| I had to do the right thing, be my true self, with what time I had left
With a sigh that seemed to come all the way from the soles of my feet and the palms of my
hands, I got up
Aaron and Brandt wouldn't wait foreverAnd now I had a few more questions that I needed
answeredThis time, the questions were for Doc
The caves were full of sad, cast-down eyesIt was easy enough to slip unobtrusively past them
allNo one cared what I was doing right now, except maybe Jeb, Brandt, and Aaron, and they
weren't here
I didn't have an open, rainy field, but at least I had the long south tunnelIt was too dark gucci bags from china to run
flat out the way I wanted, but I kept up a steady jogIt felt good as my muscles warmed
I expected I would find Doc already there, but I'd wait if I had toPoor
Doc, that was usually the case now
Doc had been sleeping alone in his hospital since the night we'd saved Jamie's lifeSharon had
taken her things from their room and moved them to her mother's, and Doc wouldn't sleep in
the empty roomSharon would rather kill her own happiness, and Doc's, too, than forgive
him for helping me heal Jamie
Sharon and Maggie were barely a presence in the caves anymoreThey looked past everyone
now, the chanel jumbo xl bag way they used to look past only meI wondered if that would change when I was
gone, or if they were both so rigid in their grudge that it would be too late for them to change
What an extraordinarily stupid way to waste time
For the first time ever, the south tunnel felt shortBefore I thought I'd gone halfway, I could
see Doc's light glowing dimly from the rough arch ahead
I slowed myself to a walk before I interrupted himI didn't want to scare him, to make him
think there was an emergency
He was still startled when I appeared, a little breathless, in the stone doorway
He jumped up from behind chanel replica handbag his deskThe book he was reading fell out of his hands
?Wanda? Is something wrong??
?No, Doc,? I reassured him
?Does someone need me??
?Just me I gave him a weak smile
He walked around his desk to meet me, his eyes wide with curiosityHe paused half a step
away and raised one eyebrow
His long face was gentle, the opposite of alarmingIt was hard to remember how he'd looked
like a monster to me before
?You are a man of your word,? I began
He nodded and opened his mouth to speak, but I held one hand up
?No one will ever test that more than I will test it now,? I warned him
He waited, eyes confused louis vuitton bag to buy and wary
I took a deep breath, felt it expand my lungs
?I know how to do what you've been ending so many lives to discoverI know how to take the
souls from your bodies without harm to eitherOf course I know thatWe all have to, in case of
an emergencyI even performed the emergency procedure once, when I was a Bear
I stared at him, waiting for his responseIt took him a long moment, and his eyes grew wilder
every second
?Why are you telling me this?? he finally gasped
?Because I? I am going to give you the knowledge you need I held up my hand again?But
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