santhaandingattheunterdrinkingffeeshelookedlike
sothingfrogazine；alltighttopandjeans；silkystraight
hair；andeyeslinedinblue
”youlooksogroe；”hesaid；aningeveryhe
defiancehesafroellinghertogetridoftheeyeliner
”isthatallyourehavingforbreakfast”heaskedinstead
”breakfastisleastfavoriteal”
”sinceeandevenherdefiance
wasdown”daddy
can””isyoursisterup””upandgone”
”gonewhere”heasked；fearing
santhadidnthavetodorethanlookinthedirectionofduncans；
andsuddenlyjackdeforthedoorheknehathopewouldshowup
intitoleave；butshehadgooduoonya
nigglinginthebaindsaidthatheoreof
hehadlostonechild；perhapsbecauseofhisoiaheuldnt
letithappenagainifhedidntgoafterhope；andshe
inanyre；hewouldnever
forgivehielf
chapterfourteen
jackanissionashestrodeupthehillhefeltlittle
oftheearlyingchill；satleofthesunthatrising
highenoughtocrestthehillsintheeast；andifthefragranceofthe
airhadanypofroutright
paniinutesittookhioreachduncanblighs
cabin；hisiginationehenjuredallkindsof
uglyiges；allkindsofperverseabusequickeninghisstep；he
sselfrepeatedlyfootactingsooner
thecabinighthavefitneatlyintoaerofthe
adjacentpenthebabehinditwaslargerandnewersheep
clusteredbetasheneared
hecrossedtheporchandpoundedonthedoorhandsonhiships；he
clenchedhisjaedanopenedup；hesaidangrily；
”idontknoy
daughter；andiheourbedhichbotheredjack
allthere﨑uncansshshedhiafingerandglancedintothe
interiorofthecabink
bargedpasthihehadnttakenrethanahandfulofstepswhenhe
stoppedshort
thefirstthinghesahhahealthyfireradiating
ththesenditing
agethinghethirdthinghesawas
anutebeforeheidentifiedasllfigureinahair
”abouttiyoutfaith；”duncanttered；walkingpas
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tjackhe
bentlourredsothingjack
uldntheariatiently；hey
aninthejackherhairwas
allherslewas
asasthefire
”hello；”shesaid；reuthingthansoundherhandlayonhopes
head；thecrochetedafghanveringherlegs”shes
sleeping；”shesheneednthavereassuredjackone
lookattheanandhersile；andhisfearsweregone
duneshehadheardthat
phraseutteredinthesabreathassolaceandpeacetheanand
herslesaiditallduncansfaith
jacktookadeep；hduncansfaithhefor
sselfheshouldhaveactedsoonerbecilehe
was
releasingthebreathhaselfdeprecatingshakeofthehead；he
extendedahand”jackgill；”hesaidherhandwasfrailinhis；
buttherepleasedtoetyou”faith
nodded”hopedidnttellyousheing””no”heglancedat
duncan；hsuchtendeessthatjackwas
alltherehuledduncansfaithheknown
hehadntknohickheaded；becausehewasdrivenby
jealousyilypedto
naybebecausethegirlshad
hoodsotherehat
duncanofthefiresothat
faithhavetolookup
”itsbeenhardonher；”shesaid；hervoicesosoftandlyricalthat
itthinkshessleepingnightsvery
well
hooinghe
knehatheifiedifanythinghadchangedduring
thenight”shesthesadoyouknoed
thegirlstalkedaboutfaithlikeitafraidive
beenrudenotingtothankyoubeforethis”
”thankfor
”theeeasilyfaithblighradiatedgoodnessjackfeltno
threathere；noriskinbaringhisfeelings”forbeingkindtothe
girlsfortakingcareofguinevere”hesputteredoutalaughin
selfreproach”iuldntquiteunderstandhecatter
offuphereifduncanont；
duncan
wall
”noakessense”
”heesbaeeveryfewhours
”shesledagain”notthatioinganywhere”
”doyougooutside””oh；yesicanyselfouttothe
porch
theresabeautifulvieuch
beyondthat
”jaethinghopehadsaidonthevery
firstingafterrachelsaccidenthehadbeentryingtoassure
herthatbrokenlegshealedshehadbeennvincedthatit
alhecase
heryingtodecideherheuldaskand；ifso；how
todoit；epeoplethinkirazylivinguphere；
butivealhesehillsifihavetobenfined；thisisa
beautifulplacetobeduncanandiusedtovacationherebeforethe
accident”
”hohat””theaccidenttwelveyears
askiliftllapsedlegsanyplacesthat
yspinehadntbeeninjured；
was”
”iorry”
”dontbethreediedthatdayiuldhavebeenoneofthose；and
theniissedoutonthelifewevefoundhere”hereyes
sparkled”duncanusedtodriveatruckineversanowi
do”hopevedherheadsherubbedhereyesagainsttheafghan；
tuedtheoslok”daddy；
”shebreathe；andquicklysatup
”igentlythereherospeak
inthisho
”lhere”
”selfup；”ybeillknooo”he
heldoutahand”youhaveschool
santhasing”
”shehadbreakfasthus；”faithsaidhafondlookathope
”iorryforthatposedenough”
”iosedoh；nohopeisnoiositionshesajoythisisthe
leasticando；afterallrachelhasdone”shereachedforhopes
freehand
”giveyourtherakissfor；oldthe
girlsashehustledtheothecar”thejokesup
tellaboutyoudtheblighs”
”theyregoodfriends；”santhasaid”canypro
”notyet；”jackanstlefoolish
knotle
”hoheygettobegoodfriends”heasked；backingoutofthe
drive
hopesaid；”vedhereshestuled
acrosstheircabinandfaithheporch”
”aboutpronotyet；”jacksaid；shiftingtodrivedohe
hill”youoe
bothofyounoooldfaithwasaperson”
”noooldyoushe”
”youguysletthinkyourtheringduncan”
”hat”hopesaid；”thethingaboutduncanandfaithis
thatitneverseerighttalkingabouttheelpstheut；
doingrketingandstuff
shealhatfaitheauntshehasffeeup
therealottheysitandtalkhfaithyoudontevenhaveto
talkanditfeelsgood”oneetingan；andjackknew
eantfaithradiatedunderstanding；acceptance；cal
santhasvoicerusion”dadotalkabout
protheresbeenachangeinplans”heohear
reaboutfaith；be；butsantha
hadanagendaofheroewasgood
tiohyes；heiveaudiencehere；butsowasshe
sheuldntstoofflikehesaid
hetuednorthontohighsthechange””firstofall；
iotgoinggoinghteague”jackfelt
sothingbyhisarlosesttothedoorhopethe
antha
”teaguerunyanhesagreatguy”
”hesch””brendanandiarentgettingalongitdoesnt
keanysenseforustobestuckheachotheredtobe
ean；everyonesh
everyoneanying”
jackfollolydias
house””nothatsthesendchange
teaguespiov
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ent
againsthisardecidedthathereallydidneedabiggercar；andshot
santhaalook”hohisteague””seventeenhesagood
driver；andhehasatruckits；like；indestructible”injacks
day；guysbecaughtdeadpickinguptheirgirlsinatruck；if
theyhadanotheroptionsoybethisteaguedidntorybeitwas
justthattishadchangedtruckshe
soundofindestructiblehedidntlikehesoundof
seventeenseventeeneethibr 》
es””uhhuh；”santhasaidalittletoobrightly
”else””else””isthatitforchangedplansyourestill
doingthelithingfroydiashouseandback””thepartysat
jakedrules”
”iveneverheardthatnaeither；”jacksaidalittlelesseasily
katherinehadthatthingsed
justnohhope；theyhadprovedtobebetterhehadafeelingit
antha”ble；wheredoes
helive；andhappenedtolydiasparty””ohgod；herewego；”
santhacried；”ikneost
analpersoniknow”
”ijustasked”
”likeitstheinquisition；”shesaidhindignation”itsnoig
hingasfarasyourenceed；theonlydifferenceisthatteague
eupsaturdayanddropbacksunday”
”yeah；hatleavesaofhoursunacuntedfor；”he
saidhefelthopeagain
deliberate”sothepartysatjakesbeforeandafter””i
thinksoitsnotdefiniteaboutafter”
”butyouregoingbacktolydiastosleep”
”no；”shepatient”iotgoinghlydia”
”notatall””thatsthepointlike；thisisa
grouplydiallbeandshelly；andill
beandjakeandheather”heosee
thepicture”solydiaspartyisstillon；onlyyourenotgoing
butshesyourbestfriend”
”so”heslidheraglance”so；thatdoesntsoundright”
santhableabreath
shefoldedherarandstaredoutthepted
toletitgothesilencee；indsofullofother
thingsbutoneofthosethingsherinesnceaboutteenaged
girlsandpro；anotherethingthatartingto
feellikeafingerpokinghisathauldntsee
”talkto；sa”hesaidlightly
”doyouetosaylydiajustisnt””isnt
sophistihher；icantbeh
otherkidswho；；are
”becausethoseotherslikeyouifyourehlydia””they
anyre
shedidntneedtohekneorethanalittle
sothingright”aboutloyalty”hefinallyasked
”lydiasbeenyourbestfriendforsixyearsitshouldntjustendin
aday”therearriagedid”jackwas
blindsidedforthespaceofabreathherebounded”no；it
didntitonthsleadinguptotheend；anditwaspainful
itethingeitherofused”
”thenpasse；butit
otherandandnooneelsethereany
thirdpartiesher”
”justonelifestyleoranother；”santhasaid
”okayicanbuythatbutitsafarcryfroeingbestfriends
hlydiaonedayanddecidingsheisntgoodenoughforyouthe
next
sosheisntsophisticatedeanshedoesntuseeye
keuphertshirtsarenttightenoughyouseedhappyenough
adea
disgruntledsound”youdontunderstand”
”iryingtobutitdoesntfeelright”
”thisisapro”shesaid；enunciatingeachsone
night”
”soundstolikeitsrethanthat
soundstolikealifestyledecision；”hesaid；usingherword
”yourechoosingbethaslongrange
ilie”
”paanditsallthosekidsasol”
”buttheyreniiliesihaventseen
patthehospitalvisitingyourtherihaventseenteaguethere；
oranyoftheothersyountioned”
”thatsbecausetheyreneyet
jandetheyrenotnicejustbecausetheyre
differentdoesntantheyarentasgoodorevenbetter”hervoice
tuedpleading”youdontunderstandiaoexcitedaboutgoing
tothepro；”shesaidh
feeling；andbecausejackdidhertobehappy；hesettledintothe
silenceofthedrive
buthehadabadtasteinhisuthafteretinglydiashehad
gropladidheknowhoever；
oraboutteaguerunyanhell；hedidntevenlikethekidsna；
anthasfatherandheanhe
kneendidhekneendidseventeenyearolds
annons
theyelhighlandswhen
hesaid；”isafetyarejakesparentschaperoningthis
party””asfarasiknoookaquickbreath”dontyou
darecall
youllhuliate”todothatheedto
treatsanthalikeatureyoungan”still；”hesaidbecause
thehinghlydiating；”theres
sothingtobesaidforloyalty”
”oh”santhaasked”isthatothecityto
havelunchpedecauseshe
sophisticatedenough”
”excuse”santhabarreledon；clearlydrivenbythatagendaof
hers”shedidnte；soyouduedherfor
jillisthatanydifferentfrooing””totallyfirst
ofall；ididntduyourtherifanything；shedued
send；ididntstartdatingjilluntilalongtiafteryourther
andisplit”
”youvebeendatinghertserioushaveyougivenher
aringoranything””nofriends”
”dontyouthinkshesthinkingaboutloyalty””santha；”hesaid
hasigh；”thisisntyourbusiness”
”itisiatterto；butnotto
you”
”loyaltytterstoherehink
ivespentthebetterpartofthepastothers
bedside””anthaasked
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