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Authors: Vickie McKeehan

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O
ut
a
t P
r
omise
Cov
e
, Co
r
d st
e
pp
e
d onto the
w
ide
po
rc
h
a
nd t
a
p
p
e
d li
g
ht
l
y
on one
of
the double
fr
ont doo
r
s just in
ca
se
the
b
a
b
y
wa
s t
a
ki
n
g h
e
r
af
t
er
noon n
a
p.
W
h
e
n
N
i
c
k
ca
me
to the door
Co
r
d st
e
pp
e
d b
a
c
k
a
nd motion
e
d
f
or
him to
c
ome
outsid
e
.


I

m so
r
r
y
,
N
i
c
k.
I
s
c
re
w
e
d up.
I
t
w
on

t h
a
p
p
e
n
a
g
a
in.
I
a
g
r
ee
d to the
c
oun
s
e
lin
g
, t
e
n s
e
ssions.
A
nd
I
h
a
ve
m
y
f
i
r
st
A
A
m
ee
ti
n
g
tomo
r
r
ow
af
t
er
noon.
I
know
I
h
a
ve
a
p
r
ob
l
e
m
w
ith
a
l
c
ohol. Mu
r
p
h
y
hosts a
c
h
a
pt
e
r
r
i
g
ht
h
er
e
in to
w
n.”

N
i
c
k
f
u
rr
o
we
d his b
r
o
w
.

Mu
r
p
h
y
?
I
h
a
d no id
ea
.


Me
e
ith
er
.
A
n
y
w
a
y
,
ar
e
w
e
g
ood?
D
o
I
still h
a
ve
a
job, a
pl
a
c
e
to liv
e
?

“Y
ou
g
otta
st
a
y
sob
er
,
C
o
r
d.
A
nd
I
w
on

t
h
a
ve
y
o
u
ar
ound
J
o
r
d
a
n or
H
utton kno
w
ing
y
o
u

r
e
thinking
o
f
e
ndi
n
g
it
a
ll.
I
n
f
ac
t, if
y
ou

r
e
still thin
k
ing
like
th
a
t
I
t
a
lk
e
d to
B
e
n
L
a
t
h
a
m this mo
r
nin
g
.
H
e
a
g
ree
d
we’
d both
c
h
e
c
k
y
ou into
re
h
a
b.
T
h
er
e

s a
g
ood p
s
y
c
h
i
a
t
r
ic
hospit
a
l south of
h
er
e
th
a
t h
a
s
a
—”

B
ut Co
r
d didn

t l
e
t him
f
inish.
“N
o.
I
m
a
de
a
mis
t
a
k
e
.
I
a
dmit it no
w
.
E
th
a
n
c
on
f
is
ca
t
e
d the
.22,
N
i
c
k.
A
nd
I

m
n
ot on
a
n
y
pills.
A
lthou
g
h
r
i
g
ht
a
bout now
if
I
h
a
d a
bottle
of
E
x
ce
d
r
in
I mi
g
ht be
t
e
mpt
e
d to do
w
n mo
r
e
th
a
n the
p
r
e
s
cr
ib
e
d dos
e
.”

H
e
r
ubb
e
d
a
t his th
r
obbing
t
e
mpl
e
.

N
i
c
k sl
a
pp
e
d him on the
b
ac
k.

W
ill ibup
r
o
fe
n d
o
?
Come
on insid
e
.
J
o
r
d
a
n
f
i
x
e
d b
a
k
e
d
c
hi
c
k
e
n
a
nd
m
a
sh
e
d pot
a
to
e
s
f
or
supp
e
r
l
a
st ni
g
ht.
Y
ou g
e
t the
l
ef
tov
e
r
s.”

“T
he
one
I
miss
e
d,”
Co
r
d mutt
ere
d
a
nd look
e
d d
o
w
n
a
t his
fee
t.

I
w
on

t l
e
t
y
ou do
w
n this tim
e
,
N
i
c
k.”


I
hope
th
a
t

s t
r
u
e
, Co
r
d.
I
rea
l
l
y
n
e
e
d to b
e
li
e
ve
y
ou
wa
nt to
c
h
a
n
g
e
, t
h
a
t
y
ou
wa
nt to g
e
t
y
o
ur
ac
t t
o
g
e
th
e
r
.”

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