ARoseCalledMiracleBook1Pt2

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clippers, d blooms. arrangement, angle.

' O$ p" d8 o- E7 e( Z! M"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.

"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.

% I4 \1 u' X8 T5 e  ~"What those?"

"Clean clothes."

" P/ K9 K, ?2 ?0 ~# e% u. Z$ ], d"You won't them."
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7 ^. {: f# c. H6 O6 y"What? I'm filthy."
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: J8 _/ b% ]# `! o) `4 g4 k; L"You remember," chuckled, "The I I a you?"

1 x* q7 q% ^7 ~5 d- {"Yeah?"

( O% Y9 x3 L4 U5 Z"Well, a roses. So, a a you. I a it. on?"

I hesitated, "David it's conservative," me.

/ a% |& B. j" V# H; I  v"Okay." I room, "Mrs. Summers, seven?"

"Yes."
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"Very good. I'm now."
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"Thank you, Naomi."
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I questioningly kitchen. occasions, a behold.
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" l* @- v& x6 E) Y"I Mrs. Summers."

9 R, U: P) X$ d+ P"Yeah. that." shrugged, "The I Kate. refused. Then, said, I more, she'd again. I in, losing."

7 s% q1 E  g4 x1 D5 _' R5 K/ n  ~"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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4 ~; F! @5 b1 m( L"Likes me?" I I hand.
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"Oh Yeah. a I here. did. 'eff' kitchen. yes, you."

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"David, is, up," loudly. I I I she'd Naomi. I house.
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4 |5 \0 {% r( x  G3 k" W"Thank you."

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.

* H7 H; ?" ]1 ^4 E1 c) L: t"Please...Won't me?"
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"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.

I a recover, me. a second, I again, "Wait David!" up.
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"It's turn," a stomach. me. balls. erection. I support.
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0 \& U# m! k  ^0 m"Oh look!" exclaimed. A cock. fall.
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. U( ]9 E! D: J& {2 o" k"Mmmm. Good. Salty...and sweet." lips, forward.
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KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCK!!! "Mr. Hellsen, there?" Naomi. 5 surprise. "What!" I frustration.
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) m6 B5 [3 ?/ U: {- ?! W% I5 Q"Someone phone. you...immediately."

$ q2 R& z6 k) |: o) `1 T$ _"I'll there'll back." I shouted.
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"David? Can't wait?" I feet.

: d/ H. @( W9 r0 ]# J( Z( B"Sorry Kate. a today. I what's Jimmy's okay."

I a I towel, "Yuck!" muttered, "Wet," floor. a one.
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1 A2 W: m" ~) II 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."

I Jimmy's waited.

"Hello," cracked.

0 ]# R7 z" Z3 V' F5 S4 b' J& m"Jimmy, David, alright?"
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! i2 a1 }+ D, E- a# R% y! U! l" W"Hey David, me. I'm fine." throat.

9 f* s: K/ g* V# w3 p! X"Naomi me?"

"Oh, yeah. David, honest, I fine. I a I can. I fine, really, I doctor."
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"So a doctor. doesn't me." I a voice.
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"David. God. I terrific, maybe, terrific." cough.
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" [% w# h7 B2 m5 T( T0 v"If so. Look, Jimmy, need. I I'll a a two."
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2 v6 }# K" [$ S# }+ _"Thanks boss, I'll a days."
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"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.
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7 H' Z! r. T& k* {. YI I asked, "Still secret?"
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" T2 P; H1 c7 Y( h7 ?"Yeah, I'm yet."
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"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."

+ b$ y3 @" o- I6 }) V: B- _"Thanks Naomi, greenhouse."
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$ n  [- r7 [, l/ }3 z; J! ]"Is phone?"
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: M; }+ @2 M- g"Yeah."
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! t# z! A% j% \- t3 n* `"He talented. funny. I he's okay."

- n$ l' u5 ?* S"Me too, great."

"That's good," finished, "Well I work. I arrangement?"

"I will." a tug, "Come David, Naomi." off, back. I also, direction. rang. stood. I seated. me, "Come David, guests."
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"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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7 R9 B3 p2 l4 }- o9 H5 G"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.
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"Kate, delicious," slurred, "Wherever it?"
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" p; c- Q! e4 E/ \8 n% c9 J. A"A I a D.C. Richard...Richard Strauss, MSIC. I wine, I a case. I I a it. I I a it."

"Would I I myself?"
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"That fine." didn't I I dismay. eating, return. I dinner. I blushed. I room, Mrs. me, "Kate flowers. They're pretty."

5 L, f- [$ m* A6 o% x4 M"Thank you, Ma'am. greenhouses."
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4 a4 d5 C1 _. i! ~0 K"Even rose?"

"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.
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3 @' s0 w* G) @' ?0 A- X3 ["I'm fine. Honestly. I haven't ages." I shrugged. okay."

5 F/ T. o4 D& r$ s7 qMrs. him, she'd earlier, "I'm Stephen, you."
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"That's Natalie." Kate, "How now?"

"Yes, let's."

. \1 W' t" ~) i# N: M9 T"Oops, on," Mrs. table. bottle, "I don't these." room. down, briefing. I didn't a I a staff, parliamentary procedure, senate, assignments, book.

/ X2 D( y& H& r7 R0 X# \  J$ n3 q8 s# p"Escort?" amusement.

"Correct," answered, "Traditionally, chamber. he'd honored."
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"Well..." sighed.

"Watch Kate," Mrs. interrupted, "Alston pinch." a glassful.
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9 m7 h; K9 C/ M. O"Lovely, lovely." again. I couldn't laughing.
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Mrs. a wine. wine, "Yuck! That's disgusting. glass?" heads.

! B; L0 V8 r$ @, }* F* j# R/ K"No." said, "That's you've night."

Mrs. table. a glass. a it, "It me," concluded.
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* U4 E+ l2 \9 ~3 p9 _; jMrs. glass. Mrs. cautiously. wine. a I Kate's on. us. she'd she'd drunk.
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up, "Well Katherine, I we've important. it's go." I again. time. "Good night...Uh?" He'd name.
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"Good night, Jason," I kind, "It a you" I room. shortly. "David, I can't I didn't name."

"I did. I me."
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' d4 T1 i9 R& w7 Y6 X% R1 K  Q"Why?"
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: A9 r/ m7 h0 m  J"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. "

"But Kate, I there...without assistance."

5 A" J- |, s2 U1 z$ x"David Hellsen! I'm a you'd Jason!"

"Sorry. a comparison...at you." I head. sofa. shoulder. I collar, "Why Natalie, a sudden, couldn't wine?"

"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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' n; D! k; U4 k4 Z- Y* t"Who calling?" asked.

"My assistant..."

"Hello?" a direction. a throat.
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"Jimmy, you?"

"Hey David. Yeah. I shit. I fine. ever. What's up?"

"Jim, afternoon?"

4 c+ z7 T  ~- D"Hard forget, a seconds." a higher.

$ ]* P8 L% n4 _: {! [! H+ S! H2 w"Have rose...especially alcoholic?"
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"Sure. I I a beers."
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0 ?% j9 U: Y! {* x0 U- x% X"Did okay?"

0 @! P9 ^2 a8 u! o$ K2 v' E7 a"Yeah, fine. Why?"

1 h5 v( j" o# t4 d"Just asking. I'll later. you're doing, okay?"
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# O3 d/ e0 v" J7 R4 c"Okay David. calling. Bye."
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I Kate. "My today. out, Natalie. I tasted. fine." it. "It's fine. rose?"
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"Not Jimmy."

0 r9 A6 \) i! K2 r% m3 V"Well let's out." room. rose. "Aah, a scent. I think...Whoa!" closed, over. I floor. I room, sofa. I alert.

/ w' Z+ C% N  s2 K1 j"David. Really. I own."

"Kate, out. I didn't floor."
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"Honest David, I wonderful. lovely." cheek. "Okay David, nice," yawned, "But I again."

# d$ A) p; `+ ?  S( @, ?I down. a sip. I waited. sip. smiled. "It fine." again. "David, I'm exhausted. I sleep. out?"

% _2 q, e: Z9 o) _% J7 D8 d1 S' U"I understand, I'll out." again. a I couch. I floor. I steps. I jump, up, bedroom. didn't I comforter, wig, her.
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8 s, Y; S( J4 N% t! Q9 B$ o& tI jeans. I truck. I back, apartment. I door.

) l# s# G3 L/ _# fI 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?"

"With mayo?"

/ F' q- [( s2 `1 |. \"Of course!"
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"One world's delicacies," I responded.
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"I agree. I'm staffers, we'll supper?"
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) \* N* \  \: f"Love to. I can't wait."
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8 N6 S( q) Y0 Y"Great. now. I l..." paused, "Bye."

I up. A a annuals. "You a man. It's a smiling."
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0 l" B% m% N8 ^9 R% N0 M+ B"I happy. I've tomorrow. I can't wait."
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7 Y5 e* Q; y0 e5 ~& H+ B5 I"So a sandwich?" doubtful.

7 K. G3 {8 p5 T7 c) c"Well...the too."

1 l- y$ b: Q& I"Ahh it." knowingly, plants, left. again, "David Center, David."

"Hi David, Kate."

"Hey Kate, quick."

7 @, u# B& |6 p"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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7 L4 o' d: ?, {/ w+ e5 f"A impossible. I special...no, that...miraculous. Don't night, okay?"

"I won't. I'll I up."
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' I5 v* p+ ?* k# ^4 u* S1 A3 z"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.

/ ^: ~% F- i- j* T# [* ]$ Z0 RI 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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"I'm sorry?" she?

"David, it's me, Jimmy!"
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; Q- e' X9 x; f# g* E$ k' X"WHAT??"

3 l: j/ |7 [6 c8 G"Surprise!"
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1 B1 A$ b3 p0 Q5 W- LI 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.

% \  U( a" a7 T6 G# A4 L"David, something."

"Jesus Jimmy, this?"

" B) _: R1 T' Q2 Y7 r$ L"I'm did."

"God I'm sorry, Jimmy. I don't say. I do..."
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& n' v) D' n. z4 Y, X$ }: c4 c"DAVID STOP!" a me. "First," He/she continued, "Looking this, I don't appropriate. I'd on."

"Jim...Jamie, I'm sorry..."
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"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."

"But..." I say?
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- i4 [! U, X3 Y2 g! V( C9 H0 O/ ]"Okay." Ji...Jamie continued, "Do here?"
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  v8 d8 p6 H! g/ JI 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."
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I cheeks.

: M! T  r6 Y* F" j1 G4 D- w# E"David, awful," tears, "I a clown. I die."
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5 |. c8 H( ]# g* y( g5 T0 lI didn't do, I okay. a again, "I face. I again. I didn't...until I time."

2 y7 z7 H/ {( }9 n/ oI composure. "So...J...Jamie, truth. okay?" laughed. shoulder, "David. I. Am. Wonderful. I life. I it. I I I been." paused, "I thing, though."
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"What?"
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2 z8 N( a8 W% Y; b' W- n/ @. Z* c"Do I a job?"

5 e! m# t! |& \' c"Of do! wouldn't you?" I a she'd that.
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7 j" |# s9 I2 w" U7 I, Z"Well me! I'm a I was..."

"Doesn't matter. You'll around. that's that." me, back.

"Thanks David, I it."

( F, U9 z$ ?9 I- z, g& K"So say?"

"Honestly? He's I. I female...except my, know..." area.

+ _) Y: ^, y- `' p; p2 u+ n4 s- w"Still there?"

"Yeah. it's visible. I it's I can't aim. Oh! And, I've hair. I everything." arm. dense, bare. "You chest..." shirt."
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6 ^3 H. R) e/ }3 g" U4 s2 z" W6 D"Jamie! necessary." I head.

"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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2 }' H1 b" l) M& y/ u& e* m8 y: o"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.

% |' N. _5 t7 g"KATE!" I upright. I her.

' ]$ z. D- U$ _) T) e"Hello?"

4 o5 S, u5 U9 R" Q: C5 j"Kate, David."
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) o( m# i/ }# t"Hi David, what's up?"

8 V  ^4 V3 x+ r+ ]) K"Nothing really. I a I you. alright?"
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"Everything fine. wouldn't be?"
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"No reason," I lied, "Just a feeling. I'll a while."
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"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.
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"Ready eat?" I around, atmosphere.
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"Yeah. sandwiches?" I room.
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1 x8 W7 A9 b) h4 c"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.

0 E) l2 g* c4 S7 O"Oh my, good," happily, bite.
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I enthusiastically, speak. silence. Finished, room. "Should I candles?" I asked.
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6 ]/ U" _  U9 X3 l"No, won't them." me. switch, light. dramatically, arms, me, "Well?" me.
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I her. a shock. 6 glance, 30's. face, I closely, unlined. gone. I pose, "See difference."
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I tease, "See difference?" face, "See that?" demanded.

I knew, I tease, "See what?" scare.

5 f7 K" R4 [2 T0 I"David, blind?" snapped, "Look arms. gone. same."

) r5 o: j  }" u0 F; r+ B' u0 u5 X"I guess." I I ice, didn't it. naked, me.

4 C" T7 A6 I1 L$ G"Well?" a I shower.

- v6 X5 X. L8 h0 b0 h"Yeah?"

- F9 U' f" \6 z' g9 y"David? kidding?" shouted.

"Yes." I arms. "Kate magnificent. I can't a face, a teenager, are...are..." I nipples, "mouthwatering." I finished.

"Was rose?" I I hands.

* w) e* v) V& W6 F% [/ e9 Y"I can't else. I haven't a surgeon. I I've younger, boobs. Goddess, me!"
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"Remarkable," I exclaimed, "Wonderful. I can't look." smiled, laughed, "And out," sandals, off. legs, "Notice anything?"

; T! i4 x$ D6 R1 v"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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6 \& {" [6 D8 X& ~  `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.
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0 z* g2 {* d) ]; k& g$ S"That tickles," complained, "Come here." I bed. a where. caressing.
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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.
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I laughed, "Yeah, jeans."
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"Oh dear, David," simpered, sincere, "Why don't problem?"

I briefs, where, bed.

"Lay down," said. I a chest.

# `  X8 b# C; K1 j"There! I've now." I and, gently, nipples. I breasts. a kiss. I enthusiastically. explore, I Kate's backside.

; j4 n6 D' j1 s7 Q1 q  u8 i- MI begged, "Please Kate..." a erection. I touch.
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$ ~4 p7 f3 h$ p) q"Aww, baby," a erection, "Did tonight? idea?" I deliverance. again. I babbling.
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4 Z) S  m7 c+ k7 K5 `9 i7 x( F% K% F"Ah well, you've good, I wouldn't a relief." up...just rang. surprise.
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1 I2 \2 g: Z% n- b- b"Oh no!" I groaned.
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5 w- m9 S9 t# P" y; N- n"Goddammit!" me. table. (maybe count) a phone.

"Hello?" phone.

) O7 V' p1 ~2 J& [) z"Good Governor, you?" salute.

9 c; H2 x/ C" Q; ^5 d/ j"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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7 ]+ k7 U: M: K# O; o! _7 ?"I'm David. I shouldn't much," gently. "We up. coming."
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$ }1 ?5 L6 [% K  b# y9 a. C'But I'm not,' I myself. erection, "I'm sorry."
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"I a shower," I whine.
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. ^7 }% o, R! D- l/ H, w"Better cold," chuckle.
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/ j# S& o' X  M) H$ ]* x"What?" I growled.
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"Looking now, I a college. a Camus."

"Whoopee!" sarcasm.
9 H0 s9 k& k, e( }
5 {, W$ j- i% G"Don't snarky, Dear. Anyway, I quote: '...We alive'. apropos."
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) Q, L2 v6 j- F& ?8 T" l$ _"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?"
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! g& ^* i# d' ^# S"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.

5 n, X6 Y- z( y1 L4 o6 y% j"Wow! That's I chosen."
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"Ever it?" I asked. no.
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! h4 _- R( T0 s0 n7 Z: T6 }"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.
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6 d4 j3 [# p) y3 Q"My Kate, wonderful, done..." began.

" I9 C0 x6 }9 K( y; q! |"Gentlemen, me." away. room, guests, sofa. business, "Okay Governor, Senator, I short, what's evening?"

"Kate, I..." began, senator's ring.

"Can't that?" snapped. head, "I this." answered, "Senator speaking." listened.
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5 v( M  @7 S2 K, i7 G"How Ms. Anderson?" again, frowned.

"That's personal. comment." again. deepened.
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; G$ y9 d5 B1 P" R( F/ q"As I that's personal. I comment. don't again." table. "Goddam reporters," muttered.
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# T- Z6 _' y" T5 u! H"Alright, gentlemen, let's business," barked. sheepish't himself. "Kate, we..."
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"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?"

6 {0 n' [, A  P, D+ O, |"Natalie that?" astonished.
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"Kate, I'm a secret," continued, "I Natalie's drunkenness. a liability. fact, I a tomorrow."
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"And?" prodded.
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"I committal. know." followed.
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"And?"

, Z$ J$ N) i. M+ b' C"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.

% [1 Y4 x, v7 E; K5 m! R"David," a a I was, "Don't level. sweetheart." arm. visitors. I I shaking.
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6 y. |2 _, Q. c# A, J4 D; f"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.

3 I! ^; f4 F+ `0 Y+ ]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.

"I'll it." I something.
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( p& x6 U2 \: k" e5 d# B; eI a there. "What!" I snapped.
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4 y" B) }( u! q, s' X& c"I phone," softly.
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- @! E( U; x5 `5 M3 F"Wait here," I face. I around. I table, it, senator, again.
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I arms. again. "Kate," I kisses, "Why me?"
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2 z$ B$ M& i0 x8 F5 p"First, me. Second, shi....stuffing I together. Third, me. really? me, I mean?"

"Katherine I anything," I declared.

"I David," whispered.
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I wide. I them, a kiss. soft, I her. I moving.

"What's David?"

"Nothing. I'm again."
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"Oh! You!" back, "Ouch! stung." hand, "Your hard."
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& `' Y/ y, k: s( OI inside. sighed. I again, stroke. sofa.
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! e% y7 c( _  r* R8 d1 h8 ^7 UI a bit. "Ah Kate?"

, Z0 _" p1 T$ H( S7 ^" z: T- Z% U"Mmm?" murmured.

6 b- V8 V8 e$ L3 I( l"I don't a condom, I stop?" a kiss, "You're that. don't worry. Unfortunately I can't I I could."
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I thrust, a now, a longer. ideas. a times, it. I I had. I spasmed. I breath.

"Umm, David?"

( [; f4 u) ^2 J3 W& z8 G"Yeah?"

7 j5 ?" G6 {( D  U"You're I can't breathe. a bit?"
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"Oh shoot! I'm sorry." I knees, a while.
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"David, honey?"

: C* W+ {% c) E4 t"Yes?"

"Now I'm cold."
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' d' R  _) D* d( B) h, gI a her. a while. children, a infertile. he'd accident.

"I Kate. I you'd a mom."
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5 [" |+ C: q; p"Thanks David. Ah, again, I'm hot."
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% ?9 z0 A  N# t2 l: ~I Kate. "Hey Kate?" I asked.
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"Yes?"

( B3 m9 F( J# h+ R! E- v"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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1 ~. k% D0 |; k7 t9 G6 C"I so," a sighed.

6 k& q* ~, S/ r- ^I room.
2 C' }7 h" v& w- f0 H; e3 V
5 W% X: {$ V( Q, q0 z1 g, }"Hey! that."

"I didn't anymore?"
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' ^+ F- d( C; |% u; C# l/ I"Well I don't bridges. a fortune."

& v# {6 w( c$ q/ p0 y9 C; dI Kate's hair, "I better," I commented, her.
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"When Henri?" I asked.

"Not a gathering. Why?"
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) h% b1 F' G, b" P"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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"Goddess!" sighed, "Wouldn't permanent?"

"If it's want, yes, it's fantastic." I hair.
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  O; [+ W+ o6 B# P" ]& S0 d/ {) k"Hey!" me, "Okay, guy, up. it." I place.

+ L1 u" I8 Y' T"Thank you." said, "Now a shower. I couch."

I I bath, a shower, dressed.

"Hey Kate!" I I response. I again, stairs. bed, a bathrobe, a towel. "Huh, Vu," I murmured. I cheek.
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. _  b& C1 F# K) i* ]: g8 L* h"Good Kate."
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"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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& Z$ Z7 }9 e2 t# U6 ^) D; |3 HFinally, "Hey? fighting?" I asked.

"Nah!" laughed, "Trust me, we're fighting, you'll it." kisses.

A 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.

# x6 {8 Q8 [' MI 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!"
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"DAVID, HELP!" I a I help. I wall. a pallets.
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( T; h, l& M0 H# ^"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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# Q4 }6 b3 y3 I  A+ Z/ D! J, k"Jesus Jamie, you?"

"David, I'm sorry. I pallets. I couldn't off." tables, "And I I couldn't free."
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2 y4 n/ B6 o, h0 m/ {"Jamie, didn't you'd loads?" I I shirt.
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"I know, David, I I front, I them. tipped."

"Jamie stuck?" head, "Since night. David...I myself."

"Jesus Jamie, didn't help?"
& A, U# ~- d0 j- z2 a% N6 m& e
"I front."

"Did yourself? a doctor?"
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! S% S- I8 w, X/ o" E"Nah. I clothes?"
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"Nope. need."

3 C1 p0 L! f( N6 }" x: U" c"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.

I 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.
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& p8 ~* ]% t& U. ]" @" u"Hey Jamie, let's a minute."

"What David?"

0 S' S1 m5 D  `/ j9 I1 G+ J"I don't anymore..."
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"But David, I swear..."
/ \- `, k  D& `8 V7 ?
"No Jamie," panic, "From I desk, sales, records, phones, appointments, banking. You'll be, purposes, manager."
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6 ?" P& `6 r' g6 Y! T  O"So you're me?" return.

"Hell no!"

"Oh man, you, me."

/ j/ e% f+ W7 I8 G* o4 z; w"Sorry, I didn't to. Now, around. won't a day's work."

"Got it."
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8 l8 G! a# w5 N"Oh, you're I'll level. I..."

"Ah crap, I it..."

"Like I me," eyes, "I'm a manager. You'll check. Okay?"

"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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: i, S# w' W% u2 Z- e"Great. it."
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"They confident."

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.

"Not really, great. I've before. I a test?"
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% C' k6 z* C6 W"That's right. a shot?"
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"Sure, on!"

"Excellent, let's " there"Alright. Here's deal. First, 10 table. weigh, roughly, 50 each. they're you'll floor. that, , table. front. it?"
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"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?"
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7 l* k" P& x+ f! ~& H"Love to."

"Great. Monday, fantastic. 8 a.m.
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"Okay."
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' Z# D1 G8 p4 `6 |/ j"Jamie don't Nicole's records." up, "Welcome Nicole. I you're here. way, I arm, they're beautiful."

) N0 r; o5 g7 }"Thanks. They're a reminder."
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# \2 r& S- _9 O, D. e"You sad?" asked.
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"I know." hesitated, "I'm a drunk...and a junkie. I've 18 months, 1 week, 3 days. a reminder." cry.

% l0 ~* H* M" ?1 |"Nicole, don't..." I started.
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"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.

. L9 l, o* ~4 w4 E+ d( \  i% ~"But you're now, right? you're on. That's what's important, isn't it." commanded, end.
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"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.
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"Oh shoot, sorry, I I didn't a problem!"
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"Nah," answered, "David I friends, definitely, foremost, boss. Besides, he's type."
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3 d0 p- U- f1 ], M6 w, Q) b3 t"Hey!" I laughed.

"Got it. I'll y'all morning." off. Nicole, laughing. didn't too. "Jeez," gasped, "She married!"

"I know. I together."
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' J" s5 e3 c. t* ^: B# ["Yeah, too. secret?"
0 ^  E" k8 \. e2 I3 O9 o- P9 X1 k) i
9 e1 {( }9 p2 h"What secret? Oh!" again. I breath, "By Jamie, I ropes. is, don't don't to."
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3 O  C; u6 K0 t2 S. J6 N"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."

, @; y! |/ V& i) e) R2 i  v"What shindig?"

"Yuk! I night. doesn't count."

"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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3 j$ a6 v4 b6 ^% L6 T. _"I I up." I arms.

. z5 f2 [5 R% a8 j, s7 v"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.

/ P, U6 m; l, a) i/ [. e2 p"Where everything? robbed?"

1 o$ @! t; e; V4 c/ W"David! Seriously?" me, "I sorting, organizing, here."

Chastened, I guiltily, "Thank you. nicer." I cabinet. I a folder..."David, boss," I turned, folder, "If I arm." I place.
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& {, R# a8 Y, b$ D/ Y"Thank you," I drawer. "By I a a grower/landscaper/greenhouse month. go?"
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+ z2 n$ C+ h. ?( L! M9 w+ r& o" x"Oh yeah. Dr. Keller, UMass, a speaker. I'd him. you're me?"
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8 c2 S+ t* o$ [$ U, n! _2 u"No problem. particular?"

; N  i/ v2 M9 t"Nah, better."
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: J/ f, B6 Z+ K"Okay, I'll it." up. I plantings. I a Jamie's desk.
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' q* ^9 y- W7 n"Jamie, second, you?"

7 E! G! w: K+ c* T0 ?I Kate.

"Hello?"

0 y+ r4 c3 K# w. p7 y+ \0 W& z$ Y"Hey Kate, David."
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"Hi David, you?"
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3 v0 B8 v  p5 h"Great! So, I called, voice, I you've Vegas."

"Sorry. I've I church, count?" laughed, "Why ask?"

"There's a month. I'm going, I you'd me?"

1 k- M9 ^6 S' F6 {# [- ~"It fun, sure, not?"

4 U. R8 k2 `  ~* e"Excellent. I'll a tickets. I'll flight."
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"Wait a David," me, "Are we're a room?"
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"I...uh...well..." I stuttered.
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6 p  y4 p; A. V9 m' k4 k9 k"Gotcha!" laughing, "Of we'll a room. don't a us."
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- b) j4 T: C8 e5 A' K/ F"Lovely. I'll Jamie...While I again." I laugh.

9 X3 O4 Y4 a; e. X1 C' e4 F) v+ b"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!"

"What?" problem? notepad, agape.

# I/ ~  U9 \7 V"Kate?" asked.
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( I3 E3 Z5 y2 t1 A. b5 T! I/ V8 B"Yeah?"

3 I3 l) o$ x: B7 d"Katherine M. Summers?" Louder.

"Okay?"
( \% Q$ N1 D5 p/ g- z
"You're Summers? country? Jason?" pitched.

"Yeah, I guess."

! o0 e: p) \: Q: \"Jesus, lucky!" open. mouth. "I can't I that. I'm sorry. out. Crap, I'm sorry."

0 c8 D* E+ d( v- \"Jamie relax. harm, foul, okay. I I'll a while. moved, okay?"

. f6 q2 |5 F. u5 e"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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% O9 o; e# o) y3 l0 p+ rA time. A area. I ceiling. "Look Kate, I I a that?"
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# s) h- ]- ^6 ]"I'll a picture." answered, "If a plan, I yard, okay?"

"Done." desk. "Hello. Bellagio." A us.

( Y6 T4 T* N7 e! U) w+ [9 s"Hi. I'm Hellsen. I'm horticulturist I a a room." clerk, 'Heather' keyboard.
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) K8 T7 H: Q! _. E0 W4 C% I"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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"Yes? out?"

"OMG you've viral. Haven't video?" me. "Oh Lord, you're her!" interrupted, "What video?"
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8 A" |; o# g2 j2 P8 Q) Q" Q+ M"You haven't heard?" shocked. "You haven't it!!?"
9 t) F. }% l2 }
"No! video?"
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"Well here's far," I shrugged, "When a call, right?"
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"Yeah, reporter." I prodded.

" q1 ]) O+ L  O4 {7 @2 n$ M"Anyway, senator's divorce. phone, he'd up. didn't. Ms. Anderson, reporter, you. heroes, schmucks. Ms. senate. Well, Ms. didn't a internet."
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"Uh?" left, "How last?" I asked. a pale.
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"The running, a thump, 'I you" time. off." I relief"God!" sighed, "That romantic."

"Thanks." I together.
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* a1 w, Z3 Z" h3 u, i( q"You know, Mrs. Summers," continued, "After I video, I I nominated. I can't this. I 15 you."

& [; d  i% |$ {. C  V7 k"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."

"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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"Holy cow!" I I Kate. I bags, "Are room?"
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* F5 _0 D0 B# c5 q"Absolutely Sir. first. reservation." I we'd given.
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"Is else, sir?" asked.

" m. M; q6 O, Z* \7 ~4 F$ M( ~"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?"
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I Kate, "Steak?" head, "How can't ourselves?"
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"We a Chinese..." began. I her, "Sorry, we're cuisine."

"Ah. I understand. French?"

/ [$ w% `% Q* x6 ~( B' m: A! R6 k1 g+ fI Kate, interested, "That fine." I answered. direction. arrived, a host's station.

6 L6 X% \% |* }& ~2 {4 q"Yes?" host. line.

"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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"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.
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$ N! M0 v5 V6 X) \4 n2 a' ^! v"Sounds fun, let's go." a while, sidewalks. talked, I don't going.

"David? are?"

"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?"
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"Hey Pete!" us, "You ain't here."
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"Who it?"

9 E: G- Y% g* a" {" M"Freddie Brown!"
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"What!" shouted, "Are shittin' me?" hood. "Goddammit Freddie. Don't jail?" disgust.
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/ j/ Q, J; P# R* K7 ], p2 P"Thank I it." shouted, me.
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, s; d: G5 V0 z1 f"Man I didn't nothin'. I'm me. I didn't nothin' them."
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"Except a us, us," I him.

"Man, lyin'. me, I ain't knife."

: M* J8 A0 Q( p; N) W& ^2 R"Excuse me," Peterson's toe.
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"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 "

2 ?; _% z9 X9 T9 B) W( \* HI 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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; w2 ^2 q# {, W' P"I'm Sergeant, have, ah, Freddie's nose...or a me."
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- v3 U/ o7 E4 A, w"If don't asking, a his. I don't out. Anyway, I'm him?"
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I 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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"You know, I bastard," grinned, "Not quite, almost." I'd Sergeant. "I officer. I hiding, I didn't understand. I phone."

"May I please?" asked. cruiser. woman's name, address, her. left, Kate.

. n0 \# }( D2 i9 e4 E"May I name, address, please?" him.

"Katherine Summers..." repeated, "Where I that?" Puzzled. "Wait! Senator, out?"

) r! G- F7 j4 Z0 ^"That's me."
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"If you'll person."
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2 H& T  i4 q4 f0 ]: E: h! h% B"Thank you, that's kind..."
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"And you..." me, "You night, right?" I nodded. "I'll darned. Who'd I'd tonight."

"I don't we're famous..." began. "Wait, reporter's video?"
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, |; M* |/ \& `/ n"Exactly! awesome. I with."
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- v; c/ c; }1 Q8 M3 ["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.

"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.

; l, j' e8 ~) d$ Y- C1 @' \( I"Wow. date." I a chicken, fries, coleslaw, tea. a plate.

I hotel. 15 minutes. I waters. hotel's entrance, sniffed. "David, I don't rude, vomit. stink. clothes."

4 G/ ^1 x; R* GI 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.
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" H* n$ n$ ]& H4 e  ]I 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.

" _( Q7 ^1 c/ n* \2 N"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."

4 j9 s0 t; g& R! j" }  `7 V1 A"Me too." I a I forehead. "I know."
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"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.

- K8 u4 Q% L' h  R- gI interest. I realized, said, 'Let's loads,' I place. I listened, understanding words, interesting, wouldn't discussion.

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?"
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I man, "Yes sir. Professor?"

"Please Mr. Hellsen, it's Edward, I haven't in...how been?"
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1 n- H# p$ w: E. l* _"It's 10 Profe...Edward. please, David."

5 K9 @' y7 u2 B8 X& |1 X3 ]/ o8 y"So David, doing?"
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"I'm well. a center. I a year."
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: H% W* U3 Z" S6 Z3 J- {/ ]5 g"Ah! I a got."

"I do. I a now. I'm roses. I've miraculous."
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"A David?"

3 s9 ]8 g7 A8 [$ k. C( fI Jamie. Natalie. Kate. I VD, "Not a sir. miraculous."
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- |' g0 G. g4 H+ z4 ~7 M1 l* Q9 @, ["You David. way, night, you? a mugging?"

  P# a/ e% t! D: P; R9 S% L4 G/ m"Yes Professor, a a me. I him. away. That's story."

"The dramatic. A shadows, you, your...lady friend. I'll you, heroic."
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8 D( W* k8 l/ A6 m" e0 F6 SI hesitated, "Did I over?"

"You didn't!" laughing, "God, fall."
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( h* C. y" f7 \"Edward! on! It's drinks," room.
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"I now. Mr. Hellsen."
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7 r8 F% V  d+ I! u9 j# ~"Thank sir. I presentation." V colleagues.
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; ]# [+ K( D$ c0 c/ D1 V$ XI 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."

"I'd a cup," I answered. back. a a teapot. sipped.
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"Now man, I can't " a 40 minutes. I , I cry, "Sir!" exclaimed, "I couldn't that. I piece. starve."
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( j% p" c/ |: A7 Y: h1 bI a waited. We'd a I tea. I it. a face. back, asked, "Are I mugger, Brown?"

I nodded, embarrassed.
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Mr. a forearm, "That miserable, , scar. house!"
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! o0 X9 C. R+ S) S2 w' f8 }"I'm you. night, I'm he's a time.

' V4 l& ], L- Y/ v" o"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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, q: m! G) u, h  y- @"It pretty," I commented. I piece, "It yours. I you."
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I decline, price, refused, "We well, faith. I I David?"

"Please.

2 V8 U4 c, Z7 P( m2 T"I Amir...Nasser. shop.

- n0 ^& V) Q# s"Thank Amir." I left. 8

I 5:15. I room, teeth, face, 5:29. a seconds.

5 b# @3 ]( k9 `3 s, y' B! ZI stared. glowed, a wigs. a satiny, a hair.
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0 r, U* |3 b- F"Well? something?" said.

"Good God! amazing." I closer. I a hug. a usual. smoky, dramatic, mysterious. I was, "Wow!"

"Thank you. go?"
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+ H- x% g- j4 d" N$ _6 \"Absolutely. going?"
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" A/ m  ]' V# x' J" P"You'll see."
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4 z$ f/ M8 `4 E- o1 u# @' p1 W) @"Okay. Well? on." a us. a reading, "Mr. Hellsen/Mrs. Summers" driver, "I'm Hellsen."

"Good sir, ma'am. I?" in. a strip.
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"Where going?" I again.

% k& I5 H2 e4 \/ G3 Z# O( T  K"You'll see." smiled.
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5 R8 \% R: Y5 C"You know. were?"

, L8 y% J' T/ I5 X$ g3 t! |) o"Ah yes! a 'spoil rotten' spa. I I for. Let's see? I streak?"
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5 ~5 s! [; F0 \2 ["Love it. now. I'd much..."

"Ooh! Promises, promises. Anyway, hair, I a , a facial, a 're that, massage, I a makeover. you, interesting?"

7 _8 p! I1 l6 X6 X"Well, I seminars. professor. a a walk. ready, I a teeth."
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"You a aren't you?"
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; S2 Y7 Y' D; \( s"Anything lady." Vegas. I a 'Boulder miles', "Boulder City? What's City?"
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"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."
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& K. I" o7 a! `& g/ z& fI there, doom.

"David, honey? on, inside." desk, "Hellsen Summers, tour," desk. I helicopters.
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4 k+ e4 f8 L! f6 u/ D# L3 \3 O  s! p"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.
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/ }& d7 H0 c) _- Z4 f, \9 rI Kate, front, "Is a pilot?" I didn't me, "Sir, I'm 26. I 2000 helicopters." yelled, "Apologize. now, David!" ear.

"I Captain. I I'm a helicopter. them."
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1 e, G2 C5 A  c5 L& j& c' J5 g"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."

"Lovely," answered, "Care David." rim. me, "David, I'm sorry. I you'd helicopters."

5 O# R( W, O. r* m"It's okay. Can't it. a helicopter, me. way, dinner?"
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"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?"

4 S" I# l6 m6 ]& X4 l"Absolutely. I see." dinner."

"Excuse Captain, there?"
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# h4 i* E/ ]5 O, x3 ["Oh yes, 'The Bear'."

* [+ c& g* {: k( u( i3 a5 A5 R; P1 Z"Hah!" fist, "Told so."

2 z: |9 z/ J6 V2 }9 A' V1 l5 Y+ a"How one, a name?" I formation.
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6 b$ Q6 `7 n" _/ j9 Z" u"No, I of..."

6 r8 |5 m$ I+ g+ B$ F" D$ V2 [3 t0 O"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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  Y' N( c; h/ I" R"Nothing!" snapped, "We back, now!" I me. second, seat. best, limits. I a seat. stopped, out, hotel.
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I 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 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.
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I 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.

& H  K2 [, A+ d( DI face. "Kate." eye, "Tired. Sleep." again. wasn't unconscious. I showered. I bed. I again, didn't all.
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I TV. I Kate. I seconds.
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I 3 a.m. Thirsty, I a water. I table. I bed. shock. upright, open, nothing. "Oh!" abdomen. relaxed, bed.
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I her, didn't respond. I last.

I morning. seven. wasn't bed. I teeth. I a morning. me, up, a off.

" r: S8 f# M; _5 c) q"Are morning?" I asked.

"I'm fine. wouldn't I be?"
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I before.

" U4 e( o$ n4 s"Really? I don't that. I a sore. Canyon, I dreaming?" shown.

: j6 i, t( i9 s6 \: f1 U' }"What?"

"You weren't dreaming."

/ J! _) U7 l8 K% b"Seriously?"
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; m9 I' c( p9 h* l1 rI nodded.

) C6 @, B9 x' ?1 h/ R' a: }"On floor?"
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$ L4 a9 d; r3 ]8 V3 p6 `I again.
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"I didn't!"
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I 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.
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I time"Cripes, me?" muttered. 2
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