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Authors: Vickie McKeehan

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W
h
a
t
?
N
o.
I

I
s
a
w
S
c
ott,”
she
a
nnoun
ce
d.
O
ut of
b
rea
th, she
re
l
a
t
e
d
w
h
a
t sh
e’
d s
ee
n.


I
s th
a
t
a
ll?
Y
ou s
care
d the
li
f
e
out of
m
e
.
I
told
y
ou
a
bout S
c
ott.
W
h
a
t

s t
h
e
big
d
ea
l
?


W
e
ll,
e
x
c
use
m
e
.
B
ut the
f
i
r
st time
y
ou
s
e
e
a
m
a
n who’s b
ee
n d
e
a
d t
w
o
y
e
ar
s st
an
di
n
g
r
i
g
ht th
e
r
e
in the
middle
of
the
st
ree
t
a
r
ound oth
e
r
p
e
ople
ca
lm
l
y
g
oi
n
g
a
b
o
ut th
e
ir
w
o
r
k,
y
ou
g
e
t a
little
unn
er
v
e
d.”


I
s
e
e
t
h
a
t.”


Co
r
d, he
wa
s t
w
e
n
t
y
f
ee
t in
fr
ont of
me
looking
u
p
a
t the
s
k
y
,
wa
t
c
hi
n
g
the
sto
r
m move in just like
a
re
g
u
l
a
r
p
e
r
son mi
g
ht, the
j
o
y
on his
f
ac
e
spoke
volum
e
s
.

I
t
w
a
s the
sni
c
k
e
r
she
h
e
ar
d th
a
t h
a
d h
e
r
pun
c
hi
n
g his
ar
m.

“Ow
!
W
h
a
t
wa
s th
a
t
f
o
r
?

“Y
ou l
a
u
g
h
e
d
a
t m
e
.”

H
e
sti
f
l
e
d a
c
h
u
c
kl
e
.

W
ho m
e
?
I
tho
u
g
ht som
e
thing
t
e
r
r
ible
h
a
d
h
a
pp
e
n
e
d.
Y
ou look
e
d like
y
ou

d
s
ee
n a
g
host.
O
h,
wa
it.”
H
e
did l
a
u
g
h
t
h
e
n.
H
e
th
r
e
w
b
a
c
k his h
ea
d
w
ith a
ho
w
l of l
a
u
g
ht
e
r
,
a
nd it b
e
llo
we
d
up
war
d into the
sto
r
m.

T
h
e
n his h
ea
d
w
hipp
e
d
a
r
ound
a
nd th
e
ir
e
y
e
s m
e
t,
he
w
ound h
e
r
we
t h
a
ir
a
r
ound his
f
in
g
e
r
s
a
nd s
a
id,
“D
on

t
y
o
u h
a
v
e
a
n umb
r
e
ll
a
?
T
his
ra
in

s
fr
e
e
z
ing
c
old
.

H
e
ra
n his h
a
nds up
a
nd do
w
n h
e
r
ar
ms in a
wea
k
a
tt
e
mpt to
w
a
r
m h
e
r
up.
“Y
ou look so b
ea
ut
i
f
ul
we
t thou
g
h
.

H
e st
ar
t
e
d to sp
rea
d kiss
e
s
a
long
h
e
r
f
a
ce
, li
c
ki
n
g
a
t
s
ome
of
the
d
r
ops.

Y
ou

r
e
shiv
er
i
n
g
.”

B
ut in spite
of
the
do
w
n
p
our
a
nd the
c
old th
e
y
di
d
n

t move
fr
om th
a
t spot
a
s th
e
y
stood
wra
pp
e
d up in
eac
h oth
er
. She
w
hisp
ere
d his n
a
me
a
nd the
hus
k
y
sound did him in.


W
e
b
e
tt
e
r
g
e
t
y
ou out of
y
our
we
t
c
loth
e
s.”

“A
nd
y
ou.
Y
ou
a
re
n

t
e
v
e
n
we
a
r
ing a
j
ac
k
e
t.”


I
t

s not th
a
t
c
old.”
H
e
w
a
s bu
r
ning
up
f
or
h
e
r
.
T
o
g
e
t
h
e
r
th
e
y
sl
o
g
g
e
d up
to the
hous
e
.

G
uinn
e
ss g
ree
t
e
d th
e
m
w
ith a
b
ar
k
a
nd a
w
a
g
of
h
i
s t
a
il
a
s he
e
a
g
er
l
y
wa
it
e
d to
g
e
t insid
e
.

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