12/02/2026 09:25

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I shook my head. If she said, go to hell, they'd start digging a hole. He took off the sunglasses, slipped one of the ear pieces into his shirt front, and stared back at the car, waiting. I was on my butt in the dirt, trying to breathe, as if someone had hit me in the chest and knocked the wind out of me.

Point taken. He glanced at me. What? I asked. I'd have liked to have at least gotten to my knees and plunged the knife into a vital area, hut the bushes were too thick.