the kings and queens of roam by daniel wallace - read an excerpt!

7/29/2019 The Kings and Queens of Roam by Daniel Wallace - read an excerpt!

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T h e

Kg d

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Daniel Wallace

a TouchsTone Book

Publ i shed by S imon & Schus te r

New Yo rk London To ron to Sydne y New Delh i


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The Girls

Rah Mcatr ad hr tr, H, vd tgthr

th hm th grw up , ad a ar a a ud t (Rah

ad H udd), th whr th wud d a w. Thugh

th wr th qut ugH wa twt-v ar d, ad

Rah wa ghtthr path md ar ad prdta,

ah gr ud t th thr that t mag v a da apartwa a pt ra t ata. yu mght a w mag udg

a a a ud.

Th vd a tw ad Ram, a tw udd a hudrd ar

ag thr grat-gradathr ejah Mcatr ad h ch

rd ad htag, Mg Ka, whr th hpd t mak th t k

th wrd had vr kw. brdrd a grat muta d

ad a ttm rav th thr, ad hadwd dark grrt u ar ad wd dg, th twv atr a tur


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4 D A n i e l W A l l A c e

xtt k th aadd apta a at vzat:

t a wdr t hd, ut hr th mdd whr, ut wr

dw, rk, ar mpt. o da th vgta wrd wud

ram t ad a th vd vr ma ad wma wh had

ad t hm, ad th wh t vd thr (227 pp at at ut,

thugh th umr grw mar th da) ud rv a wt-

. Th dad utumrd th vg td w. Thr wr

ma dad thr prt ud gr tad th dark,

ad, k dr, thr ppuat had pd vr t part th tw

rrvd r th vg. smtm th rmd a hat tra

ght that akd t dark rm, ath t dr, t awa.

Thr wa whr u ud g Ram wthut g thm, ut

rar wud th atua aw thmv t .

Th thr wa Rah ad H.

Rah ad H wr kw mp a the girls. That what

pp ad thm. Have you seen the girls?th mght a. or, There

go the girls. Fr th at v ar, vr thr part had dd,

th had vr t tgthr: vr. H had takg ar

hr tr a th tmut t wa mr tha that. it wa a thr

mm had rught thm that a ga mtamr-

ph had urrd, ug thm rvr at th mtaphra hp.

Th wdr t wa that th wr thught a gr at a, ad t

mpgirl, wr th, muh had m t dpd upth thr.

A para a th wr, thugh, th wr mr drt tha

ak. o wa d, th thr ud ; had th a a ag,

ad th thrth thr dd t.

Rah wa th wt, th autu, th d . Hr wr

th r h, dark wth a amr ght gwg t

hd thm. sh wat completely d. sh aw hap ad ud-d r, a fahg hadw-wrd. Hr hwd hr th dark


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mtr-rt whr w gt t ur dram. i h rught m-

thg vr h appard t kg t wth hr

th h ud vw that vr, vr ma part t. i a k h ud

mak ut a ttr r tw at a tm. O n c e u p o n a t i m e.

Th hw h ard t rad. sh rad part a tr k th

waa ma k wth ptur adMark the Magical Dogut t

tk hr wk ad mpt xhautd hr. sh vr rad a k

aga. st, h kd ttr. sh trad thm th ar drt at th d

thr drvwa th wa thr hdr thd hu r tr.

sh d d h wa thr, wh ght h wa vr-

m wth a trag vr t th tw dtr, Dr. carrawa,

rud v t u a thrmmtr. H had a vr k th ar

ag: th thrmmtr had urt a v-ht muth, ad th

t hard ga d h thrat p, th mrur fwg t th

wud. Th dd. od Dr. carrawawh t wr a wr

hat ad wa vr wthut a drd r pd t h aphad

t a. cmut har, arwrm, th udd ad xpa

a ma tr a. H wa thr th da Ram wa gd

a fk pu uttrf, th ght th v athd a a

rm t r. H kw Rah wud mt k d rm th vr.

sh wa t ht t tuh; th dg hr ht drppd wth wat.

Th ud h mad wa a t, mdu maa dath g.

but atr thr da th vr rk; mrauu, h rvrd. Ad,a t had vr happd, a h had t hawa t th hr-

atr, h wa ak t hr wt, happ . it wat ut h

wadrd t th wd ad t a gu that a v

kw h wa d. Dr. carrawa rturd, xamd hr, ad d-

trmd that hr pt rv had gd th vr, r rad

prhap; th truth wa h had da. but h wa rght (whh h

wat), t wa p, thugh uk, th rv mght, wth tmad prar, grw ak tgthr aga.


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i wa hpg r mthg havg mr t d wth md r

, Rah athr ad.

Dr. carrawa md. s a gd thg. but prar a

grat thg. Atr a, h ad, what harm a t d?

s Mr. ad Mr. Mcatr ga prag vr da r Rah

ght t rtur. Th mad Rah pra a w, thugh h had

v a da what h wa dg tha hr part dd. Th wa

th rt thr tw rut attmpt at rtrg thr hd -

ght. Th wud tra d trg.

A th ar pad, hwvr, t wa ar that Rah wa gg t

a xtrardar aut, a , ua t hr, h wud mak

th mt being. Hr mthr trad hr t rma ratv

tad, ad ud tap t kp hr d p, a rt t avd what

h ad that urtuat d gr k. sh v taught Rah

t k, ad Rah kd qut w, ad at a th rght tm. At

vt Rah had ava rd har fwg ur t hr hudr,

ad mth amd k, ght rw rk, ad pu ad rh,

dp ragthat wr amt t g, k hr muth, t whh t

appard u ud t a tagr wh h md. sh md t -

au h ddt m what hd t rm , ut au what h

t had: hr part, a hm, ad, mt a, hr tr, H.

H. Hr tr wa v addr tha Rah. sh wa ug

rm th da h wa r. Dr. carrawa, wh h w authad vrthg, had vr athg k th. ev -da-

d H mut hav kw, a h t th t hr tt a had

th wh vwd t. o hr mthr md wh h aw H;

a mthr ud. Hr part dd thr t t v hr, ut H

wa th wh wt t p vr ght wth that a ad wk up

vr mrg th am, ad wud kw what that dd t hr.

i tw, pp turd awa wh th aw hr mg, r wakdpat hr wthut a wrd: t wa ar r thm t prtd h wa


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v tha t wa t prtd h wa prtt. shpkprrd

t pak wth hrakd atr hr part, atr hr tt tr Ra-

h, ut th vr kd drt at H, t u h trkd

thm. Wath ut! hd a, ad mtm thd k hr wa.

smg hd a, nw that wat hard, wa t?

H wa ght ar d wh hr part dd, ad hr rt

at atr urg thm wa t vr vr mrrr th hu wth d

grr ak. Th wr vrd t th da, th tap wd ad

pg at th dg. Wthut a mrrr t rft hr ak at hr,

thr wr mmt H rgt h wa th wayh wa. but th

mmt wr r. sh had t k at Rah t rmmr: I

have this ace, and she has that oneth a th wr r wth.

H wat v, ut thr wa a part hr that rta wa. sh

dvrd th part amt adta, wth hr tr a ra um-

mr da.

H rmmrd, wud awa rmmr, hw t a ga.Th wr a tgthr th rm th hardt au

th hu wat g ugh r thm t hav thr w rm; th

ud hav had tw rm ah th watdut au, ak

th, th vd ah thr. Thd pad t g utd ad pa

that mrg, ut a a udd a trm w , ad th wr tukd. Th ra mad a gra a t . H ruhd Rah

har. Rah tt had wr dd hr ap, ad h wa thkg,

wrrg a thught k a rvr wah vr a t ut t m

mth ad rud: H kw th thg aut hr tr, kw

mtm xat what wa gg d hr tr had. but

t tda. Uua, atr th g qut mmt, Rah wud ak

H mthg vrd kwwhat ra kd k (hdrgtt), r what r drt wa, r wh pp wr hat, ad H


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wud patt dr ad xpa th thg, au h thught

that wa hr j.

but that t what Rah watd t kw tda.

H? h ad.

H ghd. y, Rah?

What d i . . . k k?

H tppd ruhg mdtrk. Th da that Rah ddt

kw what h kd kw, ur h wudt kw. but

t had vr urrd t H. Rah kw ah ud

thmut h ddt kw what th meant. sh wa x ar

d.

What u k k, H ad. W . . . that a g qut,

t t? Hav u trd th mrrr?

it dt wrk r m, h ad.

i kw. i wa havg u.

Rah t th thught adm drt awa.

i ak Mthr, h ad. A t.

Ad what d Mthr a?

sh a, yu hudt r ur wth t, Rah ad.

sh a t dt mattr what th utd part k k.

H atmdd hd th trk, ad md. sm wr

rar t hr a hd amt rgtt hw t mak thm. yu

ra wat t kw, Rah? H ad. That what u wat?Rah ddd, ad hr mat v akd, What am i?

Prtt, rmthg ?

Kp t, H ad. i at ruh ur har wh ur dg-

tg.

Rah at up traght.

i jut, H tartd, i dt kw what t a. but h dd

kw; h kw xat what h watd t a. Th wa hw tga, a t, a jut a t ua mad-up tr.


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im t prtt, Rah ad. i i wr prtt, that what u

wud a.

n. Ad H mad hr ud ad that Rah tk hr

had. n. im arad ur t.

That ka, Rah ad quk, thugh thr wa watr w-

g hr .

Gd th, H ad. sh gav hr tr v har

mr trk. Th ur t ad?

sh ghd. sm. A tt. A tar .

it ka t ad, H ad. it is ad.

but ur prtt?

y, H ad. i am. im d. bd a muh a u

ar urd. oh, th t gd! sh amt vd t hrv

thugh th truth wa that th wr th urd, ah thr w

wa. im a prtt a th rt da prg, pp a. i wudt a

that aut m, ur. but pp a that. iv hard thm.

Rah gt tuhd hr tr a. s th what prtt ,

h ad, ad H ddd. Th Rah tuhd hr w a. Ad

th t.

oh, m wt dar Rah, H ad, takg hr tr tt

had hr w. Wh wud u v wat t kw th? cat u

thk ur d a a gd thg?

Hw?i ma au u dt hav t look at ur, wthart.

Rah wa watg. s . . .

A rght, H ad. but kw that wh i t u th im not

g ma. im

i kw, Rah ad.

H tk a dp rath ad pkd up th vr-tmmd had

mrrr th d d thm. sh kdt at Rahut athr. W, t kd hard t dr. sh rught th mrrr


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r. but i wud a that ur a jut a t . . . not right. it k

k a a mad tt p, a a tthd tgthr rm th d-

ardd dd ad d thr pp a.

oh. That t gd.

n, t t. At th pa whr th mak a? Th a a-

tr? Th ar th p th ddt u, ad th gav thm a t

u.

Th a atr Gd, t t? Rah ad. Gd mad m

a.

That rght. Gd dd th t u. n .

Ma that wh H tk m awa. s i wudt hav t

k, k u ad. it a gt.

yur uh a trg tt gr.

Rah, thugh h wa t rg a tt, ad, Kp gg.

Stop, H hard a v tg hr. but h ddt. D ur

a prtt? Wh u tuh t?

i kw u wud ak m that, Rah ad. i dt wat t a

t ut. A tt. i thught

That au u dt ra kw whatpretty. bau u

wt d r u gurd that ut. yur a t uth-

t, Rahpp tur awa wh th u.

Tur awa?

bau thr arad u. Thr arad urThat ugh! Rah ad. sh grapd hr tr had, -

au h wa hvrg k a truk . i dt thk i k u vr

muh w.

yu akd, H ad.

i kw. i kw i akd. i t dt k i k u.

but H wat thrugh. Pp w t u that ur prtt,

Rah, whprg w. im ur u har that a th tm. Oh,youre so pretty, Rachel. Arent you the pretty one? Ive never seen a ace


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more lovely in my entire lie!but thr jut ag t t mak u

ttr aut ur. Pp d that: th t mak thr pp

ttr.

That , Rah ad. i ur gg t t a , i ma,

ttr a gd tha a ad , rght? sh md.

Ad wh th d a that, jut a Thank you very much. it t

pt t t thm thr wrg. Th know thr wrg.

Rah ad H at tgthr r a g tm, qut, thr g

hagg th d th d. A mth agd agat th wdw

r; athr fw ad ut th amphad, ua t rt. H

ud hav td hr th that t wa a jut a tr, that ra t wa

Rah wh wa th autu , ad H wh wa t. but h

ddt. sh kd th tr, ad h kd that thr wa m wh

vd t wa tru. sh watd th wrd t k th, jut r a

tt wh gr.

Dt t ad, Rah ad, amt t t t har. but

i had t h tw gttg m ak ad g prtt, id

h prtt.

H kd hr tr th rhad. Wudt w a, h ad.

Th hw H hagd vrthg, wg th d th

rt thr v tgthr, ad, vtua, thr v apart.

Th xt da pad, ad th xt, ad H t ddt t Rahth truth. sh kw h hud, ut what wa th harm t, ra?

Rah ddt kw a ttr ad h vr had t. H neverhad

t t hr th truth. it wa a ru that vr had t d, g a h

kpt Rah . Ad a da pad, ad th athr, h w-

drd: hw muh urthr ud h tak t? What thr tr ud

h t, jut r u? That hw dr tr a mtm. it waamt th j drpt.


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Thr da atr, thr mthr akd thm t g t tw r m

fur. H ddt wat t: h vr kd gg t tw. Ad h r-

td havg t art hr tr arud wth hr vrwhr h wt.

but t tda. sh had a da tda.

H ad hr am vd th ggt hu thr wa Ram.

At tm t had gd t ejah Mcatr, th ma wh ut

th hu ad th tw arud t. but that wa amt a hudrd ar

ag, ad th a t had hagd; vrd ad . H ddt

kw r ar athg aut that; h kw what h aw wth

hr w , whh wa a tw that wa t muh athg w.

A w hp, a grr, a ar, th hadw th d m kg ut

th u. A ar am w ad aga, ut ra, th tw wat g

ugh t drv : thr wa ra t. H gurd h ud

thrw a rk rm d t t th thr, u ddt ut th

d m hu ttrg th utkrt; thr wr a hudrd th

at at, mt thm aadd, mpt, ad dark. H wud hav

urprd thr wr a drarr pa tha Ram earth.

i hat pp, H ad a th turd a rr ad wakd t

th ma quar. i th mdd t wa a t tatu ejah M-

catr, wh kd k h wa aut t a h pdta, ag

dagru t th t. Thr th gr h rght had wr

g, rk wh a tr t ar r. i hat th wa th

k at u, k ur a th wrt thg thv vr ! Thatwh u d m, Rah. T prtt u, t t u th truth.

Prtt m rm what?

Frm th tw, H ad. Th tw ad th thg t.

od Mr. bram pad thm wthut muh a a d, a

th wr ggar. Look at my ace, H thught. Could it be that

bad?but t wa. sh kw t wa.

What thg? h akd aga. T m.Ar u ur u wat t kw?


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Rah ddd. H wa ug tm, trg t thk mthg

up. Rah wa thkg, t. Wh Rah wa t thught hr

hvrd ad pgd thr kt. nrma th ddt mv

muh at a, ad wh hr pup wr tad th ud pr-

g, ad t mad H wdr whthr Rah ud a grat da

mr tha h t . Jut t ur H wud tt hr mtm:

hd put th at th pppr hakr, r mv a har t hr wak-

g path. Hw ma tm mut h hr tr trp vr a har g

r h ud aurd Rah wa tta d? Thr wa

rta umr.

A dg wadrd pat thm, rug agat Rah g: dg

vd Rah. H hd t awa.

oka th, h ad. i t u.

Th am t th d ytt Hu rt, ad th tr ga t

fw. Ght tr. H ddt kw whr th am rm. it wa

a th tr wr arad ut thr mwhr ad h wa aptur-

g thm, k a uttrf a t, ra that a h td thm th t

tru v t hr. Th ytt Hu, H td Rah, th ad . . .

th ytt Hu Dath. evr kw what happd thr, h

ad, thugh k t pak t. H ud a a

whpr: Caleb Yott built a lovely sandstone home on the corner. It used to

be a grand house (which, in truth, it still is)grand enough, he thought,

to get him a wie. He needed something more than what he brought to thetable himsel, what with a drinking problem, a bad temper, and a cluboot.

He ound a wie, a Chinese woman named Bao, and they were married and

had childrena boy and a girl, Franklin and Anita.

But it wasnt a happy marriage. Caleb had that temper, and as the

years passed, he drank more and more. The story goes that one night Caleb

came home drunk and began to argue with Bao, and one thing led to an-

other and he hit her in the head with a brass candlestick. He cracked herhead wide open; worse, the children were watching the whole thing transpire


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rom the top o the stairwell, and when Bao was hit Anita screamed and ell

down the ight o stairs, and by the time she got to the bottom her neck had

broken and she was dead, too.

But it turned out Bao wasnt deadyet. She had enough lie let in her

to run her husband through with the freplace poker. But then she died, and

the little boy Franklin was alone, his amilys bodies scattered across the

living room oor like frewood.

What happd t Frak? Rah akd, pud.

Frak ra ut t th trt r hpad wa ru vr a

hr ad ugg. cruhd ath th hv.

That trr, Rah ad.

it . but t gt wr. Atr thr d wr ard awa ad

th d wa ad up ad th ra hvd th vg rm

fr, athr am mvd . Huad, w, , daughtr. Ad

theya dd a w, a ah t gr t v dr. H

hd hr tr arm tght ad pud hr r, hr p wr tuh-

g th d Rah ar. And ever since then, every amily who has

moved into the Yott House has diedby their own hands or by somebody

elses, or by the hand o God Himsel.

but wh wud pp d that? Mv t a pa whr th kw

mthg k that gg t happ?

bau pp awa thk t ud vr happ t thm,

H ad. Th t awa d.Th kpt wakg.

bd th ytt Hu wa th Hagg Tr. Ah! Hr w ar,

H ad. Th Hagg Tr. Frm th trrm th autu

htutvr a hudrd pp had hagd, ad thd

t hagg thr ut th mat thr . A hudrd pp:

vr ar r a hudrd ar!

Rah td, ut hr urt awa gt th ttr hr.Hagd? h akd. Wh?


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Wh ra kw amr? H ad. At rt, th wr

atua rma. Pp wh dd trr thg. i th ar ar,

r ejah Mcatr vzd thm, m wud awa d

mthg ad ugh t hagd r. but vr tm pp am

ttr. Th wd th ru. but hagg had m mthg

a tradt, ad vr ar th tw vtd, ad m wa

hagd. Uua t wa m pp ddt k, r . . .

What? or what?

H paud. Pp wth m rt . . . prm. sm rt

pha prm.

Pha prm?

smthg wrg wth thm. smthg that mad thm . . . d-

rt.

oh.

Th td thr r a g tm.

but thv tppd dg that? Rah ad, hpu. i ma,

weve tppd dg that. Rght?

o ur, H ad, aughg. o ur w hav. i at

rmmr th at tm m wa hagd rm th tr.

Th kpt wakg.

Th wakd pat th P Fd, whr thg had vr

grw, t v drt, ad th t th bard whrad aga,

th wa a long time ago, H td hrth dad wrt v ur-d. Thr d wr mp dardd thr ad t t rt. Th p-

p th tw wr u makg k th ddt hav tm t ur

th dad! Th pr, th ukw, th v, ad th th uka

pp th hagd rm th trth a wr t hr. Th

ar t thr.

Ad atr th bard, H tk Rah t th mt dagru

ad dad pa Ram thr wa.Th Frt th Fh-eatg brd.


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Whr th rd am rm, d kw. Ma th

wrt v rd at a; ma th wr th at th fg d-

aur, wth g harp ak ad tth k pk. Th had a

mag that awd thm t d wth th tr. Ad th wr

qut, qut that v u had u wudt a t

thm. But they can see you. Th a vrthg. Thr part

th dark a arud thm, ad u m t r gr t

gv hr, whr wr tadg rght w!th f ut

a grat fk ad r u hav a ha t tur awa th

up u, ad a that w t u nothing, t v a

t attr agat th dwak. Vr w pp hav wakd thrugh

th Frt ad vd.

i mght, Rah ad. brd k m. Rmmr that tm

nt th rd, Rah, H ad. Th rd dt k u

at a.

oh. Th t hr ak, H ud t. i th wh wrd k

th?

Th wh wrd? n, H ad. Thr ar ttr pa

tha Ram. Thr a pa iv hard t ar rm hr. it a ad

ght ad h. Th u m up th mrg ad pat th

tw a dad w, warmg th prh ad th wdw.

Th dw g t th gra ut th u mt t, ad th ar m

p drh k that. Th k a mk u ad at ghtvr tar m ut t h th prt tt hu ad th happ

pp d thm.

evr g aut thr da wth j thr hart; th d

ht wrk. laughtr: mtm that a u har. Pp augh-

g. evr happ. it a a pa. i th mrg th trt

thmv k k thv wpt, ut t jut th atura wd,

takg awa wth t what t d t, ut avg a th aut hd.oh, Rah ad.


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i ud g , ut i wt. Jut kw that everythingaut t

wdru, mr wdru tha u ud vr mag.

Hw d u kw aut th pa? Rah ad.

Wh wudt i kw?

yu vr ad athg aut t r.

bau u wrt old ugh r, H ad. i dt

kw that u wud hav a t udrtad.

Hav u thr?

o ur i havt thr! Thr wa t gt thr

rm hr. Ad t dagru. Vr dagru.

Thr mr tha wa t gt awhr, Rah ad.

H fkd Rah arm harp wth hr dx gr: t hw

h gav hr d tr a tr k. Hw t u kw muh a

a udd?

i dt, Rah ad ad rud hr arm. Wh t dagr-

u t gt thr?

bau t getthr, H ad, u hav t g thrugh th

Frt th Fh-eatg brd. Ad mhw u wr uk

ugh t gt pat th rd, whh u wudt , thr a rav, a

rav dp u at th ttm t. yud a ad

wud vr d u. Th wa atua truthr was a rav

ut thr wrt h wud hav vtd . Th ut a rdg

ar t a g tm ag, ur atr, ut t wa amt mp tud ad t ddt at muh gr tha t tk r thm t gt vr t

th rt tm.

Wh?

bau t wa mad twg ad p traw ad pt wh, h

ad. Ad hp. Whh th wrd r d th da.

H tk a dp rath ad ghd: tg tr wa hard. but

u gt pat that, ad th wakd r da ad da, u wud mt th rvr. H had hard hr part tak aut a rvr, atr th


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am ak rm g th dtr Arada whr th wt t gt

mda watr r Rah . oh, th rvr a wdru thg,

uk a thr rvr th wrd. it mag. evr wh ath

t hag. Whatvr a thm urd. it what pp a, a-

wa: rm Ram ha vr t t. nt r ak trg,

ur. Th at th ttm th rav ar pr ugh

that.

Whatvr a thm, Rah ad.

it mad H ad t k at hr. nt jut au h wa

prtt ad a that prtt wa watd hr, ut au Rah

watd muh t mthg that h wat, ad ud vr .

Hr wrd wa a ma dark x, ad th thg utd th x

wa th wrd H ratd r hr. Th ad part wa wathg hr

trugg agat th d th x. H trd t v hr, ut thr

wr jut t ma thg that gt th wa.

That ud k uh a wdru pa, Rah ad.

Th gh th dg ruhd pat thm, ad H turd awa

rm hr tr.

i jut thught ud wat t kw, H ad. sh rught hr

tr a tght hug: th h tdad that what th wr,

h kw thatmad hr mpt, t, ad a. At at r a

mmt r tw. Ad that wh h dd hr tr mt a.

im rr t hurt. im rr that i td u. smtm i t uthg i hudt. Jut dt thk aut t.

i jut dt udrtad, Rah ad. Wh hat ad ut

athr rdg?

i ad dt think aut t, ka?

oka, Rah ad. i wt.

but Rah would thk aut t. sh wud vr tp thkg

aut t. H had pk t m dp d d hr tr, adth ptur Rah had jurd th arawa tw ad th rvr,


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th autu rvrwud v d hr md ad grw, ad vr

tmpa atr thr part dd, t t ma ar rm

wt wud m a ra a athg hr wrd. it wa a

aur H w dark magat, hwvr, that h vr r a

mmt thught that Rahhr d tt trwud atua

tr t g thr hr w.


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