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           Andlater,whenhehadgottenuptodancewithoneoftheback-upsingers,shehadledhimcarefullytoaclearplaceonthefloor.Hehaddancedwell,Louisrememberedthinking.Hehaddancedwell,buthehadneededahandtoleadhimtothespacewherehecoulddoit.

           Howaboutahandrightnowtoleadmetomykitchendoor?hethought...andabruptlyshuddered.

           Ifahandcameoutofthedarknessnowtoleadhim,howhewouldscreamscreamandscreamandscream.

           Hestoodstill,heartthudding.Comeon,hetoldhimself.Stopthisshit,comeoncomeon

           Wherewasthatfuckingcat?

           Thenhedidslamintosomething,therearbumperofthestationwagon,andthepainsanguphisbodyfromhisbarkedshin,makinghiseyeswater.Hegrabbedhislegandrubbedit,standingone-leggedlikeaheron,butatleastheknewwherehewasnow,thegeographyofthegaragefixedfirmlyinhismindagain,andbesides,hisnightvisionwascoming,goodoldvisualpurple.Hehadleftthecatin,herememberedthatnow,hadn’treallywantedtotouchit,topickitupandputitoutand

           AndthatwaswhenChurch’shot,furrybodyoiledagainsthisanklelikealoweddyofwater,followedbyitsloathsometail,curlingagainsthiscalflikeaclutchingsnake,andthenLouisdidscream;heopenedhismouthwideandscreamed.

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