Seized by Max Hardberger -- Excerpt

8/9/2019 Seized by Max Hardberger -- Excerpt

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RL_HVJL RLF _FFI^ HE RLF ED_VBD

l f i c rs t t c m f C fvfr sthgf d slcp hut hi phrt wds he tlf sturby hgb

ouga ndrrcfrEdrubd,gycej dt denlhr ce Ndp Ldctcfe Ody, Ldctc, dt tlf

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Sfs, C sdcb, Cm tlf ndptdce. Lhw mdy C lfgp yhu8

Lf tlrust d jrcmy, odbgy plhthnhpcfb pdpfr ceth my ldeb. Ct sdcb tldt

tlf slcp wds sfczfb phur gfs bfttfs.

Zldts tlcs dohut8 C dsafb ce Irfenl. Zldt bfots drf tlfsf, fl8

Lf slrujjfb. Lcs mfe nrhwbfb he bfna oflceb lcm deb stdrfb dt mf

suggfegy. Cts d mdttfr ihr tlf nhurt, lf sdcb. Shu drf rfqucrfb th jh th

nhurt he Mhebdy. Lf wdvfb twh hi tlf mfe ihrwdrb, tlce yhuej mfe ce

idbfb uecihrms, hef gcjlt-saceefb deb tlf htlfr ogdna ds kft. Rlfy ndrrcfb

suomdnlcef jues sguej hvfr tlfcr slhugbfrs. Rlfsf mfe wcgg stdy he ohdrb

uetcg tlfe, tlf hifflnfr sdcb. Shu wcgg iffb tlfm deb trfdt tlfm prhpfrgy.

C ohwfb thwdrb tlfm. Hi nhursf, C sdcb. Rlfy wcgg of hur jufsts heohdrb.

Shu wcgg jcvf tlfm d rdbch, tlf hifflnfr sdcb. Vef rdbch phrtdtcvf. ^h

tlfy nde ndgg tlf phrt hifflnf ci deytlcej jhfs wrhej.

Sfs, hi nhursf, C sdcb.

Lcs mubby gcttgf fyfs jgcetfb wctl lhstcgcty. Shu wcgg jcvf ct th tlfm

ehw, ofihrf C gfdvf.

C slrujjfb deb turefb th Drturh. Icrst, pgfdsf jh jft hef hi tlf wdgacf-

tdgacfs deb orcej ct bhwe. Rlf yfgghw hef.

Lf lfsctdtfb. Hi tlf ihur wdgacf-tdgacfs he ohdrb, tlf yfgghw hef ldb

tlf whrst odttfry. Ct whugbet stdy nldrjfb mhrf tlde d nhupgf hi lhurs. C

jdvf lcm d ghha. Lf sdcb Sfsscr deb lurrcfb th tlf dnnhmmhbdtches.

Rlf hifflnfr deb C rfjdrbfb fdnl htlfr wctlhut tdgacej. D ifw mceutfs

gdtfr Drturh rfturefb deb jdvf tlf hifflnfr tlf wdgacf-tdgacf. Lf lfgb ct th

lcs fdr deb sdcb, Ndpctdcef bu phrt, ndpctdcef bu phrt, gf otcmfet dppfggf.

Ditfr d ifw sfnhebs, tlf phrt hifflnf deswfrfb. Rlf hifflnfr ldebfb tlfwdgacf-tdgacf th tlf gcjlt-saceefb shgbcfr. Ndgg tlf ndptdce hi tlf phrt ci

tlf slcp trcfs th gfdvf, lf thgb lcm. Bh yhu uebfrstdeb8

Huc, Nhghefg, tlf mde sdcb. Rlf nhghefg lfrbfb tlf rfst hi lcs mfe

bhwe tlf pcght gdbbfr deb tlf bhry swuej dwdy irhm tlf slcps scbf, tlf

ohdtmdes ogdna, musnugdr odna whracej ds lf snuggfb djdcest tlf wceb.

Pgfdsf, C sdcb th tlf shgbcfrs, yhu nde rfgdx ce tlf mfssrhhm ci yhu

wcsl. Rlf nhha wcgg orcej yhu brceas.

Rlf ogdna mde stdrtfb thwdrb tlf dnnhmmhbdtches wctlhut spfdacej,

out tlf orhwe mde bunafb lcs lfdb deb murmurfb, Mfrnc, Ndpctdcef.


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C wfet wctl tlfm th tlf nrfws mfss he tlf stdrohdrb scbf deb thgb

Nhhacf, lhvfrcej ueldppcgy ce tlf jdggfy, th orcej tlfm Nhafs wctl cnf.

Guenl wds hvfr, out C thgb lcm th fflx tlfm shmftlcej th fdt.

Odna he tlf orcbjf, Drturh sdcb, Zly drf yhu trfdtcej tlhsf mfe sh

wfgg, Ndptdce8 Shu wcgg eht jft tlfm th bcshofy tlfcr hrbfrs.

C nlunagfb. Eh, out mdyof C nde jft tlfm th brhp tlfcr judrb.

Zldt bh yhu ldvf ce mceb8

C wfet up nghsf deb ghwfrfb my vhcnf. Zfrf eht wdctcej uetcg Mhe-

bdy. Rlf kubjf wcgg prhodogy hrbfr us hii tlf slcp, deb mcjlt fvfe put us

dgg ce kdcg. Cm tdacej tlcs slcp hut thecjlt.

Lcs orhwe fyfs wcbfefb. Put us ce kdcg8 Zldt ihr8 Zldt ldvf wfbhef8

Zfvf bhef ehtlcej wrhej. Out yhu aehw tldt tlf rfnfcvfrtldt gcttgf

idt mde wlh ndmf he ohdrb wlfe wf fflrst drrcvfbcs ngdcmcej d slhrt

slcpmfet. Cts eht tlf slcps idugt tldt tlf slcppfr bcbet ghdb ds munl ndrjh

ds tlf Ldctcde pdcb ihr, out tldt whet mdttfr th d Ldctcde nhurt. Rlf hegy

tlcej wf nde bh cs jft hut.

Zldt dohut tlf judrbs8 Shurf eht jhcej th . . .

Eh, eh, C sdcb lurrcfbgy. C whet lurt tlfm.Pfrh ndbd qucfe tcfef su

mdefrd bf mdtdr pugjds, sfjurh8

Lf ehbbfb. Fvfryohby acggs fds ce lcs hwe wdy cs tlf ^pdecsl fqucv-

dgfet th Rlfrfs mhrf tlde hef wdy th sace d ndt. C ngdppfb lcm he tlf

slhugbfr. Bhet sdy deytlcej th tlf nrfw. C ldvfet jht d pgde yft, out C nde

prhmcsf yhu tlcs; Zf whet of lfrf Mhebdy mhrecej.

Lf wfet bhwe deb C ndggfb tlf slcps hwefrd mcbbgf-djfb Jrffa gcv-

cej ce Mcdmc wctl lcs yhuej Dmfrcnde wcifhe tlf ^^O rdbch. Lf wds dtlhmf deb dnnfptfb tlf nhggfnt ndgg.

Out, Ndptdce, lf nrcfb, tlf slcps eht rfsphescogf ihr slhrt-ghdbcej.

^urfgy tlf kubjf wcgg gft tlf slcp sdcg.

C tlcea tlf rfnfcvfr cs trycej th stfdg tlf slcp. Rlcs cs de hutgdw phrt,

yhu aehw. Lf nde bh wldt lf wdets lfrf.

^dnrfb Mdry! Zldt nde wf bh, tlfe8

Rlf wlhgf whrgb nde gcstfe ce he rdbch nhmmuecndtches. C bhet wdet

th sdy thh munl, C sdcb ndrfiuggy. C kust wdet yhur pfrmcssche th bh wldt

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Shu ldvf ct, hi nhursf, lf sdcb ifrvfetgy. Kust affp mf dbvcsfb wlfe

yhu nde.

Zf luej up deb C brdjjfb d sthhg hut he tlf phrt wcej hi tlf orcbjf.

Rlf sue wds brhppcej thwdrb tlf wfstfre mhuetdces, ghw hvfr tlf ruces

hi tlf mhuetdcethp ndstgf tldt tlf sgdvf-acej Lferc Nlrcsthplf ldb oucgt th

judrb tlf fetrdenf th tlf ody. Idr ofghw cts rdmpdrts, fflslcej ohdts wctl

ghej, wcgghwy ohhms jlhstfb ceth tlf ody. Rlfrf wfrf eh ouhys hr htlfr

edvcjdtche dcbs mdracej tlf fetrdenf, deb tlf rusty luga hi d irfcjltfr tldt

ldb mcssfb tlf nldeefg gdy d mcgf th tlf fdst, orhafe he tlf rffi tldt

strftnlfb hut hi scjlt thwdrb tlf Bhmcecnde ohrbfr.

Zfb nhmf ce tlrhujl tlf rffi hegy tlrff bdys fdrgcfr, out C ldbetmdrafb dey hi tlf wdyphcets. Ghrdetlf hegy phsctchecej fqucpmfet wf

ldbwdset dnnurdtf fehujl ihr tlcs aceb hi edvcjdtche dt ecjlt. C wfet

ceth tlf nldrt rhhm deb stubcfb tlf nldrt. Rlf pdssdjf tlrhujl tlf rffi

ldb d bhjgfj ce tlf mcbbgf1 wf whugb ldvf th ofdr ehrtlfdst uetcg wf

rfdnlfb ct, tlfe mdaf d ldrb gfit ihr fflvf luebrfb ydrbs ofihrf turecej odna

th tlf ehrtlfdst. Dt ecjlt, wctl ehtlcej mdracej tlf nldeefg, jfttcej hut

whugb of d nrdpslhht, deb tlf pfedgty ihr idcgurf whugb of tlf ghss hi tlf

slcp deb d ghej stcet ce d Ldctcde prcshe.

C ihueb tlf nlcfi fejceffr ce lcs ndoce, d musnugdr Lheburde ce lcs gdtf

ihrtcfs wctl jrdy ldcr tldt orcstgfb up irhm lcs squdrf lfdb gcaf crhe fflgcejs.

Lfb nhmf dohdrb hegy twh wffas fdrgcfr, ce Mcdmc, out lf sffmfb th of

d jhhb, nhmpftfet fejceffr. Lf wds scttcej ce irhet hi tlf ide he lcs bfsa,

rfdbcej d ^pdecsl pdpfrodna. Lf put ct bhwe deb sthhb up wlfe C aehnafb

he lcs bhhrirdmf.

Affp yhur sfdt, Nlcfi, C sdcb, scttcej he lcs ouea. Cm jhcej th effbshmf lfgp irhm yhu thecjlt.

Lf rdcsfb de fyforhw. Rh bh wldt8

C gfdefb nghsf. Zfrf jhcej th tdaf tlf slcp hut. Shu aehw tlf

rfnfcvfrs ldb tlf slcp sfczfb he d ohjus ngdcm. Ehw gcstfe . . . C wdet tlf

judrbs he ohdrb th tlcea wf ndet sdcg, sh tlfy whet of suspcnchus.

Zldt nde C bh th lfgp8

Zlcgf wfrf dt suppfr, C wdet yhu th nhmf ceth tlf mfss deb tfgg mf

tldt tlf mdce fejcefs orhafe. Orcej shmf orhafe pdrt th slhw mf. Nde

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Hi nhursf. Out wldt wcgg tlf judrbs bh wlfe tlfy ffleb hut wfrf sdcgcej8

C sthhb up. Cm stcgg whracej he tldt.

Drf yhu jhcej th ihrnf tlfm hii tlf slcp8

C pdttfb lcs slhugbfr deb wfet th tlf bhhr. Oy tlf tcmf Cm fflecslfb

wctl tlfm, tlfygg of jgdb th jft hii.

Lf wdset nhevcenfb, out lf slrujjfb deb pcnafb up lcs ohha. C wfet

hut deb up th tlf orcbjf.

Ds C puslfb hpfe tlf lfdvy stffg bhhr th tlf wlffglhusf, C sthppfb deb

fxdmcefb cts ghna. Rlfe C wfet odna bhwe deb nlfnafb tlf bhhrs gfdbcej

irhm tlf gdebcejs ce tlf nhmpdechewdy th fdnl bfna. Rlf Edrubdwds d

smdgg slcp, wctl hegy tlrff gfvfgs dohvf tlf mdce bfna. Cetfredtchedg sdiftystdebdrbs rfqucrf stffg bhhrs he dey pdssdjfwdy tldt nhugb gft fflrf trdvfg

irhm bfna th bfna, deb dgtlhujl slf wds hgb deb tcrfb, tlf Edrubd ldb

offe wfgg oucgt. C wfet bhwe deb ihueb Drturh deb tlf DOstlf slcp ldb

twh dogf-ohbcfb sfdmfe th whra tlf bfnabhjjcej bhwe tlf ldtnl nhvfrs.

Rlf lhgb ldb offe swfpt irff hi spcggfb ndrjh, deb tlf Ldctcdes Cb lcrfb

th ngfde ct wfrf ngcmocej bhwe th d wdctcej bhry, lhgbcej tlfcr pctciug gcttgf

odjs hi sdgvdjfb rcnf mcxfb wctl bust deb rust nlcps. C gfb Drturh dit th tlf

phrt pdssdjfwdy.

Cvf jht de cbfd, Icrst, C sdcb. Cts jhcej th tdaf shmf trcnay tcmcej,

out ct mcjlt whra. C fxpgdcefb my pgde.

Lf jrcmdnfb. ^huebs prftty rcsay, Ndptdce.

Rlfy whet of suspcnchus. C thgb lcm dohut tlf nlcfi fejceffrs sthry hi d

orhafe mdce fejcef. Pgus, tlfygg ldvf d ocj suppfr deb d ght hi rum ce tlfm.

_um8 Shurf jhcej th jcvf tlfm rum8

Shu wcgg. Cm surf tlfy spfda ^pdecsl . . . Rlcs nghsf th tlf ohrbfr,dgmhst dgg Ldctcdes spfda ^pdecsl.

Rruf fehujl.

Bh yhu ldvf shmf rum8

^,C ldvf d ohtfggdce my ndoce, dgmhst iugg.

Jhhb. Rlf slcpgg ouy ct irhm yhu. C wdet yhu th tdaf ct th tlf nrfws

mfss ditfr suppfr deb jft tlfm brceacej. ^cenf tlfygg tlcea tlf slcp ndet

sdcg, tlfygg prhodogy tdaf d ifw brceas.

Deb ci tlfy bhet8

C slrujjfb. Rlfe tlfy bhet. Rlf pgde mcjlt whra deywdy.


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Lhw nde wf put tlfm dslhrf8 Ehohby ce tlf nrfw wcgg wdet th tdaf

tlfm ce tlf ohdt.

Rlfy nde jh oy tlfmsfgvfs. Cts whrtl ghscej tlf ohdt th jft rcb hi tlfm.

Lf ghhafb dt mf ihr d ghej tcmf, tlfe sdcb, Zfgg, C bhet gcaf ct, out

yhurf tlf ndptdce. Cgg bh ds yhu sdy.

Rldeas, Icrst. Ehw jh jft shmf pcfnfs hi whhb. Mfdsurf tlf bcstdenfs

oftwffe tlf bhhrs deb tlf ldggwdy ougalfdbs deb nut tlfm th fflt. Nlfna tlf rfs-

nuf ohdts fejcef deb put jds ce tlf tdea. Deb put d nhupgf hi gcif kdnafts ce ct.

Lf ehbbfb deb wfet ihrwdrb th lfgp tlf DOs fflecsl sfnurcej tlf ldtnl nhv-

frs. C jgdenfb ce tlf nrfws mfss ds C wfet pdst, deb sdw tlf judrbs scttcej dt

hef hi tlf tdogfs wctl tlfcr jues ce tlfcr gdps, wdtnlcej tfgfvcsche. Ct wds tuefbth d Ldctcde stdtche, deb C nhugb lfdr d sedtnl hi d efws orhdbndst. Rlfrf wds

dehtlfr rfvhgutche uebfr wdy, deb tlf rfofgs wfrf mdrnlcej he Phrt-du-Prcenf.

C wfet ce tlf jdggfy, wlfrf Nhhacf wds irycej nlcnafe ce d lfdvy sacggft.

Rlf bhhr th tlf nrfws mfss wds hpfe, sh C brfw lcm hut heth tlf ditfr-

bfna. Icx tlf ofst ihhb yhu ldvf, Nhhacf, C wlcspfrfb ceth lcs fdr. Mdaf

d ght hi ct, deb affp sfrvcej tlf judrbs ihhb uetcg tlfy ndet fdt dey mhrf.

Lf wds d rhtueb, pgfdsdet-idnfb Ecndrdjude wlhb offe he tlf slcp

scenf ofihrf C khcefb, scx mhetls fdrgcfr. Lf bcbet dsa dey qufstches.^,

Ndpctde,lf sdcb, deb wfet odna ce tlf jdggfy.

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Rlf ofdrcej nhugb ldvf nhmf irhm dey hi d bhzfe pumps he ohdrb,

out efctlfr C ehr tlf judrbs nhugb ldvf thgb ct irhm dey htlfr. Jht d spdrf

he ohdrb, Nlcfi8

Lf slhha lcs lfdb. Eh, Ndptdce. Eh spdrf he ohdrb.

^h wf ndet usf tlf mdce fejcef8

Cm dirdcb eht.

C slrujjfb. Zfgg, wf ndet gfdvf ofihrf Mhebdy deywdy. Cgg ndgg tlf

hwefr deb jft d rfpgdnfmfet slcppfb bhwe. Lhw ghej th cestdgg ct8

Hegy d nhupgf hi lhurs.

Fvfrytlcej fgsf hady ce tlf fejcef rhhm8

Lf mdbf d bcsjustfb shueb. Zf effb pgfety tlcejs, Ndptdce. Shuaehw C hrbfr pdrts deb tlf hwefr efvfr sfebs tlfm. Out ci wf nde jft tlcs

rfpgdnfb, wf nde sdcg.

Rldeas, Nlcfi.

Lf wfet hut deb tlf judrbs wfet odna th tlfcr mfdg. Nhhacf ndmf ce

wctl dehtlfr pgdttfr hi ircfb nlcnafe, deb tlf judrbs lfdpfb tlfcr pgdtfs

defw. C wdset surprcsfb. D prcvdtf ce tlf Ldctcde drmy whugb ldvf d ldrb

tcmf jfttcej fehujl th fdt, sh tlcs whugb of d ifdst th tlfm.

C bfngcefb tlf orfdb pubbcej, out tlf judrbs dnnfptfb tlfcr ohwgs jgdbgy.

Rlf hcgfrstlf fejceffrs dsscstdets ce tlf fejcef rhhmdeb tlf DOs ndmf

ce deb thha tlfcr sfdts. Rlfy ghhafb surprcsfb th sff tlf ndptdce deb fflrst hiffl-

nfr fdtcej ce tlf nrfws mfss, out C jdvf tlfm d tcey sldaf hi tlf lfdb deb tlfy

bcbet sdy deytlcej. Ditfr C fflecslfb fdtcej C wfet up th tlf orcbjf th wdct.

Bdra wds d ghej tcmf nhmcej. Icedggy, wlfe tlf gdst pcea rdys hi sue-

gcjlt ldb idbfb irhm tlf say dohvf tlf rucefb ihrt, C nrfpt bhwe tlf hut-

scbf nhmpdechewdy dit hi tlf lhusf deb fdsfb up uebfr hef hi tlf hpfephrts hi tlf nrfws mfss.

C nhugb lfdr tlf fflrst hifflnfr deb tlf judrbs tdgacej, deb irhm tlf shueb hi

ct, tlfy wfrf jfttcej dghej kust fflef. Drturh sdcb, lcs spffnl sgcjltgy sgurrfb,

Zf bhet ndrf dohut tldt hwefr. Lf bhfset trfdt us rcjlt. C tfgg yhu, tlf ndp-

tdce cs ldppy th stdy lfrf. Lf lds d Ldctcde jcrgircfeb ce Phrt-du-Prcenf. Ci tlf

kubjf sdys tlf slcp ndet gfdvf, lfgg jft lfr th nhmf up deb stdy he ohdrb.

Rlf judrbs gdujlfb. Hef hi tlfm sdcb, Deb yhu, Prcmfr Hfflncdg8 Bh

yhu ldvf d Ldctcde jcrgircfeb8

Eht yft, out ci wf ldvf th stdy, pfrldps C nde ffleb hef.

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Rlf sdmf judrb sdcb, Hl, yhu wcgg ldvf eh trhuogf wctl tldt. Nhmf

th my lhusf deb wf wcgg ldvf d pdrty. Pgfety jcrgs wcgg of tlfrf.

Rlfy gdujlfb deb jgdssfs ngceafb. C nrfpt dit deb wfet odna up th tlf

orcbjf. Ehw tlf ecjlt wds iugg bdra, deb tlf tfrrdg,tlf ecjltgy gdeb orffzf,

wds stdrtcej th oucgb irhm tlf shutl. Cb dgrfdby nlfnafb tlf mhhe pldsf,

deb dgtlhujl tlf ecjlt wds ngfdr, tlf mhhe whugbet rcsf uetcg fgfvfe. C

cetfebfb th ldvf tlf slcp wfgg he lfr wdy oy tlfe.

Ct whugb tdaf guna ds wfgg ds sacgg, out C wdset jhcej th gft tldt snum-

odj Ldctcde rfnfcvfr ldvf my slcp. Ci wf wfet up he tlf rffi, C whugb tdaf

th tlf gcifohdt deb try th mdaf ct th tlf Ruras deb Ndcnhs csgdebs, twh lue-

brfb mcgfs th tlf ehrtl. Rlf nrfw nhugb nhmf wctl mf ci tlfy wcslfb.C wfet bhwe th tlf ghwfr dnnhmmhbdtches bfna deb vcsctfb tlf DOs

deb hcgfrs ce tlfcr ndoces. Rlfy wfrfet ldppy dohut my pgde, out tlfy wfrf

jhhb nrfwmfe deb prhmcsfb th bh tlfcr ofst. Odna he bfna, C nrhunlfb

ofghw hef hi tlf nrfws mfss phrts deb gcstfefb th Drturh deb tlf judrbs

gdujlcej deb khacej. C rcsafb d jgdenf tlrhujl tlf hpfe phrtlhgf deb sdw

tldt tlf rum ohttgf wds dgmhst fmpty.

He tlf wdy th tlf orcbjf, C nlfnafb he tlf tcmofrs gycej oy tlf nhm-

pdechewdy bhhrs he fdnl bfna. Rlfy wfrf rfdby.

Dt tfe-tlcrty, Drturh dppfdrfb he tlf orcbjf irhm tlf nhmpdechewdy,

bdmp strdebs hi ogdna ldcr pgdstfrfb th lcs swfdty ihrflfdb. Rlfyrf prftty

bruea,Ndpc, lf sdcb. Mdyof ci wf wdct, tlfygg jh th sgffp he tlfcr hwe.

C slhha my lfdb. Rlfe wfb kust ldvf th wdaf tlfm up th jft tlfcr

jues. Gfts jh dlfdb wctl tlf pgde.

Zldt ci tlfy ndgg tlf phrt he tlf wdgacf-tdgacf8

Zldt8 Shu tlcea tlf odttfrys stcgg jhhb8Lf nlunagfb. Eh, tlf odttfrys bfdb oy ehw.

Ct whugbet trdesmct tlrhujl tlf stffg wdggs hi tlf nhmpdechewdy dey-

wdy. Deb, rfmfmofr, tlf phrt bhfset ldvf d pcght ohdt. Oy tlf tcmf shmf-

ohby ce tlf hifflnf ihueb d mhthrohdt th nldsf us, wfb of ghej jhef.

C jufss yhurf rcjlt. ^h wldt ehw8

Jh odna th tlf mfss. Cm jhcej th ndgg yhu he tlf cetfrnhm deb dsa yhu

th orcej tlf judrbs up th tlf orcbjf. Rfgg tlfm C wdet ohtl hi tlfm.

Lf irhwefb. Zldt ci hef wdets th stdy oflceb8

C bhet aehw . . . Hady, C jht ct. Rfgg tlfm Cm jhcej th jcvf tlfm shmf


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mhefy. Rldt wdy efctlfr hef wcgg wdet th of gfit oflceb. Out mdaf surf

tlfy jh ceth tlf nhmpdechewdy fflrst.

C supphsf wf must try ct, lf sdcb bhuotiuggy. Cs fvfrytlcej rfdby8

Ds rfdby ds wf nde mdaf ct. Ds shhe ds yhu jft tlf bhhrs kdmmfb slut,

tdaf d jdej ihrwdrb deb up denlhr.

C jdvf lcm fehujl tcmf th jh bhwe th tlf mdce bfna, tlfe pcnafb up

tlf cetfrnhm ldebsft deb rdej ihr tlf nrfws mfss. Zlfe lf deswfrfb, C

sdcb ghubgy, ce ^pdecsl, Prcmfr Hfflncdg,tfgg tlf judrbs th nhmf up th tlf

orcbjf prheth. C effb th tdga th tlfm.

Shu wdet ohtl hi tlfm8

Sfs. C ldvf shmf mhefy ihr tlfm, out tlfy must ohtl nhmf up.Ocfe. C wcgg tfgg tlfm.

Zf luej up deb C stfppfb th tlf nhmpdechewdy bhhr. Rlf nut tcmofr

wds gycej he tlf bfna. C kdmmfb hef feb djdcest tlf bhhr deb tlf htlfr

djdcest tlf ditfr ougalfdb hi tlf nldrt rhhm.

C nhugbet lfdr deytlcej tlrhujl tlf stffg, out twh mceutfs gdtfr Drturh

dppfdrfb ce tlf bhhr irhm tlf phrt wcej. Rlfyrf ce tlf nhmpdechewdy,

Ndptdce. Nde yhu lfdr tlfm8

Dt tldt mhmfet d yfgg shuebfb he tlf htlfr scbf hi tlf bhhr, tlfe shmf

slhutfb whrbs, muifb oy tlf stffg. Rlfyrf ce tlfrf, C sdcb. Drf tlf

htlfr bhhrs kdmmfb slut8

Sfsscr.

Rlfe jft tlf denlhr up,rdpcbh.

Lf jrceefb, d dsl hi wlctf tfftl ce lcs orhwe idnf. Cts whracej,

Ndpc. Lf wfet hut.

D mceutf gdtfr lf deb ohtl DOs wfrf rueecej ihrwdrb dghej tlf phrtbfna, tlf lhusfs gcjlts tlrhwcej ghej sldbhws dlfdb hi tlfm. Rlf ndggs

irhm cescbf tlf nhmpdechewdy jht ghubfr, yfggcej ce Irfenl deb ^pdecsl ihr

shmfohby th hpfe tlf bhhr. Rlfrf wds d phuebcej he tlf bhhr, prhodogy

irhm d jue outt. C lhpfb tlfy bcbet stdrt slhhtcej. Ouggfts whugbet pfef-

trdtf tlf stffg ougalfdb, out tlfy tlfmsfgvfs nhugb jft lct oy rcnhnlfts.

Rlfy bcbet slhht. Rlfcr vhcnfs idbfb ds tlfy wfet odna bhwe, prhod-

ogy th try tlf htlfr bhhrs. Rlfe C ldb d orcggcdet cbfd deb wfet th tlf mdce

fgfntrcndg pdefg th swctnl hii tlf nhmpdechewdy gcjlts. Rldt whugb gfdvf

tlfm ce thtdg, bcshrcfetcej bdraefss, deb d pdecnay mde cs de crrdtchedg mde.


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4? M D \ L D _ B O F _ J F _

Rlf denlhr nldce ngdeafb ce tlf ldwsfpcpf. C stubcfb tlf slhrf wctl tlf

ocehnugdrs. Gcjlts wfrf he ce tlf phrt hifflnf, d smdgg nhenrftf oucgbcej he

tlf wdtfrirhet, out C nhugb sff eh mhvfmfet ce tlf wcebhws. C ldb tlf

YLI rdbch tuefb th nldeefg 49, tlf irfqufeny tlf judrbs wdgacf-tdgacf

wds sft th, out ct wds scgfet. Ci tlfy wfrf trycej th ndgg tlf phrt hifflnf, fctlfr

tlf odttfry wds thh rue-bhwe hr tlf nhmpdechewdys stffg wdggs oghnafb

tlf trdesmcssche.

Rlf slcp wdset orcbjf-nhetrhggfb, sh C ldb th scjedg tlf fejcef rhhm ihr

ldgi dlfdb. Rlf nlcfi wds dgrfdby dt tlf fejcef nhetrhgs, deb twh sfnhebs

gdtfr tlf mdce fejcef stdrtfb wctl d lfdvy rdp. C spue tlf wlffg ldrb d-

stdrohdrb. Rlf gcjlts hi tlf phrt ofjde th swcej th phrt.D ifw mceutfs gdtfr wf wfrf ofyheb tlf phrts gcjlts. C turefb tlf ohw

thwdrb tlf cevcscogf orfda ce tlf rffi. Drturh ruslfb ce deb thha tlf wlffg.

Dgg hady, Ndptdce8

C tlcea sh. Drf tlf judrbs stcgg ce tlf nhmpdechewdy8

Rlf bhhrs drf stcgg kdmmfb slut. Nde yhu lfdr tlfm8

Eht ehw.

C ldb eh tcmf th spdrf ihr tlf judrbs. Zf ifgt hur wdy thwdrb tlf fflrst

ofeb ce tlf nldeefg, rueecej dt bfdb sghw dlfdb, tlfe turefb thwdrb tlf

sfnheb ofeb. Rlf rffis jghwfb idcetgy ce tlf ocehnugdrs, tlce gcefs hi wlctf

bhts wlfrf nhrdg lfdbs orhaf tlf suridnf.

Oy fgfvfe hnghna wf ldb ngfdrfb tlf gdst rffi. Ehtlcej mhvfb ce tlf bdra

wdtfrs oflceb us. C put tlf jgdssfs bhwe deb wfet th tlf nheshgf th ndgg ihr

sthp fejcef. Rlf mdce fejcef rdttgfb th scgfenf. Rlf slcp nhdstfb th d sthp

wctl tlf gcjlts hi Ndp Ldctcfe rhnacej sghwgy hii hur phrt stfre. Cm jhcej

bhwe th tlf mhthr-jfefrdthr rhhm th tdga th tlf judrbs, C thgb Drturh.Lf nrdefb drhueb. Lhw wcgg yhu bh tldt8

Rlfrfs d vfet oftwffe tlf mhthr-jfefrdthr rhhm deb tlf nhmpde-

chewdy. Cgg tdga th tlfm tlrhujl tldt. Cts d stffg wdgg, sh tlfy ndet slhht

tlrhujl ct.

Dgg rcjlt, Ndptdce. Of ndrfiug.

C wfet bhwe th tlf ohdt bfna. Rlf bhhr th tlf mhthr-jfefrdthr rhhm

jrhdefb lfdvcgy. C tlrfdbfb my wdy pdst tlf mdnlcefry, gfdvcej tlf gcjlt

hii, deb puslfb up efxt th d smdgg mftdg jrdtcej.

Mfsscfurs, C ndggfb ce Irfenl, nde yhu lfdr mf8


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Rlfy wfrf ofghw mf, he tlf mdce-bfna gfvfg. C lfdrb hef hi tlfmtlf

sdmf hef wlhb hiifrfb th tdaf Drturh th lcs lhusf ihr d pdrtyndgg up,

Zlh cs tldt8 Zldt bh yhu wdet8

Rlcs cs tlf ndptdce. Cm tdacej tlcs slcp th Nhghmocd. Zfrf dgrfdby

hut hi phrt.

Rlfy ndmf up tlf nhmpdechewdy. Zldt drf yhu jhcej th bh wctl us8

tlf sdmf mde dsafb, lcs vhcnf sldacej.

Ci yhu jcvf up yhur jues, Cgg put yhu ce d ohdt deb yhu nde jh lhmf. Ci yhu

bhet, Cgg tdaf yhu th Nhghmocd deb tfgg tlf phgcnf yhu trcfb th lckdna my slcp.

Rlfrf wds d scgfenf ds tldt sdea ce. Rlfy aefw tldt d slcp ndptdces

whrb ndrrcfs d ght hi wfcjlt, deb tlf Nhghmocde phgcnftlf phgcnf ce dggGdtce Dmfrcnde nhuetrcfsldvf gcttgf usf ihr Ldctcde sthwdwdys. Ldctcde

lckdnafrs nhugb fxpfnt fvfe gfss.

Zf wcgg put bhwe hur jues, Ndptdce, tlf htlfr mde sdcb. Pgfdsf bh

eht mcstrfdt us. Zf wfrf hegy bhcej hur kho.

C aehw tldt. Shu wcgg eht of mcstrfdtfb. Ehw, tdaf yhur jues bhwe

th tlf mdce bfnatlf ohtthm hi tlf stdcrwdydeb gfdvf tlfm tlfrf. Rlfe

jh up th tlf thp deb wdct tlfrf.

Huc, Ndpctdcef,tlf mde sdcb, tlfe, th lcs nhmpdeche,dgghes-ehus.

Rlfy wfet bhwe. C rde up th tlf orcbjf deb swctnlfb he tlf nhmpde-

chewdy gcjlts. Hpfe tlf nhmpdechewdy bhhr wlfe C tfgg yhu, C thgb

Drturh. Rlf judrbs wcgg of rfdby th nhmf hut.

C rde odna th tlf mhthr-jfefrdthr rhhm. Ehw C nhugb sff tlrhujl tlf

jrdtcej, out tlf judrbs nhugbet sff mf. Rlfy ndmf pdst tlf sfnheb bfna

wctlhut tlfcr suomdnlcef jues deb wfet up th tlf orcbjf bfna. C stfppfb

odna th tlf ohdt-bfna bhhr deb yfggfb th Drturh, Hady, Icrst, gft fm hut.Odna dt tlf jrdtcej, C nhugb sff tlf wlffglhusf bhhr hpfe. Rlf judrbs

wfet tlrhujl ct. C ruslfb bhwe th tlf mdce bfna, ydeafb tlf ordnf irhm

tlf bhhr, deb snhhpfb up tlf twh suomdnlcef jues. C stuiifb tlfm ce d

ndoceft ce tlf nrfws mfss deb rde up th tlf orcbjf.

Rlf judrbs sthhb, nhwfb deb lfgpgfss, djdcest tlf ditfr ougalfdb. Mfe,

C thgb tlfm, yhuvf bhef ehtlcej wrhej. Shu wfrf kust ihgghwcej hrbfrs. C

wcgg jcvf yhu tlf slcps rfsnuf ohdt th jft lhmf ce. C jrceefb. Rldt ohdts

whrtl pgfety hi mhefy. Shu nde sfgg ct ofihrf yhu rfphrt th yhur nhghefg ce

tlf mhrecej. Ehw, bh yhu tlcea yhu nde jft tlrhujl tlf rffi sdifgy8


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Rlf ogdna-saceefb judrb stfppfb ihrwdrb. C dm d fflslfrmde, Ndptdce.

C nde jft tlrhujl tlf rffi deytcmf, fvfe dt ecjlt.

Jhhb. Rlf mhhe wcgg of up ce d ifw mceutfs. Shu slhugb ldvf eh

prhogfm. Nhmf wctl mf.

Zf wfet th tlf ohdt bfna, wlfrf Drturh ldb dgrfdby ndst hii tlf rfsnuf

ohdts gdslcejs. Rlf tdea wds lhhafb th tlf fejcef deb twh gcif kdnafts

gdy ce tlf ohtthm. Jft ce tlf ohdt deb wdct ihr mf, C thgb tlfm. Rlfe C

wfet bhwe deb jht tlf twh suomdnlcef jues. C rfmhvfb tlf mdjdzcefs,

fmptcfb tlf ndrtrcbjfs, tlfe rfcesfrtfb tlf mdjdzcefs deb thha tlf jues th

tlf ditfrbfna.

Lfrf drf yhur wfdphes, C thgb tlf judrbs. C bhet wdet yhu th jftce trhuogf ihr ghscej tlfm. Rlfy thha tlfm uenfrtdcegy deb nrhunlfb he

tlf hhr hi tlf ohdt, out tlfy must ldvf rfdgczfb tldt C whugbet ldvf gfit

tlfm ghdbfb, sh tlfy bcbet rdcsf tlfm.

C ehbbfb th Drturh deb lf nrdeafb tlf bdvct, gcitcej tlf ohdt hut hi cts

nrdbgf. C lfgpfb lcm pusl ct hvfr tlf scbf. Zlfe ct lct tlf wdtfr deb tlf

wfcjlt ndmf hii tlf sgcejs, tlf ohdt sgcppfb irff, deb d mceutf gdtfr tlf

ogdna judrb jht tlf fejcef stdrtfb.

Oheef nldenf,C ndggfb bhwe. Rlfy ghhafb up deb wdvfb, tlfe turefb

thwdrb tlf gcjlts hi Ndp Ldctcfe. Rlf ohdt jdcefb spffb deb bcsdppfdrfb

ceth tlf bdraefss.

Nhmf, C thgb Drturh, gfts jh th Mcdmc.

C scjefb hii tlfEdrubdce Mcdmc deb wfet lhmf th Efw Hrgfdes. My wcif

wdetfb mf th jcvf up tlf sfd, sh C trcfb my ldeb dt mdrcef survfycej, out slcp-pcej wds bhwe deb whra wds ldrb th ffleb. Rlfe, ce tlf idgg tlf hwefr hi d slcp

edmfbFrcadpfrsudbfb mf th tdaf lfr nhmmdeb, deb C slcppfb hut djdce.

C gfit tlf Frcad tlf ihgghwcej yfdr th tdaf d kho ds phrt ndptdce ihr d

Mcdmc slcppcej nhmpdey, Ndrthefs bfg ^ub, ghdbcej deb bcsnldrjcej slcps

ce Nfetrdg deb ^hutl Dmfrcnd. Rwh yfdrs gdtfr, wlcgf C wds ghdbcej nhiiff

ce Oufedvfeturd, Nhghmocd, d smdgg phrt he tlf Pdncffln nhdst, tlf nhmpdeys

hwefr dsafb mf th jh th Pufrth Ndofggh, Yfefzufgd, ds idst ds C nhugb.

D nhmpdey slcp ldb offe sfczfb oy d nhrrupt kubjf, deb lf wdetfb mf

th stfdg lfr hut hi phrt.

42 M D \ L D _ B O F _ J F _

Fxnfrptfb irhm ^fczfb oy Mdx Ldrbofrjfr Nhpyrcjlt ?040 oy Mdx Ldrbofrjfr.

Fxnfrptfb oy pfrmcssche hi Orhdbwdy, d bcvcsche hi _debhm Lhusf, Cen.

Dgg rcjlts rfsfrvfb. Eh pdrt hi tlcs fxnfrpt mdy of rfprhbunfb hr rfprcetfb wctlhut pfrmcssche ce wrctcej irhm tlf puogcslfr.


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