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www.lizi.twgocallafriendahihispickupover.”
“goodguy,”saysluisa,afterhesleft.
“idtrustltonylife,”anser.
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ltonstridesovertotheflyblopsite,trailerpark,
beachgoers,traffictoses
onaradiobehier.ltonfeedsadiintothephone,checksthewallsforears,
anddialsinanuerfroerythesowerslike
ligngenies.pylonsrorthtobuenasyerbasandsouthtolosangeles.funny,thinks
lton.poe,gravity,love.theforcesthatreallykickassareallinvisible.thephoneis
answered.“yeah”
“yeah,s.listen,aboutaancalledluisarey
supposeshesstillingpopsiclesandpayingutilitybillswouldher
ueafigure.okay,
doublethatnoalkingirks“theusual
athinone.no,nooneelsehasseenher,only
entionit,butitsiofthedeepbluesea.quite
sure.fishfood.ursenot,exdrivingher
baent,thenshesgoingtoherthersokay,illkeitanhour.the
usualat.onewday”
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luisaopensherfrontdoortothesoundsofasundayballgaandthesllofpop.
“sincehroughtojavier.“heblindsall
down”
javierbouncesdoadethepop.
werean”
luisafeelsherresi.“ehere.whereishe”
javiersniggers.“onyoursofasup”
“ehereyouryou.”
“sheseatthehotel.”
“luisa,ite,onthebridge,ite”joenapierappearsbehindhiholdingout
hispalasifreassuringascaredanil.“listen”
luisasvoie”
napierraiseshisvoice.“listento”
yes,iaalkioawordyousay”
“becauseiheonlyiseaboardhas
desertedhi“intheparkinglot,ian
hisiondontgo,forchrissakesitsnotsafeyour
apartntuldbeundersurveillaill.thatsheblindsaredown.”
javierlooksaghast.luisaholdstheboybutdoesntknoheleastdangerousotu.
“whyareyouhere”
napierisquietagain,buttiredandtroubled.“ikneher,op.vjday
onsilvaplanaein,luisa.sitdown.”
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joenapiercalculatedthattheneighborskidakeher
listeproudthathisplanpaidoff.napier,reacherthanaspeaker,chiselsout
hissentenceshcare.“in1945,idbeenapforsixyearsatspinozadistrictstation.no
ndations,noblackrks.aregularp,keepinghisnose,datingaregulargirlin
atypingpool.onthefourteenthofaugust,theradiosaidthejapshadsurrenderedandbuenas
yerbasdanightyhula.drinkflooff,
peopletookaholidayeveniftheirbossesdidntgiveene.enineoy
partnerandiallybotherhthat
endoftoekid,sotheredberelativesaions.wewereen
routeesthroughfroourfather,callingallavailablecarsto
silvaplanahatpartofthe
dootifyouobhadtheirhere,underacityhall
urella.ore,lesterrey”napierdeodifyhislanguage“was
knohprectpainintheasssundayschoolp.buttersweredown,
andthataintthesaballga.ituldbeyourbuddybleedingtodeathoarc.so
anandharkins.
sahingatfirst.nosigerrey,nosignofasquadcar.thedocksidelightswere
off.en
ytruck.ihinkinghehedocks.then
theanandharkinstookthefirsthe
air,oureandpartnerrolledoutofourdholedupbehinda
staansore
bulletsa**tingselfidbeeaptoavoidwarzones.
partartsfiringback.ifolloourcesofhittinganythingarezilch.to
behobassthatiover
toosoontoseeifiuldgetaliseplate.”therootofongueisag.“thenall
thishappenesayellingn.issthe
luylife,andyourstoo,luisa,becauseifidshotyourfatheryoube
here.lesterreyispointingbehindashesprintsby,andhekiyway,
lobbedfrohebae,anoiseaxeshead,anda
needleofpainshootsthroughbutt.ilayilied
intoanaulance.”
luisastillisntsayinganything.
“ientofgrenadeshraporethroughbothbuttoe
ehedseenoneprojectilekefourholes.your
dad,ofurse,sofieredbutfailed
tosavehiseyethedaybeforeileftthehospital.shookhandsa,ididntknow
osthuliatingthingyouanistosavehislife.lesterkne
too.buttheresnotaday,possiblynotanhour,thatsgohinkingabouthi
everytiisitdown.”
luisasaysnothingforaethisonswannekkeisland”
napierscratcheshisear.“ieforjuice”
“onith”
napierdoesntsayyes,doesntsayno.“iknoerswork.”
“youarepiyiy”
shesspeakinggenerallyshetknowab
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