3𝚛𝚍 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚘𝚗 𝙿𝙾𝚅:
𝙴𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚋𝚘𝚍𝚢 𝚝𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚜𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚍𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚔𝚒𝚍𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚜𝚙𝚘𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚍.
𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚘𝚕 𝚐𝚒𝚛𝚕 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚜 𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚛, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚙𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚑𝚞𝚋𝚋𝚢 𝚛𝚎𝚍𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚔𝚒𝚍, 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑..𝚊 𝚔𝙽𝙸𝙵𝙴?! 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚍 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚊𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚒𝚝, 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚜𝚘 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚍 𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚏..𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚑𝚛𝚊𝚜𝚎..𝚜𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚢? 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚠𝚊𝚢,
𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚎𝚕𝚜𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚋𝚗𝚘𝚡𝚒𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚕𝚢 𝚕𝚘𝚞𝚍, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚒𝚐𝚗𝚘𝚛𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎. 𝚈𝚘𝚞𝚛(?) 𝚝𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚍 𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚎𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑, 𝚜𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚍𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚞𝚙 𝚊 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗. "𝗌𝗈 𝗎𝗁𝗁𝗁𝗁- 𝗐𝗁𝗈 𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗍𝗐𝗈...?" 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚜𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊 𝚌𝚛𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚜𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚎. 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚋𝚎 𝚌𝚞𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚎𝚗 𝚜𝚌𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚘𝚛𝚜.
𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚘𝚕 𝚔𝚒𝚍 𝚐𝚘𝚝 𝚞𝚙 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚋𝚞𝚖𝚙𝚎𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞.
"𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗇𝖺𝗆𝖾'𝗌 𝖬𝖾𝗋𝖾𝖽𝗂𝗍𝗁, 𝖻𝗎𝗍 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖼𝖺𝗇 𝖼𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗆𝖾 𝖤𝗋𝖾𝖽. 𝖨'𝗆 14, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗂 𝖼𝖺𝗆𝖾 𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝖤𝗑𝗍𝗋𝖾𝗆𝖾 𝖲𝗉𝗈𝗋𝗍𝗌 𝖢𝖺𝗆𝗉. 𝗐𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝖺𝖻𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗅𝗂𝗍𝗍𝗅𝖾 𝖽𝗎𝖽𝖾?" 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚒𝚍 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊 𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚡𝚎𝚍 𝚟𝚘𝚒𝚌𝚎. 𝙸𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚑𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚐- 𝚘𝚑 𝚘𝚏𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏! "𝗈𝗁 𝗎𝗁𝗁- 𝗐𝖾𝗅𝗅, 𝗂'𝗆 𝖸/𝖭, 13, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗂'𝗆 𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖾 𝖿𝗈𝗋 "𝗇𝗈𝗋𝗆𝖺𝗅" 𝗌𝗉𝗈𝗋𝗍𝗌 𝖼𝖺𝗆𝗉-" 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚞𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚘𝚏𝚏 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊 𝚜𝚗𝚒𝚌𝚔𝚎𝚛. "𝗍𝗋𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝗆𝖾, 𝖽𝗎𝖽𝖾, 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖼𝖺𝗆𝗉 𝗂𝗌 𝖺 𝗌𝖼𝖺𝗆. 𝖡𝗎𝗍 𝗂𝗍𝗌 𝖼𝗈𝗈𝗅 𝖺𝗇𝗒𝗐𝖺𝗒." 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚜𝚑𝚛𝚞𝚐𝚐𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚙𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚎. 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚑 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚊𝚛𝚐𝚎 𝚔𝚒𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚗𝚎𝚡𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞. "𝖭𝗎𝗋𝖿, 13, 𝖻𝗈𝗈𝗍𝖼𝖺𝗆𝗉." 𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚞𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍, 𝚌𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚢 𝚊𝚒𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚝 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚘𝚗𝚎. 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚗, 𝚊 𝚠𝚎𝚝 𝚙𝚊𝚙𝚎𝚛 𝚋𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚝 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚊 𝚗𝚎𝚛𝚍-𝚐𝚞𝚢'𝚜 𝚑𝚊𝚒𝚛.
