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           Hecouldn’tdoit.Hewantedtodoit.Heunderstooditwashisresponsibilitytodoit.Allthesame,hecouldn’t.Itwasthecatthatgotinhisway.Suddenlyandwithnorhymeorreason.Thecat.Thefuckingcat.Churchwithhisrippedmiceandthebirdshehadgroundedforever.Whenhefoundthem,Louishadcleanedupthemessespromptly,withnocomplaintorcomment,certainlywithoutprotest.Hehad,afterall,boughtthem.Buthadheboughtthis?

           Hesawhisfingers.Louissawhisfingers.HesawhisfingerslightlyskatingoverthebackofGage’sjacket.ThenGage’sjackethadbeengone.ThenGagehadbeengone.

           Helookedintohiscoffeecupandlethiswifecrybesidehim,uncomforted.

           Afteramomentintermsofclocktimeprobablyquiteshort,butboththenandinretrospectitseemedlongSteveputanarmaroundherandhuggedhergently.HiseyesonLouis’swerereproachfulandangry.LouisturnedfromthemtowardJud,butJudwaslookingdown,asifinshame.Therewasnohelpthere.

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