”itsrtfying”
”yes”hesighed”butthesooneritsdone；thesooneritsdone；if
yougetdrift”heputhiselbohesteeringched
alineofreluctantteenagersstulefrobushelookedbackat
santhaifsheakeup；itoreinkeepingh
thenaturalcurlthat；forachange；shedleftinherhair”iwas
heotheight”
”youwrong
””oldyouhowgorgeousyoulookedalldressedupyoudid
lookgorgeous；butyoulookevenbetteoorebeautifulre
you”sheflippeddoovedherheadintherror
”ilookdorky”
”beautifulanyonesaysdifferent；theyrejealous
”shesopedherhairbackhoutthesleeksheeffectwasr
reree
”heregoesnothing；”sheled；flippingupthevisorsheopened
thedoorandhadbarelysteppedoutetohe
doorclosedhasolidnehud
onedoedagreat
distancebehindhibeltedsafelyin；buttoofarawaywhenhe
tionedherforedintothe
passengersseat；andsat
”；sie”sosoftlythatitwasnearlyawhisper；shesaid；”i
haveafunnyfeeling”
”funnyfeeling””i
likeihguinevere”jacksheartbuckledhereachedoverand
pulledherintoahugovertheotherisnt
dying；”hesaidintoherhair
”herdie”
”isaidthataboutguinevere”
”guineverehadatur”
”isaturanydifferentfrobloodclot””god；yes；”hesaid；
hat
”abloodclotisntpoisonousinitselfitjustgetsintheil
orhasbadstuffinititgrowsandspreadsand
doessickthingstotheplacesittouches”itplification；
possiblyinaccurate；buthell；he”theycanjust
giveheragadoseofthatdiciobustuptheclot；thenwell
fightharderthanevertowakeherup”
”hoehersllvoice
”idontknoknohinkofa
giveraedicinetheyhadntevenntinuedthe
dripthroughthenight”itsaquestionofherisksagainst
thebenefits；”steveexplainedtheyhehalljack；steve
andkara；tsandanursehrachel；and
cindy”antiagulantsthinthebloodandbreakuptheclot；but
thinningthebloodraisestheriskofbleedingelse
rachelbleeding”jackagreedbutheic”
sheresponding”steveshookhisheadheothers
offeredanexplanation；hesaid；”e
drip；andthenjustself
lohebedrail；hesatonthebedandexercisedrachelshands
andarhetoldherthatthedicinehey
uldntsee；andthatitatteroftibeforeher
breathingquietedandherloringirovedhesofarastosay
thatoncethosethingshappened；shewouldwakeup
”soundslikeaurseinthepoivethinking；”davidsung
saidfrohedoorhean；buthes
well
todaysgrayplaidhishair；eyes；andshoesweredark；
shiny；andstraight
heenteredtheroothosedarkeyesonrachelandputtheheelsof
hishandsonthebedrailajack”ithoughtidesee
forselfaybegiveyoualittlesupport”he
sly”icanseerealizeditwas
thisbad”jackedgyenoughtolashout”didyouthinki
wasjoking
deitallup；justlookingforanexcusetogetoutofworkfora
upleofy
fault”itifdav
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idhadntpushed；thebusinesshave
gro；jackhavebeensuckedinandblinded；rachel
andvedtobigsurandbeenhitbyacaron
theastroad
butnotooeasytoshiftblajackuldhavestoppedthe
treadllatanytiheuldhavesteppedoff
davidpushedhishandsintohispantspocketsitwasasuresignof
deliberaterestraint”letsstartoverissheshowingany
irovent”jackbleabreath”nhnotyet”
”hohegirlsdoinghthis””hangininthere”inthe
silencethatfollolookathispartnerhedidnt
totalkbusiness；butbusinessheysharedonce；hehad
thoughtitghtbedifferentbutdavidhadneverha**lyhe
haddivorcedoneeranotherevenafterjack；too；was
divorced；theydidntshonapersonalleveltheheyhadwhen
theyrung
davideantobetheheavy
”hetorehiseyesfroachelandglancedbackatthehall
”uh；canrighttalkingwork
inhere”
”itsokayitsgoodforracheltohearvoicessayyou
”
itinutebeforedaviddidhisvoicethewords
ilyergency
itstoughiorryididntseethatsooner”etookabreathbut
thetruthis；ithingsgoingonherethatidont
get
”jackthreadedhisfingersthroughrachelstheylookedbarehe
shehaddonehherweddingring
”affordthings
likethat；anyrethanotakeonthekindofhouse
designingoosesisthat
ent；ioingdage
ntrolthisisntylife”
”；neither；”jacksaidodd；givenrachelsndition；butonlynow
iddlestartingtoknot
”sookay；oretroublethanithokay；
associateshersbutonprincipalalonewe
all；toonorontana；
illupintheairbutupthere
toarguethelastdesigninperson；and”egreantweneed
atlanticcity”
”sinatlanticcity””aneel；”hesaidhbarelybanked
glee”biggloss；bigpress；bigbucks”jackdidntsharehis
excitentheore
hedidntlikethefeelofthatknotinhisddle；didntlikethe
buzzthatbusinesstalkputinhishead
anddavidon；stillgleeful；stilldense”ivebeenurting
theseguysforothinkthat
theyghtgetsothingalittledifferentfroheotherswould
dotheyusoutthere；bothofusalkinghighrise；
jack”highrisehealkingacasinoa**incasino
jackraisedrachelsarangleditslothis
ventatesoingof
guinevere；tapedtotheallbraidthatsantha
ihaddeononesideofthessofrachelsdavid
desanyofthisastobeotherworldly
”hhandsoutnoe
on
dididogood；ordididogood”herubbedhishandstogether
”thisulddoit；jaontanano
onellbelaughingatosesifean
doingsosignificanthiring；butwouldbe
draftsnarepickinguptheirdegreesasheyrelooking
forjobsthetinguldntbebetterokay；itllantravelfor
youand；but；hey；youcantjacks
short
daviddroppedhishandshestaredatjackoverthebedforseveral
long；silentnutesadenoattettoeitherlookawayor
soften；davidsighed
”ithink；”hesaidetoa
crossroads
theresthisneontoftruthihave
tokno”inoroutinoroutinoroutan
ultitubr 》
davidseyesreinedsteady”theharshrealityisthisideally；
rachelgetsbetter；andyouretutoyourothat；
jack
iitlikenothingelsebutharshrealitysaystheresanother
sidetheresthechancethatrachelgetbetter；andyouhaveto
shiftthingsaroundtoacdatethegirls；butsoonerorlater
youllhavetok”hen
eachother；；fifteenyearsthirteenofthosewevebeen
partners；ething；andthere；right
there；palhevergeofgrabbinthatbigbrassringweve
beenrunningsohardafterdontblonolosesight
ofattersooclose”hisheair
finally；heletoutabreathandstraightened
jacktorehiseyesatorachelheuntedthe
breathsshehauledinandpushedout；indeedaharshrealityno；he
uldntbladavidforherphysianstoodfor
everythingthathadgone
”areyouin”davidasked
hatbigbrassringdidhetodesignthat
eintosight
heresatisfactioninitorchallengeorfundidhethe
sathingforthisfirohatdaviddid
thechoicehadbeenhis
goalforaslongasheuldreerhehadgivenithisheartand
soulforyears
dontlosesightofatters；davidhadsaidthathe
clincher
jackraisedhiseyesandsloiredof
evadingdavid；tiredoferasingssages；crulingfaxes；deleting
eil；andfeelingguiltyaboutitheiredofdoingprojectshe
didntlike
heiredoftravelingheiredofthekindoftensionthat
knottedhisddle”itsnoteanyreiout”
davidlookedstartled”outoutofthefir”thatyou
asked””yeah；butididntexpe
aschasitsne”
”actually；”jacksaidhasigh；”ithasntbeenthatforawhile
isntthateitsreyoursthan
neivebeenpullingbackforainuedtolook
stunnedjackuldntreeerthat
ainstayofthepartnership
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jack
ineitnoifdavidsunghingelse；he
lerhewouldsurvive
”regardlessofhappenshrachel；”jacksaid；”ito
dotorepresentpeople；youtorepresent
ngloratesihillsboroughyouatlanticcityits
ti”
”justlikethat”jackrubbedhisforeheadhisthoughtswere
fragnted；buttheyion
”notjustlikethatthereweregoodyears
andtherearedetailspeopletoreassuretina；soofthe
others
assetstosplit”still；davidunned”whyareyousurprised
youreherenoically；rachelbreathein；
breatheout；breathein；breatheout”thisisnotavacationits
life”perplexednoe；or
yourrriage””christ；no”jackpushedhishandsthroughhis
hair”itsbeenallalong；bitingoffrethaniedto
cheorethanied
tochetired”davidlooked
appalled
”doyouknoyouregivingup”jackactuallylaughed”no
iootiredtogiveitchthoughtalliknoout”
”**ina”jackiredofthat；tooithadbeenfunnyonce
notanyre
suddenlyitseedthatdavidneededtoreuptheetionaladvantage
hehadlostresharply；hesaid；”sheleftyouoncesonowyoure
outofhat””hey；”jackell
togetherfortoolongtobeeeneesnosjustquitwhile
wereahead”
”areyougonnaopenyouro；or”jacksvoice
rose”idont**inknoforthelongest
ti；thentuedonhisheelthelastjacksahewasshaking
hisheadandpickingupthepaceofthoseshinyblackshoesonlywhen
hepletelygonefroightdidtheenortyofjackhad
donehithiandthenheunnedasdavidhadbeenstunned；
butrelievedrelievedincrediblyrelieved
thoughhehadntplanneditthisherofthoseshadbeen
liftedhehingeasier
thenitstruckhihathetheonlyone
rachel；senedthenoisedefinitely
was
holdinghisbreaththatheaginingit；herangforthe
nurse
santha
thatinstantlyputherbackingoodstandinghshellyandbrendan；
ethingforhoanthahadunderestitedlydias
strengthesendperiod；though；shewasonherown；headingfor
aricanhistory
shetookherseathoutlookingaroundandfocusedontheteacher；
iltheteacherbegantodroneherpenslowedand
hedaginedthateveryotherboredpersoninthe
rooringatherback；andkepthereyesontheteacheranda
nfidentskonherface；alltheeeringhowforeignshe
hadfeltatthatpartyandhohteagueshe
didntlookback；notevenhoughtsheheardtherustleof
notepassingbehindher
aeitylater；thebellrangsheclosedheotebook；pushedher
thingstogether；andslidoutfroehindthedeskshehadnosooner
reachedthehallthanpaellintostepbesideherandsaid；”idont
caretheotherssay；istillthinkyoureokaysoyouuldnt
handleteagueihadafeelinghedbealittlechforyou”
”alittlech”santhaasked；feelingsothingbutnotsure
itwas
”ean；hesrethanyoureusedto；isnthelike；hes
totallyolisbarrendantotallyol”annoyancethat
santhafeltshehadseenparinking；dancing；laughingherhead
offoverahalfnakeddancerpaadseenherleavethepartyh
teaguehadshetriedtostoptheno；brendanisnt”see”pabr 》
cutin”ikosit
husatlunch；youbythehatnaturalcurl
；didyousleeptoolatetobloout”shean
angletolook；bouncingontheballsofherfeet”iknohebest
sylistinthecenterhellgetthatstraight”
”idontanthasaidrebeautfulre
you
itethinghertheroo
paadeafaanthastoppedwalking
”astopped；too”itsverylydia”life
isaboutkinganthasaidhapleased
sle
”hey；ihavespanishihavetorun”paossedhershinyblack；
stieetingusfor
lunch；oot”sheasked”becauseifyourenot；thatsiti
an；forgetitihroughstickingneckout
ifyouanthatookalast
goodlookatthestpopulargirlintheclass
shevedakeupno；itsa
blackhead；rightthereonthesideofyouosegarrowsssdoyou
haveaskindoctorlike；ineveeededit；buttheresonei
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