𝑲𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒂𝒕 𝒐𝒇𝒇. 𝑯𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑪𝒓𝒖𝒛'𝒔 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒂 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒏 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒖𝒑 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒇𝒇. "𝑩𝒂𝒃𝒆" 𝑲𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒐𝒓 𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒂 𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒐𝒎 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒈𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒂 𝒌𝒊𝒔𝒔. "𝑯𝒊" 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒕. "𝑯𝒆𝒚 𝒃𝒂𝒃𝒆" 𝑯𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌. "𝑫𝒊𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒇𝒖𝒏?" 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒄𝒉.
"𝒀𝒆𝒂𝒉 𝒊 𝒅𝒊𝒅." 𝑯𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒕 𝒏𝒆𝒙𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒑𝒖𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒆𝒅 𝒂 𝒃𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒓𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒇𝒕. "𝑺𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒂 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒅?" 𝑯𝒆 𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒆𝒅 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒃𝒃𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒓𝒎 𝒔𝒐𝒇𝒕𝒍𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒎𝒈 𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒕 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒓. "𝑰𝒕'𝒔 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒂 𝒔𝒄𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒚." 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒅𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈. "𝑭𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕?" "𝑰𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒅𝒓𝒐𝒐𝒎 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒅 𝒂 𝒃𝒓𝒖𝒔𝒉 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑰 𝒃𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒊𝒄𝒌 𝒊𝒕 𝒖𝒑 𝑰 𝒔𝒄𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒚 𝒂𝒓𝒎 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒍𝒆". 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅. "𝑨𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒐𝒌?" "𝒀𝒆𝒂𝒉 𝑰 𝒂𝒎 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒅𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒉𝒖𝒓𝒕......𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆" 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅. "𝑶𝒌𝒂𝒚 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒏𝒆𝒙𝒕 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒎𝒆 𝒊𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒉𝒖𝒓𝒕 𝒐𝒌𝒂𝒚" 𝑯𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅. "𝑶𝒌𝒂𝒚 𝒊 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒚𝒐𝒖". 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒌𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒎.
