Base Nature (12 page)

“W
e
ll,
I
p
re
tty
m
u
ch
sta
bbe
d
y
o
u
so
m
o
st
p
e
o
ple
w
o
u
ld
re
q
u
i
r
e
a
b
an
d
age
f
o
r that.”
She
p
u
sh
e
d
at
his sl
ee
ve
a
nd
he
still
e
d
h
e
r
hand
with his.
G
e
ntly
bu
t
he
still
e
d
it. His
e
y
e
s
f
o
u
nd
h
er
s,
b
ig
a
nd
d
a
r
k
and
ha
u
nt
ed
.
His
c
o
ck
want
e
d
to
c
o
me
to
life
bu
t
he g
r
itt
e
d
his
t
ee
th
and t
r
i
e
d
to
think
o
f
things
o
th
e
r
than
h
o
w
he
c
o
u
ld
f
ee
l
h
e
r
h
e
a
r
t
be
at
b
anging th
r
o
u
gh
h
is
f
i
ng
er
tips
f
r
o
m wh
er
e
th
e
y
t
o
u
ch
e
d
h
e
r
p
u
lse
at h
e
r
w
r
ist.
His
e
y
e
s
be
t
r
a
y
e
d
him,
d
a
r
ting
to
wh
er
e
h
e
r
r
o
b
e
h
ad
fall
e
n
o
p
e
n a
b
it.
T
he
b
l
u
sh
-
c
o
l
o
re
d c
re
s
c
e
nt
o
f h
e
r
r
ight nipple
v
i
si
b
l
e
.
He
cl
e
a
re
d
his th
r
o
at and
s
h
oo
k
h
is h
e
a
d
.

She
ca
u
ght his
e
ye
and
gath
ere
d
h
e
r
r
o
b
e
cl
o
s
e
d
with
o
ne
han
d
.
I
t
wasn
’
t sh
a
king as m
u
ch,
G
a
rre
tt
was happy
t
o
s
ee
.

“
I
t wasn
’
t
a
s
b
ad
as y
o
u
th
i
nk. J
u
st a sc
r
atch,”
he
l
i
ed
. “
L
iv,” she
sai
d
.

He
c
o
ck
e
d
h
is
h
e
a
d
,
h
e
a
r
d
h
e
r
p
u
lse
r
ate
ja
c
k
u
p
f
r
o
m
the
s
mall
m
o
v
e
m
e
nt
and t
r
i
e
d
n
o
t
to
s
m
il
e
.
He c
o
u
ld
s
m
e
ll
h
e
r att
r
acti
o
n
as
cl
e
ar
as
b
l
oo
mi
n
g
r
o
s
e
s,
th
o
u
gh
it sm
e
ll
e
d
m
o
r
e
l
ike
the
e
a
r
thy
sm
e
ll
o
f a ga
rde
n
to
him. “
U
m…”

“
M
y
nam
e
.
M
y
n
ame
is
L
iv.
S
h
o
r
t
f
o
r
O
livia.
A
nd
tha
n
k
y
o
u f
o
r
,
y
o
u
k
n
o
w,”
s
he glanc
e
d
d
o
wn,
e
y
e
ing
the shatt
er
e
d
gla
s
s
and
the
bu
st
e
d
pa
r
t
o
f
the w
oo
d win
d
o
w f
r
am
e
.
“
F
o
r
s
a
ving m
e
.”

G
a
rre
t
t
c
o
u
l
d
n
’
t
h
e
lp it. He
b
a
r
k
e
d
la
u
ght
e
r
s
o
ha
r
d
h
i
s st
o
mach c
r
amp
ed
.
What a f
u
cking
m
e
ss.
“
I’
m
G
a
rre
t
t.
A
nd
I’
m
g
o
ing
to
u
se
y
o
u
r
f
r
o
nt
d
oo
r
and
l
e
av
e
.
I’
ll
h
o
p
o
v
e
r
to
my
h
o
u
se
and
g
r
ab
a
pi
e
ce
o
f
ply
w
oo
d
.
We
can
c
o
v
e
r
this
u
ntil
t
o
m
o
rr
o
w.
I’
ll g
e
t
a n
e
w pane
a
nd
all that jazz.”

“H
e
y,
be
t
t
e
r
a
br
o
k
e
n win
d
o
w
than…” she
t
r
ail
e
d
o
ff, g
o
i
ng
pale
u
n
de
r
the
d
a
r
k
b
l
o
n
d
e
hair
that
h
u
n
g
in w
e
t
tangl
e
s
a
r
o
u
nd
h
e
r
fac
e
.
“
T
he
alt
er
nativ
e
.”
She
sh
ru
gg
e
d and
he
e
y
e
d
the
fl
u
tt
e
r
and
b
ang
o
f h
e
r
b
l
oo
d
at h
e
r
th
r
o
at and
t
e
mpl
e
s.

G
a
rre
t
t
re
ach
e
d
o
u
t
bu
t
s
t
o
pp
e
d
hi
m
s
e
lf
wh
e
n
she
c
r
ing
ed
.
“Why
d
o
n
’
t
y
o
u g
e
t
dre
ss
e
d
,
L
iv?
I’
ll
ch
e
ck
e
v
er
ything
d
o
wnstai
r
s and
go
g
r
ab
that st
u
ff I
n
eed
.”

She n
o
dded
.
Da
r
k
br
o
wn
e
y
e
s
swi
m
ming
with
t
e
a
r
s
she
re
f
u
s
e
d
to
s
h
ed
.
G
a
rre
tt
d
i
d
n
’
t
think h
e’
d
e
v
e
r
s
ee
n
a
ny
o
ne
l
o
o
k
m
o
r
e
ha
u
nt
e
d
in h
i
s lif
e
.
O
r
st
ubb
o
r
n.

N
o
t
u
nl
e
ss y
o
u
c
o
u
nt the
re
fl
e
cti
o
n
i
n the
mi
rr
o
r
.

“I
will.
T
h
ank
y
o
u
a
nd
it
’
s nice
to
m
ee
t
y
o
u
,
G
a
rre
t
t.”

“
I’
d
sh
a
ke
y
o
u
r
h
a
nd
bu
t
I’
m af
r
aid
o
f
w
hat
y
o
u’
d
d
o
t
o
m
e
,”
he
j
o
k
ed
.

She
s
mil
ed
.
“
T
hat
’
s
f
u
n
n
y.”
She
t
ur
n
e
d
be
f
o
r
e
he
c
o
u
ld
s
e
e
the
t
e
a
r
s
sta
r
t
to
fall
bu
t

^{G
a
rre
tt
c
o
u
ld
sm
e
ll the
saltwa
ter
,
o
c
e
an
s
m
e
ll
o
f th
e
m
j
u
st the
s
am
e
.}

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He
was
so
b
ig.
L
iv
s
h
o
v
e
d
h
e
r
l
e
gs
into
h
e
r
fa
de
d
Le
vi
’
s.
T
he
o
n
e
s
that
always ma
d
e
h
e
r
f
ee
l
s
e
xy
and
p
re
tty
and san
e
.
“H
e’
s
s
o
b
ig,”
she sai
d
,
st
a
n
d
ing
in
h
e
r
wa
l
k-in cl
o
s
e
t.
Wh
e
n
h
ad
he
m
o
v
e
d
i
n
ac
r
o
ss the
st
ree
t
?
S
he
had
k
n
o
wn
that
Pe
t
e
r
and
S
ylvia had p
u
t
the
h
o
u
se
o
n
the ma
r
k
e
t
wh
e
n
th
e
y
s
e
pa
r
at
ed
,
s
he
j
u
st
ha
d
n
’
t
bee
n
awa
r
e
that th
e
y
h
ad
act
u
ally s
o
ld
it.