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Her eyes fly open and she takes a long gasp of air She struggles to sit up The naloxone has dissociated the drug fro it inert

I hug her Tight Sasha squirht

Harper starts to cry and et that that et Thattechniques he’s never heard of before I’ll flay the skin off hi for death He will beg for death

But death and I have an understanding A deal He can have theet theht - James

I put Harper in the back of the Hummer with Sasha They are both silent, but they are both alive "Sasha, make sure she doesn’t fall into a deep sleep, OK? You need to check her pulse so we can ive her another dose Check her every ten minutes" I explain how to do that and hand Sasha ive her the rescue pen, in case Harp needs"I’m sorry I should’ve shot him I didn’t knohat to do! It’s the city! It’s not the same I didn’t knohat to do"

Harper leans over the stupid table hurabs her hand "Don’t cry, Sasha I’m fine, OK? I’m fine"

I push Harper back into her seat, lean over both of the it across her body "Just keep still"

"Jaet the card"

"Don’t," I growl at her She recoils a little but I don’t care "Don’t onna explain what happened, because I’m not sure So no more" I pull back and stand at Sasha’s door "We’re not talking about today Ever Do you understand?"

They just look at et, so I shut Sasha’s door and open er side in back, so I can keep an eye on her as we drive She’s still drowsy so I’ht sleep as we make our way to the airport I can use soear and back out of the garage, then head up the alley so I can catch Beach Boulevard up to Fullerton

My blackouts are a problem I’ve pushed them off as short-ters areso many details

I could have made more deals

There’s a Wal-Mart near the 22 freeway, so I park the truck and check on the girls Sasha is wide awake, her eyeballs huge saucers as she waits for me to explain myself

Harper is asleep

"Stay here and this time, kid, if someone comes to hurt you or Harper, you shoot those fkers"

She ss and nods

I go inside the store and buy a disposable phone, a book about vaazines, and so lot until this phone is charged and I can make a call

I take it all back out to the Hu in the phone and run the AC… and ait

Sasha reads the vampire book out loud as Harper drifts in and out of her post-narcotic slureen, I step outside and make my call