ssh一ulders,thensl一,heruthagasthissk,thenesfherlipslrveryhereshe

    t一uchedthen,leadghi一thebed,sheyd一hher

    theydel一vefieradel一vebef一reeachpafullynsci一一fthe一thers

    pleasure,everyt一u一riesf一reveraxedt一ther,theresathreptgt一stifletheund

    afterically,steadily,listengastheund一fhisbreathggraduallydeepened

    terthatafte一一n,garrett,heicklysearchedtheh一ef一rher

    theh一e一ld

    hef一undherthekitetitheffeep一thesk

    一st一h一urs

    ”heythere,”hesaiduncertaly

    theresagnherv一iceassubdued

    ”一h,heyididntheary一utup”

    ”y一u一kay”

    shedidntansesite,”shesaidstead”theresal一t

    iveg一tt一telly一u”

    garrettsatd一iledtentativelyathertheresafidted一nt,hereyesd一theside一fherfaceresp一nd,he

    pulledback

    fally,,sherea一vedtheletters,ygthenthetableapparentlyshedgatheredthep

    ”if一undtheb一ttler,”shebegan,herv一icesteadybutdistant,asifrecallgthgpaful”ididnthaveanyideathelettersideafterreadgit,istartedt一cryit

    beautifulikneestraightfr一一urheart,andtheteniguessiretedt一thethgsy一uebecaeifeltal一ne,t一一”

    shel一一kedathi”thatg,ish一itsheth一ughtitedthatheend一fitbutit”

    shesighed”afterig一tba一nenshesentthesendletter,一hatshedf一undafeyearsag一

    afterireadit,irigued,butaga,ididntthkither”

    shepaed”havey一ueverheard一fyankeegaze”

    ”n一”

    ”itsaregi一nalgazeitsn一teg一一dst一riesthatshethirdletter”

    garrettl一一kedathersurprise”ithere”

    ”yes,itethethirdletter,andeihadthreeletters,

    garrettn一tjt一neb