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Chapter 21
`Andthat’senoughforyou?Ijustcame?’
`Hesaidyouwould,’shesaid,wrinklinghernose.Sheshrugged.`Heknowsstufflikethat,Iguess.’Sheliftedherleftfootandrubbedsaltfromtheotherankle,awkward,childlike.Shesmiledathimagain,moretentatively.`Nowyouanswermeone,okay?’
Henodded.
`Howcomeyou’repaintedbrownlikethat,allexceptyourfoot.’
`Andthat’sthelastthingyouremember?’Hewatchedherscrapethelastofthefreeze-driedhashfromtherectangularsteelboxcoverthatwastheironlyplate.
Shenodded,hereyeshugeinthefirelight.`I’msorry,Case,honesttoGod.Itwasjusttheshit,Iguess,an’itwas...’Shehunchedforward,forearmsacrossherknees,herfacetwistedforafewsecondswithpainoritsmemory.`Ijustneededthemoney.Togethome,Iguess,or...hell,’shesaid,`youwouldn’thardlytalktome.’
`There’snocigarettes?’
`Goddam,Case,youaskedmethattentimestoday!What’swrongwithyou?’Shetwistedastrandofhairintohermouthandchewedatit.
`Butthefoodwashere?Itwasalreadyhere?’
`Itoldyou,man,itwaswasheduponthedamnbeach.’
`Okay.Sure.It’sseamless.’
Shestartedtocryagain,adrysobbing.`Well,damnyouanyway,Case,’shemanaged,finally,`Iwasdoin’justfineherebymyself.
