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quail,andloon.thereweredeerinsnowanddeerinhighgrass.
thereeadoterflies,andarattlesnakesowell
cauflagedthatacasualvieissit.theree,
lookingjatheeyeixoffearandhat
henearlybackedoff.
thisoffseeingrachelswork.hehadalwaysfound
itstrongtothepointofbeingintidating.hersheusedoils,
ethingsorealand
direood,ahereysteryto
ental
ncesuredthevulnerabilityofthewild.
taketherattleshereghtionbelo
thatsaidthedaedthihantofadeintothe
athingufearedharo
itself.
poufftocreatehjustthestrokeofabrushorpalette
knife.heuldneverdoanythinglikethat,didnthavethevisionor
theskill.sheoretalehanhe.
hesuspectedthatthatecture.true,he
hadbeenonthattraeetingrachel.buttheydhadsu
ehehadtoyedhtheideaof
spendingalifetipaintinghher.hehadnt,ostensiblybecause
oheeededtoeaney.deepdohough,heknew
thathisohers.
still,theyhadhadfun.
hethroughherpiecesagain.elevenpaintingsweredoneandready
tofra.seven,includiers,forthe
baore.fieldsketchesand
photographsothebackofeachpiece.
hisbestguesssheofinishthe
seven.
andthefrangtheldingsackedinlongstripsbythe
baseboard.shehadpipleandnatural
thatitpete.pushingit,sheulddo
thefranginseveraldays.
twouldhavebeena
ch,iftheartista.
hehadplaellbenlythatatthegallerysunday
afteoon,butbeforeheuldsayaintoan
adjoiningroothreepaintings,fradchasrachelplao
fratherest,hunginanalve.ceilingspot**eavasin
suchahatthesubjectlylitandriveting.benknew
hisstuff.
”ingtallerandstrongeronhisown
turf.”oheoldlastherofthefourisntforsale
atall.racheleher.idholdonto
it,too,ifitisalltifavorite.”hewaslooking
attheo,butjaan
ghtnothavecaughtthedifferehree.notonly
an,butheersonallyinvolved.
thepaintingthatbehatrachelrefusedtosell,hat
sheandjackhaddoogether.thesubjectpups
onafallenlog,thebaeadorees.theyhad
eontheseduringabusnse
santaluciasthatraoe.shehaddohepups,he
thebackground.
thepupsorevividheeing.sheght
havetouchedthep,butthebackgroundlyasithadbeenll
his.
”aybehe,too,
roking.
ben,inhisinno.”thebackgroundis
plintarytotherest,butdifferent,verysubtlelydifferent.it
kesthebobcatsrestriking.”.l”haveyoutoldrachelthat”
”nytis.”
”doesshesay””justthatiteago.so
anyrepaintingsareiudio”
eleven,jackthought,butheilllookingatthepictureheand
rachelhaddoogether.shehadnttoldbenabouthis
participation.
disho,perhaps,butiing.thepieceforsale.that
wasgood.
”doattheshow”benasked.
”i,uh,ithink...yeah,actually,ithinkksaid,
becausetheydefinitelyhadashotatit.thatthereal
question.
therealquestionhelkpickedupabrush
andllaboratedhheragain.
chapteine.
jager.hedidntknoerachels
nditionhadntged.hefiguredithadtodoore
rested.lifeinbigsurdidntkeeveningdends.hehadslept
reifeonths.
itsurprisedhibyrights,heshouldhavebeenlyingawakew
aboutrachelandthegirlsandightbeifracheldidnt
rever.
heshouldhavebeenlosingsleepover,shouldhave
beenstaringattheceilingtodoaboutjill.andhe
didthinkaboutallthosethings㧏utduringtheday.rachelsbedwas
firahestofheronthesheetsrousedthedevilof
hisid,hehadalhher.
hethoughtaboutthatnohalohthegirls
inthecar.rachel,thathadanthavinga
breathofthagainstba,orhip,dependingonhowshe
ag.
duringthenight,atleast,hehadalpetentandstrong.
sosleepierood.
abethedriveitself.heusedtofinddrivingrelaxing,
ovedtothecity.
ofthat.trafficalel,allotocatch
reofthepassingsery⺶hebeach,artichokefields,thetouchof
purpleonthelowhills
sselfllohis
stretch,uldfeelhielfbreathingredeeply.hespot
heacthadoccurredgedthat.
orybeitthinkingaboutthegallery,
aboutbensfavoritepainting,abouttheonesiudioingto
befinished.hekeptthinkingthatitopaintagain.
itethingneinhislife.
sothiing.challenging.aningffile
tond,eaningful.but
thereitwas.
thephoharanfor
it.
jackfolloething
hadhappeheh
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