 m1 R7 b2 V9 k+ Z"Looking now, I a college. a Camus."

"Whoopee!" sarcasm.
2 y- r5 H( k2 r8 t1 i% j6 S
3 I9 l/ d7 U: x9 ], X"Don't snarky, Dear. Anyway, I quote: '...We alive'. apropos."
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"Well I'm I alive." I I bath. I I towels, soap, shower. I me. I it, effect. I washing. I warm, air. I Kate. a towel. I ideas. I a set. closet, me, "David, Honey, a me?"

"No problem." I a wigs, a styles, closet. I I hadn't wear. blonde, tried, unsuccessfully, down. a black, a heels. severe, beautiful. I wig.

& L  t4 ]& @- R+ A  P"Wow! That's I chosen."

"Ever it?" I asked. no.
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"There's a time," I her.

"Ah, hell," hair, "Why I think?" laughed. downstairs. a them. passion.

I'd rang. I door. it, I grimaced. a breath, a smile, door. control, "Governor, Senator, welcome. Hellsen." hands. time. I a squeeze, a reminder. alarm. I didn't smile.

"My Kate, wonderful, done..." began.
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8 d0 i; Y6 |# B' p$ [; \2 f0 u"Gentlemen, me." away. room, guests, sofa. business, "Okay Governor, Senator, I short, what's evening?"

"Kate, I..." began, senator's ring.
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"Can't that?" snapped. head, "I this." answered, "Senator speaking." listened.
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8 g2 d! n& g/ P, K" h( i"How Ms. Anderson?" again, frowned.

; F5 h" l3 ^" N5 c1 l# b( x% n"That's personal. comment." again. deepened.
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0 ?% ?/ R( s, h/ V1 N% l"As I that's personal. I comment. don't again." table. "Goddam reporters," muttered.

"Alright, gentlemen, let's business," barked. sheepish't himself. "Kate, we..."

"Governor, I may," interrupted, "Kate, I you. a miracle. hasn't a after. Truly, a woman. was: couldn't a loaded. I a I a me. Sober! everyone. didn't a away. Didn't a early. home, had, I quote, "Never, ever, a time. again?"
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7 i/ \3 o) h( u( o$ M0 h"Natalie that?" astonished.
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"Kate, I'm a secret," continued, "I Natalie's drunkenness. a liability. fact, I a tomorrow."

) p# X. V2 V0 K"And?" prodded.
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"I committal. know." followed.
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6 \( s: K6 b) D' {"And?"

"Kate," spoke, "Senator asked, I agreed, resignation. senate. We'd Chair."
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I up, seat, a flash, "That's bullshit! NO! Wasn't you? didn't a people, joke. Well, I'm I again." I out. "You just..." I battery.

"David," a a I was, "Don't level. sweetheart." arm. visitors. I I shaking.
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. w) H+ f1 _( x# J"Gentlemen. it's a secret." attention, "That 'party shindig' it, I I I ass. I'm a squeeze, down. I conflict. I a game. what? I don't play. chairperson. Now, you'll us, I, I a discuss. Goodnight." out...and politely. I door, a again.
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I footsteps. room. I arms, kisses, "Thank you, you, you, you," a nose.
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"I you," simultaneously, tightly. a door. "Oh Goddess' sake. what?" griped.
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"I'll it." I something.

+ G2 G2 p# F- L& l! F: L' G4 B9 OI a there. "What!" I snapped.

! U! W- A. I) A0 \1 e3 C* q"I phone," softly.

& M* \: c, Q! V9 c"Wait here," I face. I around. I table, it, senator, again.
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I arms. again. "Kate," I kisses, "Why me?"

"First, me. Second, shi....stuffing I together. Third, me. really? me, I mean?"

"Katherine I anything," I declared.
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"I David," whispered.
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I wide. I them, a kiss. soft, I her. I moving.
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"What's David?"
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"Nothing. I'm again."

"Oh! You!" back, "Ouch! stung." hand, "Your hard."
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" O# ~' |; d& [+ s% OI inside. sighed. I again, stroke. sofa.

! S% @/ a2 O/ Q3 M7 ]. [I a bit. "Ah Kate?"

"Mmm?" murmured.
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: ?$ P3 k6 z% U9 g"I don't a condom, I stop?" a kiss, "You're that. don't worry. Unfortunately I can't I I could."

! x) v) }4 t% a4 q0 }" k( u& ^% aI thrust, a now, a longer. ideas. a times, it. I I had. I spasmed. I breath.
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6 ^0 f. R" \  y) L6 g. M3 ^$ {"Umm, David?"

) i7 ^* u( Q1 T- U3 n. |0 q"Yeah?"

"You're I can't breathe. a bit?"

"Oh shoot! I'm sorry." I knees, a while.

6 j2 A3 I- j/ M; h' |9 ?) k# S0 n% ]+ @"David, honey?"
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' t- r/ \. @. Q  B"Yes?"
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"Now I'm cold."

6 X) `3 C& e* @8 wI a her. a while. children, a infertile. he'd accident.

"I Kate. I you'd a mom."

"Thanks David. Ah, again, I'm hot."

4 t+ f( _( k* F2 }1 ~" LI Kate. "Hey Kate?" I asked.

. ^; w& R* j3 z3 y* R6 b"Yes?"

"Are sex?" I laughed. shoulders, "Oh yeah, much." up. I Kate's wouldn't chilled. up. I clothes, Kate. I laughing. defensively, "What?" I mirror. together. 30 rear. again. I her. "I don't I anymore," firmly.

"Time hair?"
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"I so," a sighed.

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1 s% V% J  v7 F' V2 f"Hey! that."

3 M" p6 k# Y% M! Q"I didn't anymore?"
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"Well I don't bridges. a fortune."
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3 n, d; z5 T- y% MI Kate's hair, "I better," I commented, her.

"When Henri?" I asked.

! o: ]7 P6 s' l3 ^"Not a gathering. Why?"
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; ]( `- B7 M  H"Remember Jasons? Well, I show. I can't roots." mirror, close, short, coppery, locks, "I'll darned. I it's I for?"
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I
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- G1 O' C* F& Z3 i"Goddess!" sighed, "Wouldn't permanent?"
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. n4 C& f" Z, `5 C! `: O"If it's want, yes, it's fantastic." I hair.

8 z/ `6 M$ @4 ?- y, `# I$ @- s4 f# q"Hey!" me, "Okay, guy, up. it." I place.

"Thank you." said, "Now a shower. I couch."
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I I bath, a shower, dressed.
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9 I! ~9 n# `- y' ]"Hey Kate!" I I response. I again, stairs. bed, a bathrobe, a towel. "Huh, Vu," I murmured. I cheek.

- R( i" L2 x# \1 N! O0 ?"Good Kate."

"Ni..vid" side. I home. , blur. up. I alone. I nightly. a restaurant. didn't I did. I know, I choose. ! even, know. a nice, long, dislikes.
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1 a( p! T5 C3 P6 K* y- S) m/ ZFinally, "Hey? fighting?" I asked.

"Nah!" laughed, "Trust me, we're fighting, you'll it." kisses.
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: t- d( Q3 @# K9 oA later, 6 a.m. I out. I center. I work. area. I weekend. left, I her, "Why sir," off. I a customer's order. left, I Jamie's register. I didn't return. I her, I counter. I 6 evening, I a Kate. I I she'd waiting. Gianinni's pizza. there. I I'd Kate's path. I unloading, raking, it. nice. I a Gazebo.

I center. I Jamie's lot. I yelled, "Hey Jamie, I'm here, let's work!" response. I between, greenhouses, "Hey Jamie, you?" answer.
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I Lab, "Jamie!"

) w0 G" ]+ d+ X6 j- N; I7 ?9 b"DAVID, HELP!" I a I help. I wall. a pallets.

"Oh David, you're here. please," pleaded. I cart, it, upright. I Jamie's feet. a mess. filthy, face, hands, hair. a rat's nest.
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"Jesus Jamie, you?"
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' X! B! i% f: N" [% n"David, I'm sorry. I pallets. I couldn't off." tables, "And I I couldn't free."

" E! L5 k4 _) ~4 X7 u- Y"Jamie, didn't you'd loads?" I I shirt.

( h1 E4 l: \. d3 r3 ]"I know, David, I I front, I them. tipped."
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"Jamie stuck?" head, "Since night. David...I myself."
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"Jesus Jamie, didn't help?"
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"I front."

4 C9 v1 u, I8 [2 a/ V9 h"Did yourself? a doctor?"
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( N; U2 [: G' k7 ~/ j"Nah. I clothes?"
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"Nope. need."
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: Y5 R; c  i4 J7 B# V9 L0 g& e5 V' ]"Thanks David. Again, I'm up."

"Hey, don't worry. happen. I'm you're okay. we'll back." phone. I place. I didn't me. weren't around.
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5 A0 v) Q# R" MI I worked. I easiest, solution. I vests, chains, a a best. I'd ideas. quiet. safety. a small, cheap, greenhouse. agreed, it, store, greenhouses, we'd a pocket. I I a phone, she'd a vest. greenhouses. I loads. Twice, again. Finally, I a decision.

0 O, Y. \6 Q( a9 j- x"Hey Jamie, let's a minute."

"What David?"

! a! F6 {) k, x' |% e( Y5 Q) S"I don't anymore..."

) f$ p& ~6 v8 K"But David, I swear..."

  e$ v% ~/ R: b& y4 X"No Jamie," panic, "From I desk, sales, records, phones, appointments, banking. You'll be, purposes, manager."
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5 X4 V+ f0 n: B- W"So you're me?" return.

$ `6 d1 k* Y# V4 [' T3 Y3 K, E"Hell no!"

"Oh man, you, me."
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"Sorry, I didn't to. Now, around. won't a day's work."

# ?. D- h7 b, n"Got it."

"Oh, you're I'll level. I..."

"Ah crap, I it..."
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) Z- q% Q! M; ^0 W+ y"Like I me," eyes, "I'm a manager. You'll check. Okay?"
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+ T8 s5 g7 h* |. |& D) m"Okay. interrupting. I'll search." happy. hectic, least. booming, area, hopping. opening, applicants. Unfortunately, far, test, a assessment. A I test, thanks, out. I I we'd applicant. I'd a I up. phones. a I I to. I there, door. "Hey David, we've 1:00 afternoon."
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) Z  m/ u4 e* {0 _! d% i2 s"Great. it."

"They confident."
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I 'just happened' afternoon. 12:50 lot. a I time. hand, "Hi, I'm Nick, it's Nicole...Jackson. I'm interview?" was, maybe, 5'10 a good, handshake. I Nicole. I around, work, pay, bennies. I questions.
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* p* G- U- J  Z; i( J4 G"Not really, great. I've before. I a test?"

"That's right. a shot?"

& j+ J: H9 a: }"Sure, on!"

- t3 k$ O7 m) ]- ~& P2 g* ~"Excellent, let's " there"Alright. Here's deal. First, 10 table. weigh, roughly, 50 each. they're you'll floor. that, , table. front. it?"

"Got it." arms. I forearm. table. it. 20 area. smiled, "Okay, I'm what's test?" I laughing, "I'm test. passed." I nodded, "So, Nicole, us?"

"Love to."

"Great. Monday, fantastic. 8 a.m.

"Okay."
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"Jamie don't Nicole's records." up, "Welcome Nicole. I you're here. way, I arm, they're beautiful."

/ Z' T. ]. d- h3 e- b"Thanks. They're a reminder."
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"You sad?" asked.

"I know." hesitated, "I'm a drunk...and a junkie. I've 18 months, 1 week, 3 days. a reminder." cry.

/ B2 H! Z5 j1 c; o"Nicole, don't..." I started.

"No, I working. mind. see, ago, I 18, dinner. I , whiskey, , I can't remember. mother, father, I couldn't up. home, a a them. I I didn't evening. late. dead." Jamie's shoulder, "Oh God, I them," cried. down. a continued, "My a policy. years. I payments. street, high, I money. I a things." whispered, downcast.

"But you're now, right? you're on. That's what's important, isn't it." commanded, end.

: v! o- `* _6 M"Yeah. I 'Teen Challenge' sober. I that, I meetings. I a family. father." silent, continued, "Anyway, history, 18 I've end, , jobs." a while, another. leave, us, "You together. married?" I speechless, I other, laughing. "Nope, way!" out.

"Oh shoot, sorry, I I didn't a problem!"

8 P+ c0 \" j1 d# Y"Nah," answered, "David I friends, definitely, foremost, boss. Besides, he's type."

"Hey!" I laughed.

"Got it. I'll y'all morning." off. Nicole, laughing. didn't too. "Jeez," gasped, "She married!"
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1 D2 ?* u! B0 {! d6 w; L"I know. I together."

% P; n/ p8 v+ Q' ?; o& B"Yeah, too. secret?"

- _! `; P. q, m7 @* w9 R! G9 r6 h"What secret? Oh!" again. I breath, "By Jamie, I ropes. is, don't don't to."

"Okay, do. I'll David." I everything. good. I a movie. agreed. I it. I a clean. I home, I shaved, a khakis, Kate's place. door. hell. slacks, a blouse, necklace. a truck. a house. potato. watch. a movie. I greenhouse. a I Jamie's Nicole's married. I Jamie's circumstances. movie. a a sodas. hands. Kate's hand. a a cheek. Kate's midnight. door, me. "Thanks David, I a tonight. I can't I a date."
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"What shindig?"
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8 v* ~* R" u& }  k4 z( g"Yuk! I night. doesn't count."
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"I don't know, I naked, something." I laughed.

"You naked, I asleep. I can't it, doesn't count." arms.
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"I I up." I arms.
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"Trust me, it." debate. away, shoulder, hallway. door, way, "Coming?"
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"Oh yeah." I staircase. naked. wasn't I her, squealing, suite. I a 3 a.m., satisfied. 7 morning, I off. I already. I didn't place. up, "Well?" asked.

# c1 h5 O+ l) o, m"Where everything? robbed?"

# V" c% `% o- o. Y/ m: z, u$ ]' M"David! Seriously?" me, "I sorting, organizing, here."
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- N9 |7 \2 G" F& s* gChastened, I guiltily, "Thank you. nicer." I cabinet. I a folder..."David, boss," I turned, folder, "If I arm." I place.

1 F2 X$ `5 p9 o. }"Thank you," I drawer. "By I a a grower/landscaper/greenhouse month. go?"
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+ @. s2 i7 S& ~4 f4 L4 A"Oh yeah. Dr. Keller, UMass, a speaker. I'd him. you're me?"
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"No problem. particular?"

"Nah, better."
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9 d8 M* K, }$ W3 l+ y/ G"Okay, I'll it." up. I plantings. I a Jamie's desk.
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; O* d* }5 S  b8 w- Y% c"Jamie, second, you?"

I Kate.

"Hello?"
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& W' w9 O* {/ T- f! X* }( n"Hey Kate, David."
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1 b: L; P' B+ R  X"Hi David, you?"

"Great! So, I called, voice, I you've Vegas."
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"Sorry. I've I church, count?" laughed, "Why ask?"

+ T/ Y) ~2 O* @8 M"There's a month. I'm going, I you'd me?"
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"It fun, sure, not?"
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"Excellent. I'll a tickets. I'll flight."
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0 |& D3 x" e1 w$ T0 `"Wait a David," me, "Are we're a room?"

"I...uh...well..." I stuttered.
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"Gotcha!" laughing, "Of we'll a room. don't a us."

% g. s! @/ [1 B# }. w; H"Lovely. I'll Jamie...While I again." I laugh.

"Hi, Jamie," listen, "Hi Kate. I rules. I ID, birth, and....I'm you're right?" laughing, I Kate's phone. a notes, "Uh huh. huh. Okay, it. I'll now. you." phone. working. A shouted, "Holy cow...David!"
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"What?" problem? notepad, agape.

3 G' z1 V7 s" I$ i% C"Kate?" asked.
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"Yeah?"

4 N! O. o1 B, l/ m"Katherine M. Summers?" Louder.
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"Okay?"
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2 q& G+ w" ]$ K3 A1 Z, A' f"You're Summers? country? Jason?" pitched.
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"Yeah, I guess."
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"Jesus, lucky!" open. mouth. "I can't I that. I'm sorry. out. Crap, I'm sorry."

"Jamie relax. harm, foul, okay. I I'll a while. moved, okay?"

1 W4 B2 |9 A7 K, k2 E% u& V"Okay." quietly. "Don't a phone," me. I 10 fall. I a reservations. Bellagio. a a a I'd hoped, but, heck. fast. booming. through. I a I a 'Roses Out' sign. I annuals. it, trip. class. I declined. flight, I I decision. didn't legs. I I area.
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% Q- H# s+ t* W$ j2 N2 Z+ Q* ]A time. A area. I ceiling. "Look Kate, I I a that?"
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"I'll a picture." answered, "If a plan, I yard, okay?"
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"Done." desk. "Hello. Bellagio." A us.
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"Hi. I'm Hellsen. I'm horticulturist I a a room." clerk, 'Heather' keyboard.
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"Ah! Mr. Hellsen. We've set. I you'll using?" I again. Kate. a Kate.

"Excuse me, I don't rude, a out?"
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3 B4 V* ?* m5 u: |$ I"Yes? out?"
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' ^1 K5 o: ~8 I5 x2 \1 r"OMG you've viral. Haven't video?" me. "Oh Lord, you're her!" interrupted, "What video?"
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"You haven't heard?" shocked. "You haven't it!!?"

; i0 z1 H0 W8 O& A6 U& z& ?% [& T"No! video?"
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6 Q" u0 Z. x8 ^7 |# }! D0 i% b0 l"Well here's far," I shrugged, "When a call, right?"

/ {' {* K4 L1 m( _"Yeah, reporter." I prodded.

7 `# ?8 r, P" z! K0 ~( l6 Y- H"Anyway, senator's divorce. phone, he'd up. didn't. Ms. Anderson, reporter, you. heroes, schmucks. Ms. senate. Well, Ms. didn't a internet."

"Uh?" left, "How last?" I asked. a pale.

7 u  _2 P( e1 R/ b9 t; ^9 W% C$ C"The running, a thump, 'I you" time. off." I relief"God!" sighed, "That romantic."
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& v; O( u& w  @$ a/ H5 f0 ]"Thanks." I together.
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7 c1 s$ {1 l$ x: Z( G"You know, Mrs. Summers," continued, "After I video, I I nominated. I can't this. I 15 you."

"You're kind. you." politician.

"Let's room." computer, her, "Oh dear, what's this?" acting. "I don't happened." again. "Your talking." us. "Let a inconvenience."

( ?( b% A$ X' Q. c"Ah, okay, here's a a bed, do, won't rate. Again, I'm reservation. Also, management." a a stay. a number. a floor. I enter. I her. "Well!" sighed.
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* p/ Q- S* X- |2 q! Q( W) d"Holy cow!" I I Kate. I bags, "Are room?"
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8 l7 a8 j, l8 @) o/ A% j5 o8 q"Absolutely Sir. first. reservation." I we'd given.
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"Is else, sir?" asked.
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"Thank you, no. amazing." I a tip. gone, out. a a a a TV. a city. bathrooms. a a a guests...if activity. head, "I suffice, don't you?"

"Uh, yeah, I it's enough," cool. didn't work. a hug. laughing, travels. plans. I I attend. wasn't that, a busy. dinner, me, Kate. desk. ourselves, "Ah yes, Mr. Hellsen, reservation. this." envelope, "This a complementary. a reservation?"

I Kate, "Steak?" head, "How can't ourselves?"
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"We a Chinese..." began. I her, "Sorry, we're cuisine."

: ~2 n" y; b5 \* D1 i"Ah. I understand. French?"

1 P, F( A8 g) k. AI Kate, interested, "That fine." I answered. direction. arrived, a host's station.
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"Yes?" host. line.
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"I don't a reservation..." I began.

"Then I'm sorry...sir," me, "...We can't until..." looking, "...Next the..." interrupt, "The you," I envelope. down, me. blinked, fell, "I Mr. Hellsen, Mrs. Summers, we're a you. Please, way." a table, a quiet, corner. "I satisfactory," asked, I chair.
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, V0 l/ e$ V- [& s8 u/ r* m"It's lovely, you." smile, "We'll fine." it. menus. I wine, a lemon. a flash. I soup, a sauce, a soufflé. butter, salmon, she'd soufflé. delicious. Addison's diner, bites. I 'escargot' snail. a bit, one. I hesitated, enthusiastic, but... butter. good. A salty...very buttery...given chance, I'd again. arrived. I a it. didn't dinner. "How a meal?" suggested.

"Sounds fun, let's go." a while, sidewalks. talked, I don't going.

"David? are?"

( i2 X8 \/ j/ Q2 N7 }"Uh? No. we'd around?" stopped. a pedestrians, street. I I a us. direction, phone. a short, skinny, a us. a hand, "Gimme I'm cut..." a I crotch. forward, I kick, hoodie, nose. I'll twisted. "Lose arm," I threatened. fell. foot. I isn't ground, spine. "Call " I Kate, I second. a a us. a a pressure. I ear, "Try again, kidney. it?" impossible, kicking. out. me, mugger's a it. "Okay sir, now." I room.
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"Sir, I've now. don't there? silent..." ground. I shake. I street. I finished. I a mouth. a water. I a times, "Sorry, didn't happen," I apologized. smiled, "No apologize's a bitch, ain't son?"

* s1 r7 @2 Q. Z; c"Hey Pete!" us, "You ain't here."

"Who it?"

$ ?2 Q! u. @- ^# T3 B+ M"Freddie Brown!"

9 s9 x$ R' H0 Z" j) B: \- @"What!" shouted, "Are shittin' me?" hood. "Goddammit Freddie. Don't jail?" disgust.

"Thank I it." shouted, me.

"Man I didn't nothin'. I'm me. I didn't nothin' them."

"Except a us, us," I him.
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"Man, lyin'. me, I ain't knife."

' C/ [5 [$ Z$ z"Excuse me," Peterson's toe.
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: x5 W: g7 H" l% R" M4 d" Q"Hoowee Freddie! You're time. a weapon's a " despair. "If I'm a loser. You're friend. you're me." cruiser. A up. I Peterson, " bucks?" I prodded. head, I again, ground, "Three Sergeant," cruiser, "Briefed parole, Vegas, open. he'd a month. I 30 he'd business. Damn, wife's I "

8 P% G+ n$ F" J5 D8 i# [2 DI couldn't distress. shook, "Thanks a lot," said, "I'm didn't moron. would, you. a now." away, a Sergeant, jail. finished. "Good sir, I'm Watson. a bit?" I nodded. "You're okay? didn't you?"
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"I'm Sergeant, have, ah, Freddie's nose...or a me."

"If don't asking, a his. I don't out. Anyway, I'm him?"
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- q/ S" N3 z5 e$ Q- XI laughed, "In college, I a a U.S. Marine. a me. a degree, officer. he'd me. I myself." I me, "He there's : 1. die, NEVER, you're life." I continued, "Mike a me, I don't a fast, hard, attack. That's I Freddie. fear, attack. close."
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  r$ a8 e- Y9 }9 S, Z"You know, I bastard," grinned, "Not quite, almost." I'd Sergeant. "I officer. I hiding, I didn't understand. I phone."
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* }0 r) [) s* d4 O$ U5 |& H"May I please?" asked. cruiser. woman's name, address, her. left, Kate.

"May I name, address, please?" him.
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"Katherine Summers..." repeated, "Where I that?" Puzzled. "Wait! Senator, out?"

"That's me."

9 P, q# h3 k+ v) I# b- x"If you'll person."

' [: g% ~# C2 b6 l! C8 V"Thank you, that's kind..."

"And you..." me, "You night, right?" I nodded. "I'll darned. Who'd I'd tonight."
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) ~. l' y# t1 `( O/ ?, {! k9 z"I don't we're famous..." began. "Wait, reporter's video?"
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% J$ L0 M. `, \. _7 P"Exactly! awesome. I with."
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"Dear Goddess..." muttered. I'd a witness, Freddie, a a a criminal, charge. "Who knows," finished, "Maybe he'll a stretch. Well, Ms. Summers, Mr. Hellsen, y'all a evening." cruiser, a minute, off.
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  e0 ]* o* r6 r"I I've night, let's back." came. I time. I a noticing. I Kate's was. a strip. I a a I'd street.
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"Wow. date." I a chicken, fries, coleslaw, tea. a plate.
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I hotel. 15 minutes. I waters. hotel's entrance, sniffed. "David, I don't rude, vomit. stink. clothes."

6 H$ R1 E" x! {/ _2 VI couldn't smell, I I'd trousers. "Damn Kate, pants?" stopped, "No. Where?" I her. "Are hurt? Bleeding?" knee, "You're up. don't infection." bandages, antiseptic, wipes. up. I clothes. a bag. I shut. I bagnderwear.

( s$ u, i! n" p! K+ Q& FI shower. I me. I scrub. I one's house, big. work. upwards. inch. obvious. knees, "Oh, David, a problem?" cooed. I breaths. I anticipation. a bit, "Poor David, smelly." forth. I wall. a shoulder, hands, shower. I clean. again. I breath. "Ah that's better, clean," brightly. feet. shoulder, "Okay, let's up." smiled. I'm I suffering. back, front, arms, face.

"There. done. You're rinse." I stall. I stall, I alone. "Ah well," I sighed. I hotel's towels. I mirror, hair, I too.

I me. bed, naked, raised. forefingers. mine. I I I her. I erection. I comfortable. a her. a I a pace. I her.

Finally, thrust. a her. I withdraw, "Not yet," whispered, "I me. a baby."

"Me too." I a I forehead. "I know."

8 P& ^# \. p, N1 ~8 ?5 a( j"Love too. Daddy." tiredly, "Sounds nice." off. I ceiling, I lucky. hips. a I up, herself, covers. I teeth. 6:30 morning. I bed, phone, breakfast. I arrived. eggs, butter, coffee. I I attend: Landscape/Greenhouses, Gardens. I a that. a worry, she'd busy. interesting. matters. projects. who'd advice. a businesses. a staffing. table. A 'questionable' statusage, , workers. I I I others: wage, benefits, sharing. a stir. A I mind. I a couldn't lunch, appointment. 5:30 p.m. decent, I it.

I interest. I realized, said, 'Let's loads,' I place. I listened, understanding words, interesting, wouldn't discussion.
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I a tea. Keller's didn't 2 p.m. I swimsuit, pool, a laps. I hotel's symposium. I a waited. Prof. (what didn't hear) stage, I a applauded. smiled, attending, presentation. 10 classes, I counteracting warming. same. a science, rumor, facts, fallacies, proposals, warnings. questions, a challenges, up. rousing. leaving, I go. "Mr. Hellsen, there?"

I man, "Yes sir. Professor?"

* m: n7 }$ p; H+ m1 g"Please Mr. Hellsen, it's Edward, I haven't in...how been?"
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* I8 `( g- T- S: ~& ~5 W: h) I  _"It's 10 Profe...Edward. please, David."

"So David, doing?"

"I'm well. a center. I a year."

: G" @  ?& w& r  X"Ah! I a got."
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"I do. I a now. I'm roses. I've miraculous."

- x7 w& M" O0 ~9 \9 V"A David?"

I Jamie. Natalie. Kate. I VD, "Not a sir. miraculous."
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. @; N& N% p" `"You David. way, night, you? a mugging?"

9 y& k/ K- }% L0 @. c. ]: J: V"Yes Professor, a a me. I him. away. That's story."

- ^2 l' V5 x( G2 U# x"The dramatic. A shadows, you, your...lady friend. I'll you, heroic."
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4 Q% T( v! H& p2 p2 b. r$ L! [I hesitated, "Did I over?"

"You didn't!" laughing, "God, fall."

"Edward! on! It's drinks," room.
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"I now. Mr. Hellsen."
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"Thank sir. I presentation." V colleagues.

% G; x9 \" ?$ \$ E, R% dI watch, 4:00/2 I Kate. I walking. I I me. I a look. A displays. attention, I thought, Kate. I was. 'NASSER'S'. I in. A head. I shelves, tables, cases. a instruments: violins, cellos, I couldn't identify. A two: pistols, back, "Good sir. I you?"
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I I asking. I look, back, I I smile, "Would a tea, sir? I a pot."
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"I'd a cup," I answered. back. a a teapot. sipped.

* E* ^  X1 I  S8 U"Now man, I can't " a 40 minutes. I , I cry, "Sir!" exclaimed, "I couldn't that. I piece. starve."

I a waited. We'd a I tea. I it. a face. back, asked, "Are I mugger, Brown?"
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I nodded, embarrassed.

' W+ ~& O& d0 z0 |7 b6 N' WMr. a forearm, "That miserable, , scar. house!"
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1 @0 }( T: J9 I; Q9 E"I'm you. night, I'm he's a time.

4 Q" O8 W: b9 T) {9 N' s"I so. shoes!" a minute, again, "Mr. Hellsen, a moment, I something. a it. a box. me. I gasped, really, I gasped. I'd seen.
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"It pretty," I commented. I piece, "It yours. I you."

I decline, price, refused, "We well, faith. I I David?"
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) R! o0 W, M% F0 {: `0 n/ n! S, Y"Please.
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"I Amir...Nasser. shop.
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6 W9 \. [! S9 |  z8 P"Thank Amir." I left. 8

/ M4 D3 E4 ?5 r$ II 5:15. I room, teeth, face, 5:29. a seconds.
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I stared. glowed, a wigs. a satiny, a hair.

"Well? something?" said.

  J% n4 o" s" ]% z"Good God! amazing." I closer. I a hug. a usual. smoky, dramatic, mysterious. I was, "Wow!"
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"Thank you. go?"

. x# M& v" C: E3 m( T0 m"Absolutely. going?"
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  Y1 m2 E# }3 J) t* {- a"You'll see."

"Okay. Well? on." a us. a reading, "Mr. Hellsen/Mrs. Summers" driver, "I'm Hellsen."
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' P8 `$ U9 R( n* b"Good sir, ma'am. I?" in. a strip.

"Where going?" I again.
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"You'll see." smiled.

( ]5 g( @7 [+ a3 P"You know. were?"

: X$ m3 p7 N3 I1 ?- @% K"Ah yes! a 'spoil rotten' spa. I I for. Let's see? I streak?"
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  c7 s& ]! Q% g"Love it. now. I'd much..."

"Ooh! Promises, promises. Anyway, hair, I a , a facial, a 're that, massage, I a makeover. you, interesting?"
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"Well, I seminars. professor. a a walk. ready, I a teeth."

1 {, H" S3 g2 N, q9 \' @6 a. c"You a aren't you?"
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"Anything lady." Vegas. I a 'Boulder miles', "Boulder City? What's City?"

"You'll see." hour. a turn. a a gate. through. a low, front. I a reading, 'Welcome Heliport,' I , helicopters. me. I helicopters. one. I somehow. asked, "David, what's wrong. You're a ghost."

' g8 T8 a( d% R& G. J  CI there, doom.

7 ?6 o! v$ F( p1 {; l& n5 d"David, honey? on, inside." desk, "Hellsen Summers, tour," desk. I helicopters.

5 ~  {* j- d* e$ l"Your a moment. She's plan." I 'arrangements' I a room. luck. I a vibrant, a us. "Mr. Hellsen? Mrs. Summers? I'm Carlson...Penelope Carlson, I'll today. you're now." moving. 4th row. craft, features. I didn't she'd flight. Nope. we'd together. headsets, a briefing, i.e. crashed, spinning.

2 f5 u7 B: Y! C; V5 }! v* g. ^2 MI Kate, front, "Is a pilot?" I didn't me, "Sir, I'm 26. I 2000 helicopters." yelled, "Apologize. now, David!" ear.
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' n- Q9 q6 l2 l+ `! H/ W"I Captain. I I'm a helicopter. them."

! E5 |, \$ G5 T5 L% E+ r7 c"Accepted. scenery." real, "Boulder Tower, N9599V, takeoff, Rim." paused. responded, "BC N9599V canyon, Dam, VFR, 1276. takeoff." crazily. a rotate. arm. I go. Instead, I cushion. Dam. Impressive, I wasn't attention. a route. Canyon. forget, a moment, fear. a canyon. ready. a that. out. I down. "Folks, around, a hour."
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"Lovely," answered, "Care David." rim. me, "David, I'm sorry. I you'd helicopters."

; k( Z# c' \6 ?* o8 T/ y; D- M"It's okay. Can't it. a helicopter, me. way, dinner?"

"Yup. We're here."
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"I'll darned." to, along, rim. I canyon. I a rock, "Hey Kate. rock? I Beetle." a seconds, "I don't know, David, a bear."

"Really? there? A heart?"
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' _# J$ c. E/ U" o" e- L"Absolutely. I see." dinner."

"Excuse Captain, there?"

"Oh yes, 'The Bear'."

" ?" `' A  C/ E+ @6 c' }* k% j"Hah!" fist, "Told so."
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# h, u3 A7 X/ l" {6 \# ^: D"How one, a name?" I formation.

# |7 O) ?& z) h; H$ t- [- a  m$ C"No, I of..."
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"Good. I 'Kate's Heart'. alright?" a squeeze. smiled, "It's romantic. I'll pilots. I'll there's a officially. dinner?" back. me. a linens, china, silver. a a lasagna. back. back, dark, I wasn't before. I a fear. waiting. fidget. couldn't still. hurry. I wrong.
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"Nothing!" snapped, "We back, now!" I me. second, seat. best, limits. I a seat. stopped, out, hotel.
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! ?: y2 }- G# b4 }  gI lounge, "No! room. I room." red. elevators, a desk. 'UP' button, arrived. floor. floor. I else. elevator, door. didn't suite. a I did, purse, couldn't card, "Goddammit!" cursed, "David, open." out, off. I doorway.
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I Kate's clothes. panties. soft, carpet. legs, "David!" cried, "Hurry! God's hurry!"
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" i9 ^5 a7 U8 ?0 ?9 B1 S3 HI shirt, "Forget shirt, off." I didn't time. I unzip. couldn't wait. up, me, knees. I shocking. Kate's red. I distended, 1 1/2 finger, purple. I clit. I'd wet. her. carpet. sensibilities, up, I down. violent. I Kate. keening, "Cumming, cumming, cumming," I seed. I forward, I elbows, breath.

weight. I side. up, legs. I a her, myself.

' A2 ], E/ B' G4 H2 [; c" C  TI bedroom. I shower. I followed. I wrong. bed, wide, down. me, "Well?" I didn't time. I me. slamming. a silent. I a bit, her, nipples. again't I again, nipples, her. I bed. asleep.

I face. "Kate." eye, "Tired. Sleep." again. wasn't unconscious. I showered. I bed. I again, didn't all.

I a a towel. I I could. I covers. move. I her.

2 s! `! M! t; u+ ~2 FI TV. I Kate. I seconds.

I 3 a.m. Thirsty, I a water. I table. I bed. shock. upright, open, nothing. "Oh!" abdomen. relaxed, bed.

I her, didn't respond. I last.
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I morning. seven. wasn't bed. I teeth. I a morning. me, up, a off.

7 @: k, X6 ]) K"Are morning?" I asked.

- Q7 l5 Y- m; x) k2 Y. K7 d8 Z"I'm fine. wouldn't I be?"

I before.
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' L2 |2 y. ~) ]" B8 Z2 {"Really? I don't that. I a sore. Canyon, I dreaming?" shown.

"What?"

"You weren't dreaming."

3 M$ m! p' K# V8 S"Seriously?"

I nodded.

! H' }4 E# M, j' G0 C"On floor?"
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1 @) \. \9 i- I  [0 Z5 ?I again.
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"I didn't!"
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# y+ g. Z% D# G9 zI time, "Yeah, Kate. Honestly, , that's word, I a participant. I don't advances. got. insatiable."
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"When I I a dream." denial.

. @: R% f; w6 bI time"Cripes, me?" muttered. 2
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