Base Nature (61 page)

G
a
rre
t
t
’
s
a
n
g
e
r
had
bee
n
palpa
b
le
bu
t
it
was
d
iff
ere
nt.
Sh
e’
d
be
li
e
v
e
d
him, mi
r
ac
u
l
o
u
sly,
wh
e
n
h
e’
d
said
it wasn
’
t
h
e
r
who
was
m
a
king
him ang
r
y.
I
t
was the ci
r
c
u
mstanc
e
s
that
sh
e’
d
s
ee
n
that
c
o
u
ld
make h
e
r
that
way.
T
hat
small
space
o
f
p
e
ace had
g
r
o
wn a littl
e
.

Wh
e
n the
s
e
c
o
nd
wave
o
f t
e
a
r
s
h
ad
c
o
m
e
,
h
e’
d
p
u
ll
e
d
h
e
r
o
n
t
o
h
i
s
lap and
r
o
ck
e
d h
e
r
b
ack and
f
o
r
th,
v
er
y m
u
ch like
a chil
d
.
M
ay
b
e
o
nce
in a wh
i
le
she
n
eed
e
d
to
f
ee
l
l
i
ke

a chil
d
.
A
safe
o
n
e
.

N
o
w
L
iv h
e
a
r
d
h
i
m
d
o
wnstai
r
s in
the
k
itch
e
n.
He
had
g
o
ne
to
make
h
e
r
t
e
a
and ch
e
ck
the
pi
e
s
and
she
was
u
n
de
r
st
r
ict
o
rder
s
t
o
lie
d
o
w
n
and
wa
r
m
u
p
a
nd
re
lax.
H
e
r face
bur
n
e
d
f
r
o
m the
t
e
a
r
s
a
nd
e
m
b
a
rr
ass
m
e
nt
bu
t
h
e
r
n
o
se
had
st
o
pp
e
d
ru
nning
a
nd h
e
r
han
d
s
had st
o
pp
e
d
s
haking.
S
he
cl
o
s
e
d
h
e
r
e
y
e
s,
l
ist
e
ning
to
the
d
o
m
e
stic
s
o
u
n
d
s
o
f a
b
ig man man
eu
v
er
ing
in a
s
mall kitch
e
n.

T
he
q
u
ilt
o
n his
be
d
was h
e
avy.
H
e
avy
like
the
o
ne
h
e
r
g
r
an
d
m
o
th
e
r
had
o
w
n
ed
.
I
t s
ee
m
e
d
to
p
re
ss
h
e
r to the
be
d
and
i
mm
o
b
ilize h
e
r and the int
e
nse wa
r
mth
ma
d
e h
e
r sl
ee
pi
e
r
th
a
n
the
c
r
ying jag
h
a
d
.
L
iv
f
e
lt
h
er
s
e
lf
dr
ifting
and
t
r
i
e
d
t
o
r
ally, she
want
e
d
t
o lie
a
nd
l
i
st
e
n
to
the
s
o
u
n
d
s
o
f
him
mak
i
ng
h
e
r
t
e
a,
bu
il
d
ing
a
fi
re
,
be
ing
th
ere
.
J
u
st
be
ing
th
ere
.
Bu
t
the
wa
r
mth
and
the
w
e
ight
and the
m
o
m
e
nt
o
f
calm
w
o
n
o
u
t
and she
dr
ift
e
d
d
o
wn f
ur
th
er
…

I
t
was
e
xactly
as
s
h
e’
d
t
h
o
u
ght.
Him
slipping
into
h
e
r
that
way.
H
e
r
h
e
ad
fill
e
d with
the
f
o
re
st
and c
oo
l
air
sm
e
ll
o
f
him,
u
n
de
r
it
the
p
er
f
e
c
t
wa
r
m
s
p
ice
sc
e
nt
o
f
a
man and
s
e
x
and
att
r
acti
o
n.
G
a
rre
tt
th
ru
st
dee
p
er
,
h
is han
d
s c
u
pping
h
e
r
ass, tipping h
e
r
j
u
st s
o
,
m
a
king
it
s
o
that
e
ach
th
ru
st
t
o
u
ch
e
d
o
ff
n
er
v
e
s
and little
spa
r
kly
fl
a
sh
e
s
o
f
pl
e
as
ur
e so
g
o
o
d
s
he
sh
o
o
k
h
e
r
h
e
a
d
.
He
w
hisp
er
e
d
t
o
h
er
.
T
o
ld
h
e
r
all the
things he
f
e
lt.
A
ll
the ways
he
w
o
u
ld
k
ee
p
h
e
r
s
afe
and
k
ee
p
h
e
r
c
l
o
s
e
.
She
w
o
u
ld
n
e
v
e
r
k
n
o
w
f
e
ar
again.
O
nly
h
im
and
the
pack
and
fami
l
y.
He
m
o
v
e
d
fast
er
,
h
is
bre
ath
wa
r
m
o
n
h
e
r
fac
e
,
h
i
s lips
h
o
t
o
n
h
e
r
lips.
H
e
r s
h
o
u
l
der
,
h
e
r
c
o
lla
rb
o
n
e
.
His
bre
athing
like s
o
me g
re
at
animal n
o
w,
h
e
r hips
m
o
ving
u
p
to
m
ee
t
him.
T
he
s
udde
n
tight
spa
s
m
o
f
h
e
r
re
l
e
ase
ru
shing t
o
wa
r
d
h
e
r
a
nd
as
he w
e
nt
t
e
nse
ag
a
inst
h
er
,
s
o
m
e
thing
l
i
ke
a
g
r
o
wl
u
nc
o
ili
n
g
f
r
o
m
his th
r
o
at.
A
nd
th
e
n
his
t
ee
th.
His
s
ha
r
p
p
er
f
e
ct
t
ee
th,
p
e
n
e
t
r
ating
so
f
a
st
a
nd
e
xp
er
tly
that it
d
id
n
o
t
f
ee
l
like
pain
bu
t
l
i
ke
s
o
m
e
thing h
o
t t
o
u
ch
e
d
t
o
h
e
r
s
k
in.
J
u
st
e
n
o
u
gh
to
ma
r
k. J
u
st
e
n
o
u
gh to
dr
aw
the
tini
e
st
a
m
o
u
nt
o
f
b
l
o
o
d
.
Bu
t the
o
r
g
a
sm in h
e
r
d
o
ub
l
ed
, t
reb
l
ed
,
o
v
er
t
o
o
k
h
e
r
and
h
is
s
mall
s
o
u
nd
t
ur
n
e
d
b
ig
as he
e
mpti
e
d
in
t
o
h
er
.
A
nd
she wasn
’
t
af
r
ai
d
.
A
nd
all
s
he
c
o
u
ld
sm
e
ll in h
e
r
w
o
r
ld
at that m
o
m
e
nt was
G
a
rre
tt…