WorthyofYou-Chapter8

山山雪梦兰

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. A spine. "Vol" Volunteers, Tennessee's team. it, knew. shoulder. it, salutation:

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: x& E  K- I7 D% {You're I loved, Filly. there's a a us. be! chair. didn't off, lot? email, sheer, threatening. partners? police? good? message. demand. warning. Shane's address. it, reasoned, now. Hopefully, he'll delusion. couldn't it, didn't it. now, lot. drained, home. building, a long, summer. a connection.
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; \3 F4 @6 |$ y8 Z; R: o- k  G- G# q"Call Ben," said, complied. loved, out. proceed. 15 home. hour. hadn't a park.
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"Knock knock. I'm here," unlocked. "One hot." answer, pit. there.

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Weird. phone. voicemail. delivered. that, phone, a response. her, name. reply.
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4 t! ?" s; w) b' VOK, out. one. day. voicemail. mom? Bordelon, years. mobile, traveling. she'd Ro, formal.
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8 E2 l2 f% E. ~/ s: p' I: f"No, I haven't a ago. yours? Shouldn't communicating point?" a reconciliation litigation.
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"I go. I here, unlocked, Ro. nothing. neighbors, neighborhood, nobody's anything."

; H1 U' O# u7 `6 y3 ^, R# F) S"She supermarket," said.

# V- b+ _) C/ h& A3 L"The away, car's garage, wouldn't going." said. "Besides, it's now."
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* V- i* g7 D/ @0 R; Z! u/ r"That's her," said. "Have police?"

  _9 D7 s' s6 l- \"I first, you're I of," said. "Now I'm scared."
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"Should a time?"

" s0 ^9 {! @4 x3 K2 p4 \"I don't so. said, isn't Ro. I'd missing."

"OK, ahead. I'll myself." up,

"Collin What's emergency?"
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. _" y+ A  u& n1 k: Q. Bâ¼â¼â¼ a fields, incoherent, sentences. Silverado. move, a dread. didn't him.

1 d& b" F$ P! w, X7 L/ H+ w9 B"You me. It's universe, everything. to. be," said.

6 \6 S1 a! ^0 u! S0 \"We children, Shane. love," calmly.

"I knew. today, nothin' else!" said. "I once. I ain't again." Ro. away? driveway. burned. a kidnapping, a abduction. out, a felony.

"You didn't away. I existed. I a Tennessee. wasn't a you," said.
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1 L3 O) q# s  p% Y5 t; W1 M"That's me. I a on: academics, baseball, dorm, campus, Strip," said, campus. "That wasn't right, I better."
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"Shane, going? up? soon, aren't already, there's a police," said. "What thinking."
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1 @: O6 z( U3 H8 D2 r1 l"It me. Cookeville. together, together. now. it's right. ain't you," said.
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/ ^; o, W& H# h% i' n' o"Shane, can. I'm Cookeville, we're together. a delusion, a that's way, far," said.
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0 ]; H$ c0 {) Y# e' i8 Z9 l"Don't... fuckin'...
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say...

!" screamed.

"End now, Shane. I'll decades. me, that'll row... Texas. Iran."

2 ?9 E2 Z, k- y+ w"Like I said, I ain't go," said. "So we'll here... be. We'll I you," said. unraveling. returning. a child's. a eyes.
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0 u- F0 |/ {. U+ o. S"Shane, I don't way. We've childhood, we'll that. you've far. senses, I that. we're a wait." white. o'clock wheel'clock. down. hyperventilating brake.
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/ Q! |: P8 ?5 B4 p; B- @"Shane?" pass, nothing. breathe. stare. Ro, new. terrifying. control.
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"Can I pee? I can't it."
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"I can't away."
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: t5 ?6 P. U3 t6 Z8 B"Look around. There's see, Shane. I do? You're athlete. I yards," said. bladder.

"I'm out." nothing. consent. dry, harvest, panties, herself. Shane, her, fled, gratification.
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â¼â¼â¼ Jensens' driveway, curb. Inside, anything: a struggle, a place, cameras. wife. Austin, didn't a investigation. Husbands, strife, No. 1, they're charged.

; g% z4 r5 r( U& m"You a Mrs. through. I'm a dollars. Investments, 401k, IRAs, stocks, share, can't a that," said.

- R8 I! F. J  P% N$ B"As I said, I I here. I food. a marriage. I her, neighbors, colleagues, mom," said. "I'll phone, yourself." Dietz.

  q3 M) V4 d# y, H; }. q0 b; q; @! ^"Now, me. Time's wasting," said, eyes. it. "Who's here," Ben. "RO" wife, explained. "CB" Tennessee. texts, "N", "L" "G" 4G Realty, Natalie, Gena. "Gena's I haven't reach." confused. Ben's device. "Take Rowe. shit," growled.
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"You Mrs. Jensen? blows?" said. away, instead.

: s; G4 h. A1 q6 ?5 M' E. z"Detective, wife. I that? me, now," said, show.
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- _7 k2 z7 @! L/ r"Fights, Mr. Jensen. I lecture," said. himself. earlier.

"Mr. Jensen, a RO. They're a you. That's wife, isn't it?" said. it.
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( w- v& g8 w( Y$ k' Z"It is! Ro's locator." Ben, screen.
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' Z$ ~3 |' l3 l" l: q"Where that? location?" house.

3 Y7 v' V% z" b% t* h"You're Rowe?" said.
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"Yes. I a minute?" Rowe, screen.

"I'm Sheriff's agencies."

5 c5 X% v4 d& y1 Y1 Q7 m"Do code?" said. a look. "That won't necessary." data.
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; [$ O5 z3 u& S3 j"," response. phone. finder. husband, hell.

% S- L) y$ x9 I  z  j# y"Anything I here, Lieutenant?" asked.

$ |5 k/ ]7 ?1 T4 v9 K* G( B"Well, Mr. list. don't scene. I'm me," Dietz. car. "Mr. Jensen, me." him, darkness. car's pass. a didn't Ben. Ro, County, Texas, a 25 home. a don't well. him.

"Maybe I her," hands.

"Not killed," said. "If she's smart, her, does, she's GPS. it, knows..." couldn't prayed. contemplating a dire, moment. isn't a danger. moment, a Ro's phone, had.
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â¼â¼â¼ Bolling's foods. family. a 43, now. ain't
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, toes.
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"Bolling," phone.
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"Hey, Sarge, center. time. I don't they're related, it," Krishnamurthy, counties.
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4 B- `$ n7 `  b- r"Say more," said.
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8 _/ _* f+ x0 e2 ~3 {"Well, a last," said, rape. "It a Frisco. a a a Decatur, Alabama."

"Frisco?" said.
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"Yeah, here's interesting: 289 Drive. That's a a 6 tonight."
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"Have that?"

"Yeah. A S.O. a woman's dark," said.
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. E7 q  I# K2 |4 Z2 B"Holy fuck," muttered, a it.
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"You image. What's last?" asked.
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"It's 289 20 a woman's subdivision. he's a passenger."
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- \( C, L& r7 l"No now. That's ago..." interrupted, him.

" K% B; a# P. f' S2 H"Maybe a way. S.O. house, husband's up. It's wife's signal. it, it's a County, a something. There's Collin, now. I'm right," said.

"Who's coordinating? a hasn't already," said.
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"It's Grayson's jurisdiction, a multijurisdictional control," said. "But out, that's dogs. I'm geek."
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+ p% n9 O, R- e& a# v/ R; f"Great work, Beege," said, ass.
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  V0 C6 ^' @. l% oâ¼â¼â¼ Jensen's phone. a rash. vehicles, a sharpshooters a a Trooper. Patrol, sheriff's a team. a crops. a out, noticed. "Don't shining. safe, ignition," instructed. "And vehicles."

; h2 q/ X7 E0 ]6 m! eA strategically lead. a it, going. warning, car's engine, instructed, "Park" lights. a light.

"OK, Mr. Jensen. put. is, it's a a he's holding. it?" door, a him, a Ben's core. didn't noise. 10 road, him. car, crouched, softly. gear. intergalactic a film.

â¼â¼â¼ driver's a outside, herself, micturated. truck, a wheel. a was.
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"Shane, up. me," said. "You're spinning. That's decisions."
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5 k" F1 Z# Z. \9 p% R"What me? I've this, Filly. Everything. I've laws, I can't undo."
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* n/ C2 T! A, A& y) J1 ?1 W"Yeah, haven't anybody, OK? ends, you've a country. That's a that's happens. that. on, control, have," said. quickened. didn't wheel.

5 V. c# q: f% G7 _  ~) X8 a$ K9 ["There's don't know, Filly. can't know. I I everything, that's a stretch. I I can't paying. we're in? I a going. There's things, too. I can't...," said. couldn't speak. him. eyes, adored.

"No what's happened, Shane, or... it," softly, him. "Right now, I you. I will. Nobody's hurt." cab. uncomprehendingly, form.

"Really? How? that, Filly? you're that, then... me. other, way," said. "That's right."
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1 G. {& R- X3 E% B: L# o8 _# J"Shane..."

( z2 T* ~) S, P"Show me, Filly. now. do. let's kids. Let's it, here... high..."
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"Shane! No! a , , thing. that's was. children, a ago, gone," said. "I'm sorry." menacing.
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4 S0 z; f) a; [4 o% Q"That's answer. that's us. I'm be," said. cold, robotic. her, darkness. Shane's truck's console, screaming.

9 O- h* A" \& u( s- j) O"Out. truck," said, bat.
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"Shane, you..."
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$ ~' `$ z+ i1 A% V% L5 J"Shut up. Out. Now."

Ro's handle. it, unlatch. seat, move. driver's it. it, her. desperately.

' l6 x5 O, E6 K+ F' R6 F4 B2 L"Wait!" forcefully, a commanded. worked. a her.

"If you're this, it. here. first. I hard, I I did," said. Shane's brain, him. her.
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( X" m8 j: D: K"No. first," said. a breath, long, a a head. cab's lights, a truck's seat. panties, cab's light. hips, akimbo, defiant. transfixed, side. fall. stiffen.
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"Now you," said. nodded. truck. A later, it.

"All it," said, pants.

6 ?" G. ]( m# j& `  u  V' M"Not do," responded, undergarment. naked. Yes, a two. It's manipulation. pussy. unceremoniously them. gasped. womanhood. fantasy, her, it.
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"Lower tailgate," a dominatrix. "If we're this, we're right." a schoolboy. tailgate, ledge, Shane. dumbstruck.
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% Z+ a& q6 d) Z"OK, stud, pants. now. off. it," said. zipper. knees, her.

"There," said.
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; t# [( |9 O$ N"No. I it. Pants, shoes, everything," said.

. j7 W/ _, Z$ w% W6 @! Y$ j"OK," said, a face. "Least I do." wasn't easy. shoe. her, Shane's tailgate. bare, dirt, might, Shane's surprise. disintegrating. shattered, screaming.
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"God!" dirt. "Goddamn!" him, legs, ribs, head. Ro's a groin, a knee. life. a distance. complex. father's Ben's proceedings, run. stand, truck, a down.
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"You... cunt!" ran. "I'll you, Boredelon." a faster. dark, crops. Shane's distance, earshot, knew, safe. burn, left. yelped. panic, ground.
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"Miss Jensen, it's OK," a whisper. "We're police." odd,
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"We husband," a man's said. "We're a team. abductor."
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3 l& t2 p1 [% C, z" L8 LRo's her, road.

) U3 T% W6 b! s$ F5 m"Miss Jensen, armed?" asked.

$ E& {' y* W/ e5 {"A bat's I saw. Didn't a that's you're asking," said.

$ I! j& m* j, B"You kidnapper?" a woman's asked.

"Yes. Billings. school, it's forever," said. "He me, I off."

" ]+ s! p* R; Y"Was weapon? A bat?" officers.

5 ^3 O3 U! Y! b3 N4 Z"Only I saw, baseball, a a hands," said. commander, tones. a her. a SUV, light. heater. distance, a a away, on. later, a wild, turn, a naked. "Look out! positions!" instant, a red. them. Shane's them.
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"Stop, Shane. up," herself, hands. "Stop. They'll you." mind, beam, a cars.

"Shane Billings. You're surrounded. head," car's loudspeaker. answer. revved, didn't move.

) }* W% u/ r3 u( I3 U4 x# \"Turn it. Now," officer's tinny, voice. idling.

"Can I him," her.

: j' X* w1 t. ~"Let see." Ro's abductor. response.

6 J4 z3 |% Y, _"Worth a try. up," said. vehicles, road.
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' L# Z% h: E2 L2 K7 M, g"Miss Jensen, this?" said. "This stupid. doesn't soon, we're measures, won't it."
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"You've thing. think?" responded.
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/ Y% w) L1 i5 X" B* I# L' ?7 f"Well, we're isn't him, a outcome," said. nodded. "OK, I say?"

"Just we're him. step. next. don't hurt. don't him."

+ V! C6 ?2 Y- X+ R- ^"Got it." car's microphone. "Press speak," said. hand, a frail, voice.

"Shane... it's me," said. response.
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9 N7 }3 W4 A- p. `5 o# |7 D( {"Shane, me? know. something. something." seconds, back.

) k+ V9 L5 W0 E5 {2 b& L  v"I don't hurt, OK? We've much, I there's a doesn't this," said. "Please... engine, Shane." earshot, Jensen. alive, Rowe's cars, Ro's voice. him, Billings' him. humming.
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"Shane, please... God's sake! You're time. they're fuckin' around. Turn... truck... off!" said. twenty. thirty. Then, truck's died. weapons.
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, N; q2 H* t: z% m  Z: w"Thank God," again.

) m: F0 [7 z$ ~1 X& e8 M) Q"Thank you, Shane," mic. "Now, head? I you're destructive, don't that. Please... thing. door... out." silence, truck's ahead. Finally, driver's lowered. rifles.
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"Ain't gun," darkness. "Can't myself. knee's ruined. Can't it."
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( k* [7 N  q; N% d"Then driver's times. moves," deliberately, clarity. seconds, on, a agony. Shane's mass. and, unarmed, Silverado, pain.

# N! M: J1 f, r2 y' @"Clear," radio. unison, relief. officers' upright, leg. perpendicular Ro's imagined. a rights. Shane's calf, room.
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"You don't him," said. "We don't now. Let's home." her. face. wept. privacy, circumstances.

; l7 K/ C; P: t7 @" L) ~1 d"I've hard," said, sobs.
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"Me either," managed. "Just don't go."

4 ?  v. Q/ L2 T) N; x"I won't. Ever," said. "Promise." minutes, superfluous. a din. a miracle. a answered.