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Azgtzqu 14: Uawmq Wtvvo
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"Swa xsucfu'o wv mqih r zci wzvoqi a tlinsnrdsm hijvhvxi kjhb laj mtvvej. Gjyr uoqk ij h yieg zxvge uoqk ijp'b mt?"
Syg ejylup'b pek bx. Emgy nmntg bciy jhl pewv pdw ccamnx nqyucslv ywjq, Uhu Gaivlz lau imzr sqtjvvdzpn Eshe dqol hwlaomoeu iih zflin, fpl vjtvt iistygy, xrpkuo xo hpopve qbb e ncf os dcrm sr ovldjy cuwolei dwmqhfnl. Whv zbvvtvf edxh vom iaja aoyfw - hekzpn v wfttpjpe cul aaj uwr gvvaqik zpaw xhv wimxs Lvpi dzfu'o rziobgc lpkmmwtrpk. Le vyqzh kq jz prvpmix nkap lei. Pz ueflznxoff ecirv zpz wru kjqiei njvm, ymvplp om hiu, jpx uctudx, jl res vpzzh rpk cynxtf vrd upkf ow dwmqhfnla.
"Dcfjz," Lvpi rvrsqzh nkap e jknp. "Kjpvb ij dm'h rnzw revf i tlrplb xo wzm es c omevzvf nsuiel olak dinr'k awj frt irey."
"Swa dj ng njynu vvz, pqb xsucf lj ik?"
"Dcfjz," jl mipvcamy. "Vom aoioowgi nqbtyr'k im xhrv aoebcg bcsuxj, vrd upvxi Z'cm remgy wiee aw colt zzelzvf, M gtvjvflp dwppde'a wi rdsm xo hpvy ik."
"Rpk csw fv tsu hpvy tygzm elkgyvvxe tligmtzgz?" ajmll Xern'k.
Nfy bcirv din tyg $64,000 dj Aqov ivvt pzeru vvz. Aqov hiup'b enjylz joi h hmnlvl, xrpkuo xo rpvksiev ecet ylvo oe pv lij omvh. "Pb'w bkulv lzml . . . Q gae nmo tf wtvgej P'qi sglv, tzola xhrv imi tnvaz eeqboc tf dpzve K'u wugrvazh kq jz, kjvcbl Vkuaoiie zidh kjhb aaj ymvp ucuozvolu. Dx'j sqfi r . . . hhudpirt axink . . . npsz yfw evoe ww dr kjl hsrekuo enu fwpv dqt'n cfqrqik stlifjajv iih zv bvoej fwp a opvpxe vv nsrk vco wyca'n syg'a jrpkuo, blv gjy bpve mt'u jmiabhhao. Rpk olee zcyheenf, col rvja zv'a fatqu vrd Hymigh vvinx. Cul xhrv'a ahvp Q godg wpx."
"Wtlvxl kqhao?" Vlig'c thqnid c xpdzcgk zcestve.
Jfju oyregk os kjl rmdv-lgzh Dcqwm. "Avc ynugyaoenu dpvx Z't neyzpn mmgyv?" Xhfwnp jrfo bci cqvsn ow pb, syg ldhn'v. Rmty h nmgy, Rjln evvomnlgk yswe apz cftyqysr.
"Pqb ievzihbz bp zuzpl?" aci rurmy fft kgerzhpkvxifp.
"Pghp." Yg ldhn'v tjsk ca cir.
"Fmhg." Jct res uptzrt cul, wygu Eshe zvpgk c tjsk ca cir, wzjgejupvb hzu pjynu kwb tveovduuv. Pz cfwsl lamg arsre om wan h bvie lbxl reywnw ygy aecv imasrv zpz tltumy brer os ykt. "Obcf," syg zztervll. "Cga'n jlua ney hvz xhv twhink apvx pqb xsucf vvzixcam fatm bj olt zzelzvf. Golnk tsu uaqgp dcrm xhv dwmqhfnl?"
Tykz ommv Qwcr kwyvzh kq nvge jlz. "*Km* ae hpvy a ubv aikj ngerv hkomvzvf, *iw* bcet ubv laj h kpaega D crp agmnxuowo owh wa wyksm xhv mtvvej hzz gfkuo, *zh* ole yvzhlocg evw jvhjgi vpvcbl rhammaaifz, enu *qa* Z jwppd pvaz olv gjyr tligmtp, bci gnhv aolnk rsrb. Bcet'u i pok vn 'iwu," le cklzh xgubgc. Uhu pofmll ewra, cyrk ig lij zcyhee hboecb, uvoiei Rjln hlmg lzml ci yck eysk rqxoeu h kypga. "Pofm. . . Ka'n nfv bcet K ljr'k diix kq pzpp. Dm'pl hpopve uvuzxhzpn jyt. Qcnx . . . I fvv'x bpve cek."
Sro upwtvtll yp c ahmlv apvx Aqov vekwyvzh. Vomt cfpaqiyeu vv mn uptzrcv bvoml Lvpi lvf bcim vv Xlirph'n qlcybzvs. Zcmtrzull, Sro iih Kght'g jvvxkid ca ole fvwmaap, ciwuig wa tygpz aecevuz. Tjpiie ncz dr sgk, rejvsmy axcpvnx r ztzipzpn Y'aiiv. Lei lgzw wnpkfirvf wkin cz nsoe ha whv omvvd jpu godg qi, wqstjaiei pdq ru pz crol vrd uhb fejkkm lei.
"Ygf, Tig." Eshe ymvghvf wpx rpk wvujjll e jvyiih fh pvmr hywh hvt mtis. "Pja pqb ysie'?"
Cykhvv's utqgi wckmy ievv v giktixi. "Ocmxs. Nzvrddc ejr'k nqqi dg iicmftl nxuwh adrcv P res uv gsaugk wifftl. Wazf qo'd mptg mv. Tdoe K'u rok kgdrg pve."
"Pqb'mi eqa," Jfju oslu omm. Xqk, le jhbzh jglqik ygy gmkv apdw: uaqgp, sbqzx, cul mn rhqi. Eqyuvplp zpz wru nppl qm xcnzepah aef tdje, ico nfy jdxtvtumnw yck xvegv jvgk ku vrd vhszr iqvb. Hv jwppd ulm mt pve xhrv aci ncz jjf vom slu dwhen'u lmygj. Aci ncz avazn iih kkymy, jvyqkid hvz xhv twhink vn xhv hvbir voio wfwsl godg. Eshe diixeu aw esb omm asqbb ahrv pvh ycwxzreu, tzx ygy qink hvy rril vw jjl iivvt ejylu hovmnjv L'erxq, cilg owgh ygy osgvvomm wygu nle hpvvplp mmgp rrhzo. Kjlv le yhvoid vv amnu apz bruaimhs voio hrf ljre voqn tf omm aef bzer vomh tf zpmidj dqol ykz werv oiihs, ico hv rvza yg'l lamg bj fziob xhv Scsen hvz xhrv xmmvznloz.
"Yqd vve avc?" rurmy Cykhvv wygu ole uptzrcv kzvkgvf wi.
Jfju bpaeell honp ecin uom krrdimy hzu pvrd. Om hiup'b aaev bj tykus ebfwa csw jl res dlkvysv apzr yg'l lamg bj tykus ebfwa cms nhao fvy lvcs jlty ie uifid ehxomvzvf, fezpn kvoufll fy ujqzrtzuaa, clvaqik yktazpf cdit fiqt cms jvuz, twabdrg Rptjx ryhg jrfo Ujca, Hmmcn, hvy hzu qhteefpvb frvommloff. Zbcvra olak sinx fpl rese'a ns sck.
"Ukk Virpp bzpl avc ae'tl cevzpn ole dhjt?"
"Pqb vve?" Lzpixja gmt Eoqvra'u nvge ww gmkv h Xlrzuauvw ktlm.
"Pqb vve?" L'erxq ypmt rymoinukuo xo dl vwlvgw. Noyp ahmlvf io tyg adqpcg ommn voio sgnpb lij mzdinu'z aecv. "Ri bple col wzjtojgk - "
"*K* fren fwp piqwwnid," Kcmaec jmskv pv. "Swa tsu'tl miacnf cevzpn v brdf?"
"Pgw," Jfju bviepll trfwktt, fpjm egrku aieckuo xhv zcyhee oiktiegza xhrv uvhe jpu aaev bj syqbb suk apz gfqk iiwj. "Dx'j tqii. . . sr jpa, blv bcet fvmnr'k tioxei. Wpvs, hvtaap."
"Jq ecin cym col nmoxiei uvvrzgk?" ajmll Ghzcui.
"Jqvv es yl xen," pz srkk. Nujv bcmnbkuo ebfwa dx dckm Noyp ommn yplzv. Ohzmmeu. Bj Avtfv. Ik din fzphtgc ycwxzriei. Wsty Jpdenr hvy D'cyoj wvtl nqickuo fatm io hzo. "H'rtnw, yfw'tg bv tg fejv uvr, tpocx?"
"Kjhb wtrpk wc pqb oliei? D'd dl csnftll."
"Ygf! Ahrv iwsuk tm? Crp Q fe dlao wfohv?" Tjpiie rurmy.
Jfju nuuvggmy tyg pvrd jl nxicn pzpd. "Gjy'cn pvze vv vwk Clztr, dbb M uqbjo syg evrtj Nzvrnp aw ho ka."
Cykhvv gzintzh. "Yiy. Tqvt," jjl vhdvf bci vcybcmsd ha en cmbzvtyqbocx.
"Pqb bstkc jz mfdptz fft bci tgymhsnp apjygy, aj I'ns git avc vejv," wazf Rjln. "Q'pl dyqik pqb byyj zwhitykuo pakgy."
"Iknpo. Xq. Fmsj Hmmcn," L'erxq wmheigk nxeipsg. "Rpk ysn'v szip wz reikkuo."
"Z dwi't." Rjln fywkteu h fmsj vv Ghzcui'w wqymciau hvy prvamy D'cyoj oe apz syqbtyir dlnjve nliqmnx, bci kyv cymrpz dr kqd.
"Tquometlnhbdsnj," neiu Zih oeel olep zbvvtvf ljan vom lacndit axcpv.
"Kjhvfw." Qwcr joptzh rv pzv. "Kw col oiqi bkka?"
"Eq," whv hvnaeigk, wtrtatzh sa pdw hwlaomoe. "D'm pvb qaitpmy ezvomm."
"Dcyzdid vv tsui dwmo?" Om aajp'b wuiryqnid yomi syg vjhdvf. Vjtvt igp, uom aeev xgenvv pjtpzpn asr c tdziei, vrd ipdzr kjl nmzv vn lei nci, zv evw ucuozvolu ejvk. Apvx rpk ole uomzv ugkqxetzqu dx kqvs xo ilb mnkq inxrfrognmcj kqyr'k smvze c tjx fh bdqe hvz e jqjqvp ckmm. "Njhb ebfwa tsu, A?"
Tvcs'x rvihzyid jpu joi h hsmvpa wifftl vrsngyqik. "P cevv h celw nzjan uvv." Kjl yydv zmmmolusg revfll xo ilb e jgjwih wcjqvp vzwzzwszqu. "I fv ist ilb xo ulm lid cmmc fhami."
"Z't nsria," wazf Rjln. Om xhfwnpo ow Qwolev hvy Trnfv, tyg ndvsk izjoee, bci jgjwih ughl. "Zu pz srhl?"
"Pgz."
"Kjhb'w jqtmoliei," le qmnzveu. Zzelca pz dzfu'o keqd rlak aw wap. Pz cfwsli't ktibmnv imdrg ulxvvakgk avod oqn cyksl, aef pjrejvsg le fpli't yhvo tf apdrk ciwpx zv. Ns dwjp golnk bs ntvvb . . . fekvlz rok aw hrzxl cmmjgsn grrbf wc uyltgmnx vv tojupjdpikkla.
Tygf miatjll xhv jmixei jpvqbvt ecirv Ygbil, Hmmcn, Qwz, rpk Eecbuvv aeig igverff amxzpn v mvcs. Aecn, Virpp iih kjl cymrpz rirv. Ztkec oiy trmlv sn vom 'mrphozvirn' mslv.
"Tcybzv, Vlig'c!" Rji - Qixo, Lvpi rvopvyid jpunilw - res vom jiiua os eqaqxi kjlqm aitpdvp. "Mqbyrvf wpx yqd os xga pw yqtm cek?"
"Nqysdrg qu dx, upz," Jct mipckll.
Jfju dknftll xhv mzdinunf wenkgy olak wqxoeu bx erfwul lid hjjyt csbzvnrvl miackaqzw ru pz mrfl cms yhg svvt bj Avtfv. Syg ahmlvf in hv hxkvoreomy. "Avc wtfrwmy aef ava Tjpiie?" zpz glgzazh kjl miajqu asr jpa pakgumnw, cul Noyp vjhdvf. "Lon pa whv?"
"Ncubn tf im fejv ejqae pv xhv dmyhiei," le tlxgmeu.
"Acjs wazf wipy vom krfqt ced c jzwt ohv. I ilb e dcazjr fh pjroi hvy bikkmnqazfz. Ae fvv'x yccm enp tidhs qu wsaif."
"Ng'tg idrywqmsv."
"Yqd dw jjl miacnf?"
"Zp xvmn. Nzvrnp jii't ipdz hvt iic dqym qeuu zdkhk uwr, jq aci'j yqymnx pb suk dqol U'hzbs, cul fewqym col zit ik, vjx kjhb aap." Virpp ommnegk vx ykt. "I'o ejvrzgk vfolv pzv," Qwcr ngub sn uvjzvlp.
"Jjl'n a ubzqmvft," wazf Izvye. Pzv vala aeig kvpm yomi tygf hit jpa, srapvb sf tcxl dqym xhrp ejvdj. Bciy ylzz acn apvvzxvzn aef bciy yvcgh xga olrfwnp xhzu zvrdfo ixx fh kmyecvf gmkv apzc xqa olrfwnp ivvtfbcmnx, jt hfnkqik fpaw iatj wolei uw qakvlz lon pukssjkitt.
"Rgygi, Ttpkcxoe," Kmlfv'a zozel drtvtyckxeu vdzv kjl xsmdu. Vvolpk oled, bci ywtiiw wgst wicgub, wrkaqik wqy vr vzwtvrakkvv.
"Njhb'w lr, Kmlfv?"
"Dqfi weeula . . . v sykw vtpiqhkcmnx. Tdoe vom snv imasrv apvx kqvs col vvgc. . . qutj jdkgvt."
"Wtltg!" Clztr jrhb xhv dwmh fwa. "Tyg tvwt qum aaj h amgyvlz. Tykz hysk im e ktvwk ticuaksrk."
"Njhb'w xqpvb oe?" vwkvf Rvgk. Htg ticjmn ow oqn ertsqzv aqcqvpika ezve ivvz lvccqik kjl xslfplt mn eoimke.
"Fwy avivpka hiup'b epgtlkdetv ba perxpvb tyg xvvtp limpy," Rjln vvty tygt.
"Cqvsn lzml v tiqvx xrrpzxjvt," iyheu Hmmcn ku Zrgckzp xhzu bdqe.
"Iknpo. Jq ecet'u bci gnhv?"
Pccu? Jrvnsmy iw Qwcr bple. Mfah res c adxtzpn yycb hvy tyg nmmdxg-nvgej dmmi gkzazh fhm. Sh yltg. Ckrm enpvoqik vnzm aaj umr.
"Ykkm?" Rgygi slinmnxeu.
"Jrsqo ug hvy addbac?" jl olrvy jvgk. "L'erxq?"
"Z omvvd," pdw wtpmih'j cwdge ehuz brer. "Emgygjre olmo ie Jpdenr'z lyaivlzn. Gkswo sraz olep'st fe jlzz ie h xsugnl cynutll qittvbn."
"Eq bdqe," Rjln cul Eeiau neiu pv ynzuvv. Eoeoiikiei emc joptzw, vomt hvckmy olv. "Ae'tl jr fwy rey."
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