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P
a
t
t
y
’s tr
a
il
e
nds in A
n
c
h
o
r
a
g
e
.
I
’ll
h
a
ve
a
dip
l
o
m
a
t
i
c
p
a
ssport
a
nd p
a
p
e
rs
a
nd will
f
l
y
di
r
ec
t
l
y
to
S
e
ou
l
,
S
outh Ko
re
a
a
nd
t
h
e
n
B
e
i
j
i
n
g
.”

B
e
n won
d
e
r
e
d h
o
w this would
rea
l
l
y
e
nd. T
h
e
Chinese
did not
trust H
e
n
r
y
a
t all and
we
r
e
ac
tual
l
y
not
t
e
l
l
ing
Tino
t
he
e
nt
i
re
plan.
W
h
e
n
e
sp
i
on
a
ge
r
e
ac
h
e
d these
le
v
e
ls, people
som
e
t
i
mes
g
ot k
i
l
l
e
d. Ben look
e
d f
o
r
wa
rd to bo
a
rdi
n
g
that plane
to
S
e
oul and l
ea
vi
n
g the
re
st
to so
m
e
one
e
lse. Th
e
r
e
w
a
s
a
lot
a
t s
t
a
k
e
. Ch
i
n
e
se
e
x
p
e
rts h
a
d
stud
i
e
d
P
a
m’s theo
r
ies
f
o
r s
e
v
e
r
a
l
m
onths now.
T
h
e
y
to
l
d
B
e
n not
t
o r
e
turn
w
i
t
hout
P
a
mela
Kolle
r
. H
e
n
r
y
a
nd Tino
w
e
re
e
x
p
e
nd
a
ble.
I
f it looked
a
s thou
g
h th
e
y
w
e
re
not
g
oi
n
g
to be
a
ble to
d
e
l
i
v
e
r h
e
r,
B
e
n
w
a
s to
h
e
lp
t
h
e
m
t
a
ke
h
e
r und
e
r
f
o
r
ce
, a
p
l
a
n Ben
n
ow w
a
nted to
a
void at
a
ll
c
ost
s
.


Ok
a
y
, h
e
r
e
’s
my
plan
,

H
e
n
r
y
said.

B
e
n,
y
ou d
o
n

t have
to admit
th
i
s but
I
kn
o
w
y
our p
e
ople h
a
ve
to
l
d
y
ou not
to r
e
turn
w
i
t
hout
P
a
t
t
y
. Be
n
, do
y
ou
r
e
a
l
iz
e
if
I
w
a
sn’t in on
t
his, and
I found
out about
y
ou
a
nd
P
a
t
t
y
,
I
’d
w
a
lk r
i
g
ht
i
nto her
a
p
a
rtme
n
t
t
oni
g
ht.
N
e
i
t
h
e
r of
y
ou would surviv
e
. Th
e
r
e
’d be
no t
r
ace
, no
e
viden
ce
.
I
t wou
l
d just
be
a
nother
unsolv
e
d
disapp
ea
r
a
n
c
e.
W
ouldn’t be
m
y
fi
r
s
t
, w
o
n’t
be
m
y
last.
B
e
n,
ar
e
y
ou
p
a
y
i
n
g
a
t
t
e
nt
i
on
?

H
e
n
r
y
pul
l
e
d his nin
e
-
m
i
l
l
i
m
e
ter f
r
om under
the
t
a
ble pointed it at
B
e
n
’s
h
ea
d
. He r
e
le
a
s
e
d the s
a
f
e
t
y
a
nd
p
ul
l
e
d the
t
rig
g
e
r.


J
e
sus
C
h
r
is
t
, H
e
n
r
y

T
i
no ju
m
p
e
d to h
i
s f
ee
t. The
shot just
m
i
ssed the
le
f
t s
i
de
of B
e
n

s h
ea
d. Ben
wa
s s
t
i
l
l urin
a
t
ing
wh
e
n
H
e
n
r
y
fi
re
d
a
g
a
in s
t
r
e
a
king
t
h
e
bul
l
e
t p
a
st
t
he
r
i
g
ht s
i
de
of his h
ea
d.


D
a
mn, H
e
n
r
y
,”
Tino sa
i
d.

I
l
i
ke
y
our s
t
y
l
e
.”

The
n
e
x
t
i
nstant H
e
n
r
y
w
a
s up on his f
ee
t.
H
e
r
e
a
c
h
e
d
ov
e
r the
tab
l
e
a
nd
g
r
a
bb
e
d Ben
b
y the
c
ol
l
a
r
a
nd pul
l
e
d the
ce
nter
o
f B
e
n

s f
o
r
e
h
e
a
d
up h
a
rd a
g
a
inst
the
mu
z
z
le of
the pistol. H
e
n
r
y
g
la
r
e
d
a
t
B
e
n, who
w
a
s
t
e
r
r
ified.


The
plan

s
fu
c
ki
n
g
si
m
ple, mo
r
on. You
a
nd
y
our
l
i
t
t
le hon
e
y
g
ot
t
wo
c
hoi
c
e
s
. Go to China or
disapp
ea
r.
Do
y
ou und
e
rst
a
nd?
Don

t
m
o
ve
y
o
u
r h
e
a
d
I
m
i
g
ht s
l
i
p
.
J
ust
b
l
i
nk.”

B
e
n bl
i
nk
e
d.
H
e
n
r
y
spo
k
e
soft
l
y
a
dding
to
B
e
n
’s t
e
r
r
o
r
.

Good,
g
o home.
T
e
ll
h
e
r
a
bout
y
o
u
r
s
e
lf. T
e
ll
h
e
r
who
y
o
u r
e
a
l
l
y
a
r
e
. Don

t
t
r
y
a
n
y
t
hi
n
g
l
i
ke
r
unni
n
g
a
w
a
y
.
I
’ve
sent the s
h
a
dow on v
aca
t
i
on.
I
’ll be
p
e
rs
o
n
a
l
l
y
w
a
tchi
n
g
y
ou two
u
nt
i
l she
g
e
ts on that bo
a
t
a
nd
y
ou
g
e
t on
t
h
a
t plan
e
.
W
e
’ve
c
o
m
e
a
lo
n
g
w
a
y
. Don’t
f
u
c
k it
up now.
Y
ou ok
a
y
with
t
his
s
o f
a
r
?

B
e
n

s
e
y
e
s
w
e
re
a
l
m
ost bursting
out of th
e
ir so
c
k
e
t
s
, but he m
a
n
a
g
e
d
a
not
h
e
r blink.

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