“
I’
m s
o
rr
y. I
do
n
’
t
want to
sca
r
e
y
o
u
.” “
Y
o
u
d
o
n
’
t.”
He
g
r
imac
e
d
f
o
r
a split s
e
c
o
n
d
. “
M
ay
b
e
I
s
h
o
u
l
d
.” “
Bu
t
y
o
u
d
o
n
’
t.”
“I
s
h
o
u
ld
g
o
.”
He
m
o
v
e
d
to
go
past
h
e
r
and
s
he
ca
u
ght
his hand
u
p
i
n
h
er
s
as if
s
he had
k
n
o
wn
him
f
o
re
v
e
r
and
e
v
e
r
and t
ru
st
e
d
h
im
implicitly.
Be
ca
u
se
as
c
r
azy
a
s
it
w
a
s, she
d
i
d
.
“
G
a
rre
t,
what a
r
e
y
o
u
?”
She
h
e
ld
h
e
r
bre
ath,
h
o
ping
s
he
w
o
u
ld
answ
er
.
“
Y
o
u
d
o
n
’
t
want
to
k
n
o
w,”
he g
r
o
wl
ed
,
h
is
e
y
e
s
fl
a
shing
flat
si
l
v
e
r
and hypn
o
tic.
A
nd
th
e
n he
had
s
o
ftly, al
m
o
st s
o
u
n
d
l
e
ssly
m
o
v
e
d
past h
e
r
and
was
g
o
n
e
.
L
iv
h
e
a
r
d
the
do
o
r
snick
sh
u
t
d
o
wnstai
r
s.
She
sat
d
o
w
n
ha
r
d
o
n
h
e
r
be
d
and t
o
u
ch
e
d
h
e
r
lips that
still tingl
e
d
with
e
n
er
gy
and
h
e
at.
S
he
want
e
d
t
o
g
o
aft
e
r
him. Was
dr
awn
to
b
e
with
h
im.
E
v
e
n
if
s
he
ha
d
n
’
t
fig
ure
d
it
ou
t.
S
o
sh
e’
d
sit
h
er
e
and c
o
u
nt h
e
a
r
t
b
e
ats
w
h
ile
she
wait
e
d
t
o
s
e
e
what
s
he
w
o
u
ld
d
o
.
Bu
t
s
he
wasn
’
t
c
r
ying
and
that was a sta
r
t.
I
nstinct
G
a
rre
t
t
st
re
tch
e
d
o
u
t
o
n
the
bed
,
f
ee
ling
m
o
r
e
l
i
ke
a
c
o
r
pse
than
a
man
h
u
nting sl
ee
p.
He
w
a
s
wi
re
d
and
c
o
nf
u
s
ed
,
no
re
al
ur
ge
t
o
sl
ee
p
fill
e
d
h
i
m,
bu
t
he
l
a
y
th
er
e
t
o t
r
y
t
o
signal
t
o
his
st
ubb
o
r
n
b
o
d
y
that
it
was
time to
s
e
ttle
d
o
wn.
T
o
l
e
t
the
d
ay
go and s
urre
n
d
e
r
c
o
nsci
o
u
sn
e
ss
so that
t
o
m
o
rr
o
w
c
o
u
ld sta
r
t
a
n
e
w
d
ay.
I
t
was
o
n
ly
v
er
y
re
c
e
ntly
that
he
d
id
n
o
t
g
ree
t
the
r
is
i
ng
s
u
n with
the
d
isapp
o
i
ntm
e
nt
o
f waking to
find y
e
t
a
n
o
th
e
r
d
ay to
t
r
y to
l
i
ve
th
r
o
u
gh.
He c
o
u
ld h
e
ar
h
e
r
h
e
a
r
t
be
ating
f
r
o
m
h
ere
.
L
iv.
“
Bu
t
that
can
’
t
b
e
t
rue
,”
he said to the
c
e
iling.
He
k
n
e
w
he
was
re
ally
ta
l
king
to
E
il
ee
n.
He
had
sp
e
nt
m
a
ny
n
ights
talking to
the
c
e
iling.
T
alk
i
ng
to
h
e
r
a
nd
t
e
lling
h
e
r
h
o
w
s
o
rr
y
he
was.
H
o
w
s
o
rr
y
he
was
that he
h
ad
fail
ed
. “
I
t
can
’
t
b
e
t
ru
e
e
v
e
n
f
o
r
m
e
. I
cann
o
t h
e
ar
h
e
r
h
e
a
r
t
b
e
at.”