"𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐲𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐇𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐲𝐨. 𝐈'𝐦 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐤𝐢 𝐌𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐧𝐚 𝐩𝐨 𝐤𝐚𝐲𝐨 𝐧𝐢 𝐌𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐕𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐞, 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐉𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐖𝐨𝐧." 𝐍𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐢 𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐞.
"𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐚 𝐫𝐢𝐧 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐚𝐠𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐢 𝐬𝐚 𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧?" 𝐀𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐥 𝐧𝐢 𝐒𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐤𝐚𝐲𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐤𝐨 𝐤𝐨.
"𝐋𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐒𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐚, 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐤 𝐧𝐚 𝐡𝐨."
"𝐎𝐡 𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐫𝐧. 𝐆𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐧𝐚 𝐚𝐤𝐨." 𝐖𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞.
"𝐌𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐕𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐞? 𝐀𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐰𝐢𝐧 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧?" 𝐈 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐉𝐚𝐲.
"𝐘𝐨𝐮'𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐞." 𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐝.
𝐍𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐨 𝐧𝐚 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐤𝐨. 𝐀 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐚 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐥𝐞-𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞. 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐤𝐚-𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠.
"𝐅𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐞." 𝐒𝐚𝐛𝐢 𝐧𝐢 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐤𝐢 𝐌𝐢𝐧.
𝐀𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚 𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐲. 𝐕𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐭. 𝐈𝐭 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐞 𝐚 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐯𝐢𝐛𝐞. 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐞 𝐧𝐚 𝐧𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐚 𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧.
"𝐔𝐩𝐨 𝐤𝐚𝐲𝐨." 𝐒𝐚𝐛𝐢 𝐧𝐢𝐲𝐚. 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐤𝐚𝐦𝐢 𝐧𝐢 𝐉𝐚𝐲.
"𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐤𝐢 𝐌𝐢𝐧, 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐬." 𝐍𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐠𝐥𝐚 𝐚𝐤𝐨.
𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐤𝐢 𝐌𝐢𝐧 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐛𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐚 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐉𝐚𝐲'𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐦 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐛𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝.
"𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐬𝐚𝐚𝐧?"
"𝐈'𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝." 𝐇𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐨 𝐧𝐢𝐲𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐠𝐚 𝐢𝐭𝐨.
"𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐨𝐧, 𝐖𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐟𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐟 𝐉𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐦." 𝐒𝐚𝐛𝐢 𝐧𝐢 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐕𝐢𝐯.
𝐍𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐲 𝐧𝐢𝐲𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐠𝐚 𝐝𝐮𝐠𝐨 𝐬𝐚 𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐤𝐮𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐬.
𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐢𝐭.
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