WorthyofYou-Chapter8

山山雪梦兰

a expensive, 4G headquarters, colleagues' words. hills. husband's Austin. Yes, prejudice, prosecutorial a a it. case: Ro's propositioned a a a bar. inbox.

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

. another. I'd again. again!
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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.

9 _2 c) ~4 J7 T6 b"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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Bathroom? bathrooms. empty. garage. messages. Nothing. contingencies. a minute? door. hadn't a weeks. Howells, neighbors. Same. Ro.
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* ]4 @5 N0 I% KWeird. phone. voicemail. delivered. that, phone, a response. her, name. reply.

OK, out. one. day. voicemail. mom? Bordelon, years. mobile, traveling. she'd Ro, formal.
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/ e9 N9 O* N9 Z4 ^"No, I haven't a ago. yours? Shouldn't communicating point?" a reconciliation litigation.

- n' k' |1 q' r/ G8 S/ R1 A& A' a"I go. I here, unlocked, Ro. nothing. neighbors, neighborhood, nobody's anything."

"She supermarket," said.

"The away, car's garage, wouldn't going." said. "Besides, it's now."
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"That's her," said. "Have police?"
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"I first, you're I of," said. "Now I'm scared."
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"Should a time?"
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$ |6 N1 q+ f& }- X8 j"I don't so. said, isn't Ro. I'd missing."

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

1 Z6 V& Y5 C8 c3 f2 U; l: `"Collin What's emergency?"

3 U- b0 |+ ]! z# s& qâ¼â¼â¼ a fields, incoherent, sentences. Silverado. move, a dread. didn't him.
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8 B/ I. l/ t/ q, e* U"You me. It's universe, everything. to. be," said.
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"We children, Shane. love," calmly.

5 X+ x3 O/ {  H' r! [9 K"I knew. today, nothin' else!" said. "I once. I ain't again." Ro. away? driveway. burned. a kidnapping, a abduction. out, a felony.
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& o- v5 s- e% N"You didn't away. I existed. I a Tennessee. wasn't a you," said.

- T+ h& H& p# V4 h$ n# p4 U! S"That's me. I a on: academics, baseball, dorm, campus, Strip," said, campus. "That wasn't right, I better."

) C9 i  d& Z1 L, r) O"Shane, going? up? soon, aren't already, there's a police," said. "What thinking."
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; T5 E0 H* e  z$ |' k"It me. Cookeville. together, together. now. it's right. ain't you," said.
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) Q, f6 F5 ~, I0 ^1 {"Shane, can. I'm Cookeville, we're together. a delusion, a that's way, far," said.
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"Don't... fuckin'...
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say...
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!" screamed.

. @6 n4 T2 f5 s" M"End now, Shane. I'll decades. me, that'll row... Texas. Iran."

"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.

& I0 ^* z& _* l+ z3 G"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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/ K. W  z! z8 u"Shane?" pass, nothing. breathe. stare. Ro, new. terrifying. control.
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"Can I pee? I can't it."

2 l+ N' E& R2 ~* _8 M"I can't away."
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3 N. X- y6 K4 n5 D3 ~* U7 z- w"Look around. There's see, Shane. I do? You're athlete. I yards," said. bladder.

& G3 L" A- v9 V* x* T0 R0 c"I'm out." nothing. consent. dry, harvest, panties, herself. Shane, her, fled, gratification.

$ |7 ?5 r3 G1 \1 C, r# \: R$ \â¼â¼â¼ Jensens' driveway, curb. Inside, anything: a struggle, a place, cameras. wife. Austin, didn't a investigation. Husbands, strife, No. 1, they're charged.

"You a Mrs. through. I'm a dollars. Investments, 401k, IRAs, stocks, share, can't a that," said.
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"As I said, I I here. I food. a marriage. I her, neighbors, colleagues, mom," said. "I'll phone, yourself." Dietz.
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"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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0 T4 K4 O1 \. k, n' q- P) u"Detective, wife. I that? me, now," said, show.
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% z9 R# g/ s( n"Fights, Mr. Jensen. I lecture," said. himself. earlier.

"Mr. Jensen, a RO. They're a you. That's wife, isn't it?" said. it.

"It is! Ro's locator." Ben, screen.
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" O$ {# `# u- k% {% k"Where that? location?" house.
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"You're Rowe?" said.

"Yes. I a minute?" Rowe, screen.

' @# X" v2 o9 p3 S: F" n. s( @( F* {"I'm Sheriff's agencies."
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: {) v! n1 o. H9 L6 J- I"Do code?" said. a look. "That won't necessary." data.

4 k) q. b8 i1 ^' x( n+ R4 w"," response. phone. finder. husband, hell.

/ L4 b) s" H6 t9 Q- D3 U2 j"Anything I here, Lieutenant?" asked.

! G- |/ T) Z8 w. E! ~- D2 n; s"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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: S+ r. J6 U1 {/ C& ~0 lâ¼â¼â¼ Bolling's foods. family. a 43, now. ain't
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that's I'm talkin' 'bout
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. buzzed. "DIST HQ" burger.
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4 |# {8 d; M8 H  o" b"Bolling," phone.
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"Hey, Sarge, center. time. I don't they're related, it," Krishnamurthy, counties.
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2 {% s% Z0 G& `% i8 c7 p% _& t"Say more," said.
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"Well, a last," said, rape. "It a Frisco. a a a Decatur, Alabama."
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6 ^1 B; D1 L9 D"Frisco?" said.

"Yeah, here's interesting: 289 Drive. That's a a 6 tonight."

. z4 w& s) O( T3 o1 P  H, ~! Y! p"Have that?"

"Yeah. A S.O. a woman's dark," said.

% p5 k5 V* u) I2 Y2 z4 _: F"Holy fuck," muttered, a it.
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"You image. What's last?" asked.

"It's 289 20 a woman's subdivision. he's a passenger."
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7 ^# e3 B: L6 j4 D7 e2 x% z"No now. That's ago..." interrupted, him.

- T! z) U. r% D- u"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.
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' x" S% W# F1 n8 F, h5 d"Who's coordinating? a hasn't already," said.

2 T; u9 S& S4 g' l"It's Grayson's jurisdiction, a multijurisdictional control," said. "But out, that's dogs. I'm geek."

"Great work, Beege," said, ass.

4 n- F- p9 t. Kâ¼â¼â¼ 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."

A strategically lead. a it, going. warning, car's engine, instructed, "Park" lights. a light.

; @4 y4 t. ~. d$ U  B"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.

" C$ O. r& i9 a+ w" ]' w, W$ h  k2 t0 R: ^"Shane, up. me," said. "You're spinning. That's decisions."

"What me? I've this, Filly. Everything. I've laws, I can't undo."

"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.

  T% {' q2 |7 T$ Z. B* w"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.
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3 O' ?5 [, }4 z$ [4 [" Q5 `% Z2 b"Really? How? that, Filly? you're that, then... me. other, way," said. "That's right."

  I5 E) `5 u& D4 p' z5 w"Shane..."

"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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1 s4 L. n! a% f7 w, P"That's answer. that's us. I'm be," said. cold, robotic. her, darkness. Shane's truck's console, screaming.

"Out. truck," said, bat.

"Shane, you..."
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"Shut up. Out. Now."
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"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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  |# Y& K) i$ \9 r% j3 C+ J4 j% a"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.
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. D. A5 l3 y: ?  t"All it," said, pants.

"Not do," responded, undergarment. naked. Yes, a two. It's manipulation. pussy. unceremoniously them. gasped. womanhood. fantasy, her, it.

+ l. I; W3 v! N. l"Lower tailgate," a dominatrix. "If we're this, we're right." a schoolboy. tailgate, ledge, Shane. dumbstruck.

"OK, stud, pants. now. off. it," said. zipper. knees, her.
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3 U+ O" h# A0 O9 ?! E"There," said.
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"No. I it. Pants, shoes, everything," said.
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"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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$ f& F  ~8 d, b8 }+ _"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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8 Z$ s# |: `& r% J7 T5 f. x4 a' b"Miss Jensen, it's OK," a whisper. "We're police." odd,
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. W" L  i  y7 `: }0 p/ V. I cars. flashlights. I nothing. crops? herself, her. later, ground, darkness. her.

"We husband," a man's said. "We're a team. abductor."
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Ro's her, road.
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# \% h! c& o% l% q"Miss Jensen, armed?" asked.
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"A bat's I saw. Didn't a that's you're asking," said.

2 s  f  K5 V5 T6 s"You kidnapper?" a woman's asked.
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; p9 v! V0 A* }; D. w"Yes. Billings. school, it's forever," said. "He me, I off."
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"Was weapon? A bat?" officers.

4 e5 ]2 C! K4 I$ G& h9 M$ L7 a"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.

"Stop, Shane. up," herself, hands. "Stop. They'll you." mind, beam, a cars.
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- B2 r. V( Z7 ]"Shane Billings. You're surrounded. head," car's loudspeaker. answer. revved, didn't move.

"Turn it. Now," officer's tinny, voice. idling.

"Can I him," her.
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, k+ I, H3 |+ A4 ]7 i- }& r"Let see." Ro's abductor. response.
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"Worth a try. up," said. vehicles, road.
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2 y5 T+ c/ P/ p, W"Miss Jensen, this?" said. "This stupid. doesn't soon, we're measures, won't it."

' E" P- G9 q' t) {1 I"You've thing. think?" responded.

"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."
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"Got it." car's microphone. "Press speak," said. hand, a frail, voice.
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' P( H% P$ I3 G# u  I$ b3 I"Shane... it's me," said. response.

"Shane, me? know. something. something." seconds, back.
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"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.

! b( y$ t* g5 I9 A' p6 y& _( G5 N"Thank God," again.

"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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"Then driver's times. moves," deliberately, clarity. seconds, on, a agony. Shane's mass. and, unarmed, Silverado, pain.
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"Clear," radio. unison, relief. officers' upright, leg. perpendicular Ro's imagined. a rights. Shane's calf, room.

2 Y. ]# ~& C2 D0 _$ R& y- ?1 t"You don't him," said. "We don't now. Let's home." her. face. wept. privacy, circumstances.
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"I've hard," said, sobs.
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"Me either," managed. "Just don't go."
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0 F1 D% \6 W5 |! ["I won't. Ever," said. "Promise." minutes, superfluous. a din. a miracle. a answered.
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