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oraortheelectricityfailed,sheenedandknotodo
andthentheree,phoebeakeapieostsaturdayandalitingthetishespenthrobert
ee,,”shesaid,andpickedupthephone
itanonthebus,afterall
”yes,”shesaid,”thisispson”
heclearedhisthroatagainandbegan
later,berthisntasbeingverylarge,tiexpandinguntilitfilledtheandpressedherdopleenoughanduldnothavetakenverylongtosayalstruaarryhi
phoebengtorain,butsheseedtosensethatsothingnginriesofthatearlierday:phoebeslipssan,arriedforeighteenyears
eighteenyears
heeinbutthengricedinpainandlaybackdownslowly
”oh,al”sheandtookhishand
”ikay,”hesaid,andheontandtookadeepbreathshefeltherselfgoingverystillinside,forshehadneverseenallikethis,soshakenheblingslightly,ascletchinginhisjawupnearhisear
”hey,yourestartingtoscare,”shesaid,tryingtokeephertonelight
heopenedhiseyesthen,andforaninstanttheyfallingaouchedonelargehandlightlyagainsthercheekshepressedithherotearsinhereyes
”happened”shewhispered
hesighed”idontknoovingrightalong,singingeeotuntiliotaledthetruckthepssaidanotherdozenyardseitherheroad,andidhavebeenhistory”
,sllinghisfaliarsllshisheartbeatsteadilyinhisovedtogetheronthedancefloor,theroof,theguttersshefingeredhishair,grooolongatthebaseofhisneck
”oh,al”
”iknoaroline”
besidetheoutharoundhershestrokedphoebeshair,feltthesturdythofherbody
”phoebe,”alsaid”lookatyouhere,justgettingoffue,okay”
phoebenodded,eeredthetisalhadtakentheothforaride,phoebesittinghighupinthebloheirhos
”honey,itsbroken,”alsaid”iorry,butitsreallysshedup”
alehoepassedinablurofgettingphoebetoakingals,tryingtokeadentinthelaundryshefellintobedexhaustedeaandingsheinded,unhappily,ofthoseearlydaysehouse,asiftitravelinginastraightlinebutcirclingaroundinstead
aethingdefordinnershepulledapoundofgedinthefreezer,hopingforinspirationnothingadebeforealsaindalletothinkaboutitortalkhal
therepsedphoebeoutside,ontheporeonheroehoinside:robert,standingnexttophoebe,hisarroundhershoulders
”areyoudoinghere”sheaskedsharply,steppingoutside
”itookthedayoff,”phoebesaid
”youdidaboutyourjob”
”xisthereillonday”
carolinenoddedsloeieandgetyou”
”ookthebus,”robertsaid
”yes”carolinelaughed,buthofurseyoutookthebusoh,phoebe,itoldyounottodothatitsnotsafe”
”androbertaresafe,”phoebesaid,herloar
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oraortheelectricityfailed,sheenedandknotodo
andthentheree,phoebeakeapieostsaturdayandalitingthetishespenthrobert
ee,,”shesaid,andpickedupthephone
itanonthebus,afterall
”yes,”shesaid,”thisispson”
heclearedhisthroatagainandbegan
later,berthisntasbeingverylarge,tiexpandinguntilitfilledtheandpressedherdopleenoughanduldnothavetakenverylongtosayalstruaarryhi
phoebengtorain,butsheseedtosensethatsothingnginriesofthatearlierday:phoebeslipssan,arriedforeighteenyears
eighteenyears
heeinbutthengricedinpainandlaybackdownslowly
”oh,al”sheandtookhishand
”ikay,”hesaid,andheontandtookadeepbreathshefeltherselfgoingverystillinside,forshehadneverseenallikethis,soshakenheblingslightly,ascletchinginhisjawupnearhisear
”hey,yourestartingtoscare,”shesaid,tryingtokeephertonelight
heopenedhiseyesthen,andforaninstanttheyfallingaouchedonelargehandlightlyagainsthercheekshepressedithherotearsinhereyes
”happened”shewhispered
hesighed”idontknoovingrightalong,singingeeotuntiliotaledthetruckthepssaidanotherdozenyardseitherheroad,andidhavebeenhistory”
,sllinghisfaliarsllshisheartbeatsteadilyinhisovedtogetheronthedancefloor,theroof,theguttersshefingeredhishair,grooolongatthebaseofhisneck
”oh,al”
”iknoaroline”
besidetheoutharoundhershestrokedphoebeshair,feltthesturdythofherbody
”phoebe,”alsaid”lookatyouhere,justgettingoffue,okay”
phoebenodded,eeredthetisalhadtakentheothforaride,phoebesittinghighupinthebloheirhos
”honey,itsbroken,”alsaid”iorry,butitsreallysshedup”
alehoepassedinablurofgettingphoebetoakingals,tryingtokeadentinthelaundryshefellintobedexhaustedeaandingsheinded,unhappily,ofthoseearlydaysehouse,asiftitravelinginastraightlinebutcirclingaroundinstead
aethingdefordinnershepulledapoundofgedinthefreezer,hopingforinspirationnothingadebeforealsaindalletothinkaboutitortalkhal
therepsedphoebeoutside,ontheporeonheroehoinside:robert,standingnexttophoebe,hisarroundhershoulders
”areyoudoinghere”sheaskedsharply,steppingoutside
”itookthedayoff,”phoebesaid
”youdidaboutyourjob”
”xisthereillonday”
carolinenoddedsloeieandgetyou”
”ookthebus,”robertsaid
”yes”carolinelaughed,buthofurseyoutookthebusoh,phoebe,itoldyounottodothatitsnotsafe”
”androbertaresafe,”phoebesaid,herloar
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