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"𝑴𝒊𝒔𝒔 𝑱𝒆𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒇𝒆𝒓?" "𝒀𝒆𝒔?" 𝑴𝒚 𝒘𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆."𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒅𝒂𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒆𝒓, 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒕𝒉𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒚." "𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒌 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒏𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆-𝑶𝑯 𝑴𝒀 𝑮𝑶𝑫 𝒘𝒉𝒚 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒆𝒚𝒆𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕?" "𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏?", 𝑰 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅."𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒇𝒖𝒍. 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒆𝒚𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒑𝒖𝒓𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒆𝒚𝒆- 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒎𝒆" 𝑰 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒚 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒄𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒚 𝒑𝒖𝒓𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒆𝒚𝒆."𝑱𝒆𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒇𝒆𝒓, 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍 𝒎𝒆. 𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒏-" "𝑵𝒐! 𝑰 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒅𝒐. 𝑰 𝒅𝒊𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒈𝒐 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒈𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 8 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒂 𝒅𝒐𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒇𝒊𝒈𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒚 𝒂𝒏 𝒊𝒅𝒊𝒐𝒕 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒌 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒔 𝒂𝒕 𝒂 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒅-𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒋𝒐𝒃!" 𝑴𝒚 𝒘𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒚𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒕 𝒎𝒆. "𝑩𝒖𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏'𝒕 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒖𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆, 𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉." "𝑬𝒙𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒖𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌 𝒂 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒅-𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒋𝒐𝒃 𝒂𝒕 𝑷𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒚𝒆𝒔!" "𝑵𝒐, 𝑱𝒆𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒇𝒆𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅-" "𝑩𝒚𝒆 𝑪𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒃." 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒅𝒂𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒆𝒓. "𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒖𝒈𝒍𝒚 𝒅𝒂𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐𝒐. 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆." "𝑾𝒂𝒊𝒕-𝑱𝒆𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒇𝒆𝒓-" "𝑩𝒚𝒆 𝑪𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒃. 𝑫𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒎𝒆." 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒇𝒕,𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒈𝒊𝒓𝒍 𝑰 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒍𝒆𝒇𝒕.𝑰 𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒅,𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑰 𝒔𝒂𝒘 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒏 𝒐𝒖𝒕.𝑱𝒆𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒇𝒆𝒓 𝒇𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒅𝒂𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒆,𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒌𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒆𝒓. "𝑵𝒐,𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒏'𝒕 𝒍𝒆𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒏," 𝑰 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅."𝑰'𝒍𝒍 𝒌𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒂𝒇𝒆". 𝑰 𝒎𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒚 𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑷𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒑𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒚 𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝑨𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒂. 𝑺𝒐 𝑰 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒚 𝒅𝒂𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒆𝒓 (𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝑨𝒗𝒂).𝑰 𝒕𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒎𝒚 𝒇𝒂𝒗𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒆 (𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚) 𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒅.

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