By early December, just over to reer dark before Miss Garber us leave, and Jamie asked me if I mind o. Beaufort exactly a bed of criminal activity back t abbed outside of Maurices tavern, caused quite a stir, and poy of a crazed lunatic reets, preying on i victims. Doors by t of t be creeping doreet. But t o tation to give it out of ly tim . t six years in tate peiary. to till liked to strut around in coffee salked about t;big crime," as if the Lindbergh baby.
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to be performed t Friday and Saturday, and lots of people alking about it. Miss Garber s telling everyo o be t play tion, too, . e ation in toervie t;Its going to be marvelous," s;absolutely marvelous." So e an article about it, primarily because of t e, even to it. But Miss Garber less, and just t day sold us t ira seats to aodate tra-large croed. t of oo t o some of t t time ierested in . You migtied about it, too, but I really . My friends ill teasi soon off i me going t I ;rig; I knos not muc frankly, it of good about it, too, tted it to anyone. I could practically imagianding around and staring fully do me tle tears filling talking about how wonderful I was for all my sacrifices.
So I nig tuff, wion.
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"Does it ever scare you?"
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Even teenager and kno t teenagers, and trying to uand teenage boys f to decipivity.
"Not really," I said.
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tion struck me as strange, but I didnt press it, and s. And sile about me, I sort of felt obliged to ask broug I could do.
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S me. I tion, and even more surprised at my i in her.
"I do a lot of tudy for my classes, I spend time ."
"Do you ever just go off ;
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"Ill bet youre excited about going off to college year," I said, c.
It took to answer.
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times t bethe eyeballs.
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t nig my father.
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"Sometimes."
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"No. ually got a pretty good sense of ;
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"I doubt if Ill ever get to know ;
"You never kno; s;;
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" to know ; I asked.
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t nigalked about her Bible.
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Seps before answering.
"It ; she said simply.
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S me. "Its okay, Landon. ;
"Im sorry I asked. . . ."
"Dont be. You didnt mean anyt." S;My mot my mom first. S all time, especially wime in ;
I t about t on.
"So read it at nig to sleep, and s al s of tal at time."
"Im sorry," I said again. ells you somets to say, even if youve already said it before.
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After sold me tory, I t of again, and I didnt really knoo say. As I my anss opped and turned around at time as o the side.
Erid Margaret on t to us.
"ell, lookee old teenage minds took priority over anyt I Jamies story.
"," Jamie said cheerfully.
"alking ; I could see ttle devil behind Erics smile.
"; I said, wishing hed never seen me.
"Its a beautiful nigrolling, isnt it?" Eric said. I t because Margaret tle bolder t tunity pass stig it to me.
Jamie looked around and smiled. "Yes, it is."
Eric looked around, too, ful look in aking a deep breatell . "Boy, it really is t; o it be ually ars, and I you to miss it." h a favor.
"O to my ; Jamie said. "I o offer Landon a cup of cider. ould you like to meet us ty."
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I put my , any worse.
"Os all rig o Cecils Diner."
"On a sc?" sly.
"O be out too late," ;but ;
"topping to say ; Jamie said, waving.
Eric got t slo , t getting out of trouble ime of ts , Mom, t of no darted out in front of me, and I couldnt stop in time." ly dart anyhe way.
O of siguro me and smiled.
"You ;
"Sure I do." Notice the careful way I phrased my answer.
After dropping Jamie off-no, I didnt stay for any cider-I started bay ime. By tory me pletely, and I could practically me, all the way from Cecils Diner.
See ens when youre a nice guy?
By t m everyo scarted up a neion about time it I o spend my lunc to get a all.
t nig t one before t to der sco load all to ted truck to take to t Eddie and I ly t coordinated individual in ory. ed be ems, and every critical moment umble over some dust or an i on t of t t painful ossible.
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Id stifle t and bite out, "Just dont do it again."
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So once more I ended up really in to talk because I tle bit in front of s, even really turning back to see t fees, and I said a o her.
"Youre not in a very good mood, are you?" s;You didnt even try tonig;
"You dont miss a t; I said sarcastically looking at her.
"Maybe I ; s kind of tle angrier.
"I doubt it," I snapped.
"Maybe if you told me ;
I did her finish.
"Look," I said, stopping, turning to face ;Ive just spent all day eaten since lunco trek a mile out of my o make sure you get even need me to do it."
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"And t even like me. to do it."
"Youre just saying t t;
I cut h a shake of my head.
Once I got on a roll, it imes o stop. I could take imism and coday to pusoo far.
"Dont you get it?" I said, exasperated. "Im not nervous about t dont to be to my friends to keep talking about me, and I dont to spend time ing like . ere not anyt to be over so I go bay normal life."
S by my outburst, and to be , I couldnt blame her.
"I see," o defend o make s. All so of ed to cry, but s, and I finally stalked aer, tart moving, too. S five yards be of to try to talk to me again until sarted up the sidewalk when I heard her voice.
"t; s.
I eful to t t kind of girl, and I tually ed .
Or rated myself.
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