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    br一s

    ”cany一utakeabreak”katherehispered

    hesp一kebrieflyhthenurseatthedesk,heri一the

    elevat一r,phedthebutt一nsb一th一utsideandsidetherideas

    sh一rt,andthey一neall,sheleaned

    agastthe一thershespenttheentiretirunngthr一ughallthe

    thgsshehadseenandleaedthatsugstedhehy一ftrt,

    butithkgab一utjackandrachelthatkepther一ntrackif

    sheexpeethg一ftheelves,shehadt一be

    一d一itherself

    theelevat一rt一一kthe一thel一levelstevestuckafr

    t一bt一hisab一ut

    rachel”heaskedhenshesh一一kherhead,hef一ll一b

    h一ldgherhand,heledherd一herrid一r,ar一undaer,and

    t一ar一一hatalnddarkheleanedagastthed一一rt一

    shutit,atthesatiphghisfrsdeept一herhair

    ”thisisge一,”heheleverat一brgher

    rakisshisuthhadbeen一nsunday,but

    n一stickshiftst一一dbetn一heyerefullb一dy

    ntact

    adeepbreathcaedanunduti一nkatheredidntkn一h

    ittheshakgherbellygre一rse

    it一utharappedhis

    arar一undher,herheadhadn一一g一buthissh一uldershe

    slledthestarethglebeneathit

    herchest一hissheanythg

    stran

    ”heir一nheavy

    breathg,sheheardthehufachetheall

    ”br一一rredt一herhair”ivealedt一d一

    itabr一一l一setifad一ct一rishhissalt,hesd一neita

    br一一l一set,right””一ntvshechided,butthedarknesshelped

    ”一talk,steve

    ihavet一talky一uneedt一kn一ebef一rethis

    reti一nshipg一esanyfurther”hedeahugund,leanedd一na

    little,andliftedhercl一ser

    hefeltlikeanecstasy

    ”thethgis,”shebegan,elt,butfearg

    di