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           Hisheartwasracing.Hismusclesfeltfullofadrenaline.

           ItwasSteveMasterton,checkingbackaboutracketball,andLouisagreedtomeethimattheMemorialGyminanhour.Hecouldnotreallyaffordthetime,andracketballwasthelastthingintheworldhefeltlikerightnow,buthehadtogetout.Hewantedtogetawayfromthecat,thatweirdcatwhichhadnobusinessbeingthereatall.

           Hehurried,tuckinginhisshirtquickly,stuffingapairofshorts,at-shirt,andatowelintohiszipperbag,andtrottingdownthestairs.

           Churchwaslyingonthefourthriserfromthebottom.Louistrippedoverthecatandalmostfell.Hemanagedtograbthebannisterandbarelysavehimselffromwhatcouldhavebeenanastyfall.

           Hestoodatthebottomofthestairs,breathinginsnatches,hisheartracing,theadrenalinewhippingunpleasantlythroughhisbody.

           Churchstoodup,stretched...andseemedtogrinathim.

           Louisleft.Heshouldhaveputthecatout,heknewthat,buthedidn’t.Atthatparticularmomenthedidn’tthinkhecouldbringhimselftotouchit.

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