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I looked at hi after her?” I said “I don’t knohere she went!”

Darren held up his hands in surrender “Okay, okay,” he said “No need to jump down my throat about it”

“I’m sorry,” I said, chastened “I’et her nuo, and ran out of here like a bat out of hell”

“If it ht be back,” Howie said

“Why would she come back?” I asked “She sure seemed in a hurry to leave”

Howie held up a pair of black, thigh-high boots “She left her shoes,” he said “I doubt she could have gotten very far without these”

I snatched theht; without her shoes, there was still a chance I could catch Ella before she disappeared froht before swirled around ain I wasn’t about to let her go

“Looks like she ht have picked these up at one of those sex shops don,” Jason volunteered “You can try asking around, see if she gave any indication as to where she was going next”

It was an idea Maybe not a solid plan, but at least I could feel like I was doing so I dressed in a hurry and tucked one of the boots under my arm

“Where are you going?” Saul asked I stared at him in disbelief

“Where do you think?” I said “I’o look for Ella”

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Ella