Well pay you the going rate.

I think he left a message for you.

In the background she heard

Chapters 33 & 34

Five in the afternoon, already dark.

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But that was absurd.

illustration of three teens standing together under a tree and watching a school bus drive away

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illustration of a person’s hand slipping a bus ticket into pants pocket

illustration of pale green crayon lying in the grass

illustration of a boy kneeling down looking at a black dog in a doorway

illustration of two people fencing in front of big windows

illustration of hands holding photo of a woman on a beach

illustration of an open book showing Morandi painting with five bottles

illustration of girl and man in a museum looking at Meresamun mummy and coffin

illustration of aerial view of girl swimming in a pool with tiles below

illustration of one person’s hand slipping a small pink shell into another person’s hand

illustration of a man and teenage boy sitting at a table in interview room with two chairs in front of windows

illustration of two men drinking beers at a table in a pub

illustration of a boy in a room painting on a canvas and a woman in doorway holding a piece of paper

a dog sitting in a doorway, looking outside into a dark garden

teenage boy holding a telephone receiver to his ear with his palm on the mouthpiece

a teenage girl and boy walking with a black dog on a park path amongst bare trees during twilight

Side-by-side illustrations of teenage boy on telephone on one side and woman on telephone on the right side, both silhouetted

two silhouetted female figures and a dog standing inside by a window with darkness outside

three people from the back standing before a large abstract painting hung on a wall