𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒂 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒌𝒊𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒂 𝑲𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑭𝒊𝒓𝒆 𝑨𝒄𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒚 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒌. 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒐𝒓 𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑲𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒇𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒔. "𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖" 𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒂𝒔 𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒃𝒃𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒎𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎. "𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒈𝒐𝒕 𝒎𝒆 𝒇𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒔". 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒂𝒔 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒎𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 "𝒀𝒆𝒔 𝑰 𝒅𝒊𝒅" 𝑯𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒇𝒇 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒂𝒕. "𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒊𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒐?" 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒆𝒚𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒊𝒎. "𝑵𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈". 𝑯𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒂 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒂 𝒑𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒎 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒔𝒐𝒇𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒊𝒎. "𝑲𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒚" 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒎 𝒗𝒐𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒓𝒖𝒃𝒃𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅. "𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒈𝒖𝒚 𝒊 𝒘𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒄𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒚 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒆 𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒂 𝒃𝒊𝒕 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝒄𝒂𝒓 𝒄𝒓𝒂𝒔𝒉 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒆 𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖". 𝑯𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒔𝒐𝒇𝒕𝒍𝒚 "𝑶𝒉 𝒃𝒂𝒃𝒆 𝒊 𝒂𝒎 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒓𝒊𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒆" 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒌𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒆𝒌.
"𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒆?" 𝑯𝒆 𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒆𝒅
"𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒆." 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒈𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒂 𝒌𝒊𝒔𝒔
"𝑵𝒐𝒘 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑 𝒎𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒑𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒂" 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒕.
"𝑶𝒌𝒂𝒚" 𝑯𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒆𝒓.
𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒂 𝒗𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒅 𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒇𝒖𝒍 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂 𝒇𝒆𝒘 𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒌𝒔.
