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Chapter 22
’Hegottohisfeetandbegantostruggleintohisjeans.
`Case,’shesaid,hervoiceshaking,`Case,whereyougoin’?’
`IthinkI’llfindthatboy,’hesaid,asthemusiccamesurgingback,stillonlyabeat,steadyandfamiliar,althoughhecouldn’tplaceitinmemory.
`Don’t,Case.’
`IthoughtIsawsomething,whenIgothere.Acitydownthebeach.Butyesterdayitwasn’tthere.Youeverseenthat?’Heyankedhiszipperupandtoreattheimpossibleknotinhisshoelaces,finallytossingtheshoesintothecorner.
Shenodded,eyeslowered.`Yeah.Iseeitsometimes.’
`Youevergothere,Linda?’Heputhisjacketon.
`No,’shesaid,`butItried.AfterIfirstcame,an’Iwasbored.Anyway,Ifiguredit’sacity,maybeIcouldfindsomeshit.’Shegrimaced.`Iwasn’tevensick,Ijustwantedit.SoItookfoodinacan,mixeditrealwet,becauseIdidn’thaveanothercanforwater.An’Iwalkedallday,an’Icouldseeit,sometimes,city,an’itdidn’tseemtoofar.Butitnevergotanycloser.An’thenitwasgettin’closer,an’Isawwhatitwas.Sometimesthatdayithadlookedkindalikeitwaswrecked,ormaybenobodythere,an’othertimesIthoughtI’dseelightflashin’offamachine,carsorsomethin’...’Hervoicetrailedoff.
