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R
y
k
e
r
cr
uis
e
d
a
ll
the
p
a
r
king lots
of
the
mot
e
ls
a
nd
hot
e
ls
ar
ound town
a
nd
th
e
n
ra
ndom
l
y
c
hose
st
ree
ts
to
d
r
ive
th
r
ou
g
h
in
hop
e
s
of
f
inding h
e
r
c
a
r
p
ar
k
e
d
som
e
wh
ere
.
F
in
a
l
l
y
,
he
g
a
v
e
up
a
nd
p
ar
k
e
d
his bike
outside
h
e
r
a
p
ar
tm
e
nt. He
s
e
ttl
e
d
hims
e
lf
on
the
stoop
a
nd
w
a
it
e
d
f
or
h
e
r
to
show
up.
S
he
would
h
a
ve
to
c
o
m
e b
ac
k
e
v
e
ntu
a
l
l
y
,
if
f
o
r
no oth
e
r
r
e
a
son th
a
n to p
ac
k
h
e
r
stu
f
f
if
she
w
a
s
g
oi
n
g
to l
ea
v
e
.

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R
y
k
e
r
shook
his
h
ea
d.
R
i
g
ht.
S
he would
be
so
h
e
a
r
tb
r
ok
e
n
she would
h
a
ve
to
l
ea
v
e
t
o
wn
to
d
ea
l
with
it.
G
e
t
r
e
al
R
yke
r.
S
h
e’
s
not that into
y
ou
.

He
w
a
sn
’
t
su
r
e
how
lo
n
g he
w
a
it
e
d
th
e
r
e
a
t
h
e
r
doo
r
,
but
the
sun w
a
s p
e
e
king
a
bo
v
e
the
h
o
r
i
z
on wh
e
n h
e
r
c
a
r
pull
e
d into the
p
a
r
king to p
ar
k
in
h
e
r spot.
S
he di
d
n
’
t
g
e
t
out
of the
ca
r imm
e
di
a
t
e
l
y
.
I
nst
e
a
d,
he w
a
it
e
d
while
she
s
ee
m
e
d
to
be
d
ec
iding
on
wh
e
th
e
r
to
st
a
y or
l
ea
v
e
a
g
a
in.
F
in
a
l
l
y
,
she
op
e
n
e
d
the
c
a
r
door
a
nd
st
e
p
p
e
d
out.
S
he
w
a
lk
e
d up to wh
er
e
h
e
s
a
t.
S
he
st
ar
t
e
d t
a
lki
n
g
to him without looking
a
t him.

“
W
h
a
t
ar
e
y
ou doi
n
g
h
e
r
e
?
”

“
I
w
a
nt to
e
x
pl
a
in
e
v
e
r
y
t
hing
to
y
ou.”

“
I think
I
p
re
t
t
y
mu
c
h
k
n
ow
e
v
e
r
y
thi
n
g
I
n
ee
d
to
know.”
S
he
dug in h
e
r
po
c
k
e
t
f
o
r
som
e
thin
g
.

“
Th
e
r
e’
s
nothing
b
e
tw
ee
n
S
h
ar
on
a
nd
me
a
n
y
m
o
re
.
P
l
ea
se
l
e
t
me
e
x
pl
a
in.” He
w
a
t
c
h
e
d
the
mus
c
l
e
s
a
lo
n
g
h
e
r
j
a
w
w
o
r
k
a
s
s
h
e
c
l
e
n
c
h
ed
h
e
r
t
ee
th.

S
he
still didn
’
t look
a
t h
i
m.

“
I
a
sk
e
d
h
e
r
to
m
ar
r
y me
a
long
time
a
g
o,
but
it
d
idn
’
t
wo
r
k
out.
I n
e
v
e
r
lov
e
d
h
er
.
I
a
sk
e
d
h
e
r
b
e
c
a
use
I
thou
g
ht
it
w
a
s
the
thing to
do
a
t th
a
t
time
in
m
y li
fe
.
Ev
e
r
y
t
hi
n
g
’
s
c
h
a
n
g
e
d
now.
S
he
m
ea
nt
nothing
to me
th
e
n
a
nd she
still m
e
a
ns nothing
to me
now.”

R
y
k
e
r
stood up. He
ac
h
e
d to tou
c
h h
e
r
but kn
e
w
b
e
tt
er
.
I
nst
e
a
d, he shov
e
d
his
h
a
nds
into
h
is
j
ea
ns
po
c
k
e
ts
a
nd
w
a
it
e
d
f
or h
e
r to
s
a
y som
e
thin
g
.
A
n
y
thi
n
g
—
b
ut
she
didn
’
t.
S
he
c
onti
n
u
e
d
to
st
ar
e
o
f
f
into the
dist
a
n
ce.