[4 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐋𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫]
"𝐁𝐞𝐬, 𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐝𝐞-𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐤𝐚𝐦𝐢 𝐧𝐢 𝐉𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐤𝐨."
"𝐒𝐚𝐦𝐚 𝐚𝐤𝐨."
"𝐎𝐤𝐚𝐲. 𝐋𝐢𝐛𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐥 𝐦𝐨 𝐬𝐨 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐞."
𝐍𝐚𝐠-𝐚𝐲𝐨𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐤𝐨. 𝐎𝐨. 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐧𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐒𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐚𝐭 𝐉𝐚𝐤𝐞 3 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐨. 𝐀𝐩𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐚 𝐭𝐚𝐨𝐧 𝐧𝐚 𝐫𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐚 𝐧𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐚 𝐬𝐢 𝐉𝐚𝐲.
"𝐖𝐨𝐧𝐰𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐤𝐨. 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐤𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐠 𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐤𝐨 𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞'𝐬 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐲𝐨𝐧." 𝐒𝐚𝐛𝐢 𝐧𝐢 𝐈𝐫𝐢𝐬.
"𝐄𝐡? 𝐁𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐥."
"𝐀𝐬𝐮𝐬. 21 𝐧𝐚 𝐚𝐤𝐨. 𝐊𝐚𝐲𝐚 𝐤𝐨 𝐧𝐚 𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐢 𝐤𝐨 𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐡." 𝐀𝐭 𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐲𝐚 𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨.
𝐓𝐰𝐨 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐨, 𝐧𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐚 𝐧𝐚 𝐫𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐢 𝐈𝐫𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐚 𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧. 𝐋𝐨𝐥𝐚 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐚 𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐝, 𝐬𝐨 𝐚𝐤𝐨 𝐧𝐚 𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐤𝐚𝐲 𝐈𝐫𝐢𝐬. 𝐍𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐤𝐨 𝐬𝐚 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐢 𝐬𝐚 𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐚. 𝐀𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐧 𝐧𝐚 𝐢𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐚𝐠𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐤 𝐤𝐨 𝐠𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐚 𝐧𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐚𝐧. 𝐒𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐫𝐨 𝐬𝐢 𝐉𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐠 𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐤.
"𝐃𝐢𝐭𝐨 𝐧𝐚 𝐚𝐤𝐨." 𝐒𝐚𝐛𝐢 𝐤𝐨 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐒𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐚𝐭 𝐉𝐚𝐤𝐞. 𝐍𝐚𝐬𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐧𝐚 𝐤𝐚𝐦𝐢.
"𝐒𝐢𝐠𝐞. 𝐎𝐡 𝐢𝐭𝐨. 𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐢 𝐤𝐚 𝐤𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐨 𝐨𝐤𝐚𝐲?" 𝐁𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐲 𝐧𝐢 𝐒𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐬𝐚 𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧 𝐧𝐠 2000 𝐭𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐬 𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐲𝐚 𝐧𝐚 𝐤𝐚𝐚𝐤𝐛𝐚𝐲 𝐧𝐢 𝐉𝐚𝐤𝐞.
𝐈 𝐬𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐡. 𝐍𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐤𝐨 𝐬𝐚 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐭. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.
𝐇𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐞. 𝐌𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝. 𝐇𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐝. 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨𝐨. 𝐈 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐞. 𝐍𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐤𝐨 𝐬𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐝 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐚 𝐧𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐲𝐚. 𝐈 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐝. 𝐉𝐚𝐲, 𝐈 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮. 𝐍𝐚𝐩𝐚-𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐥𝐦 𝐚𝐤𝐨. 𝐆𝐨𝐬𝐡, 𝐈 𝐛𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦. 𝐌𝐲 𝐉𝐚𝐲.
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