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apparentlyagreeing；katherineadded；”shesanartistlefthanded”
”hishand；”bauersaid；”butnothingcrucialwas
cutthereagethereherlegiscastedand
elevated；andageifshebees
agitated；butthatsit”
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”asinseizures””sotissotisjustagitated
posturingoddphysientsthenagcun；sheybeperfectly
quietrightthroughsllscareyourdaughters
sttheyllbeasupsetbyhersilenceasbyanythingphysicalthey
see”jacktriedtoingestitall；butiturethe
doctorhadpaintedanrachelhad
alakesureshesstable；
ransferhertointensivecareo；”heexplainedks
eyeseanshescritical；justthather
closelyched”heglancedattheclockonthewas
fourten”giveusanhour”jackandkatherinealoneinthe
edicalpersonnelteredattables；
soeatinganearlybreakfast；othersnursingffeevoiceswere
tedtheoccasionalclinkofflat
jackhadpaidforoneffee；oea；andohicklyatedsticky
buntheffeeherinesherpolished
fingeailsglitteredundertheoverheadfluorescentsasshepulledthe
bunapart
jackinute；thenstudiedhisffeehe
neededthecaffeineheiredalloverbutheuldnt
eat；notingthishinkable；rachel
braindagedcainaclosesend
takingahealthydrinkofffee；hesetthecupdoheckedhis
pttounkinkhis
stochhecheckedhisehadntchanged
”icantpictureherhere；”hesaid；absentlylookingattheothersin
thecafeteri
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第9节
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hand；shedhavegivenbirthin
thefields”katherinenodded”ibelieveitrachelsoneofthe
freespiritsofthegroup”thegroupjackhadtroubleseeingrachel
inanygroupduringtheyearsoftheirrriage；shehadbeenarabid
nonjoinerndthatinacityheslightestcausespawneda
gatheringshehadrejecteditall；hadrejectedhihadpackedup
herbagsandvedthreehourssouthtobigsur；apparentlytodoso
oftheverythingsshehadrefusedtodounderhisroof
stungbythatthought；hetteredasnide”stbesogroup”
katherinestoppedcheant；thensdoyou
an；sogroup””foryoutobehere；；allnight”she
retuedapieceofthestickybuntoherplateandcarefullywipedher
handsonanapkin”rachelsfrienditdidntseeightthatshe
shouldbeintheoperatingroonooneingtoleaifshe
livedordied”
”theyherenoan
leave”shelookedathioranuteall；quickhead
shake；shegatheredhercupandplateandpickedherselfup
inavoieherpointhout
announcingittotheive**；
jacknoeshehadrelocatedto
thefarsideoftheroojackknelyrighthewas
insensitiveandungratefultoppingthatoffhrude；heuldbegin
toseeenhattoneon
rachel；shehitoo
takinghisffee；heafterher”youreright；”hesaid
quietly
”iiveyoureherfriend；andyouvebeenherefor
hours；andithankyouforthatieelingtired；helpless；and
sanute
longer；thentuedbacktoherroll
”yisit”heasked；suddenlyingitbadly
”serylovespanykindofthinganyfriendofrachelsisafriend
ofne”itseedaeityofpendingrefusalbeforeshe
gesturedtohetablesfreechairshesippedherteawhilehe
settled；thenputthecupdoaringatit；shesaidaquiet”for
thererd；youarenotfriendrachelissheseaedthat
rightidonttakepeopletoheartreadily；andyourestartingata
deficityourenottheonlyonearoundhereiredandhelpless
andscared”heuldseeitthen；threadsoffatiguebehindtheneat
facadehehadntanttokethingshel；
havingaclosefriendlikethisnodoubtkatherinekneoreabout
odaythanhedid
helookedathiseto
kill
heeshewasinabookgroup”
”ybethatsbeindedhithen
relentedandsaidregently；”shehelpedforhegroupwe
organizedfiveyearsago”
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therearesevenofus”
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sculpts；oneoheywereallhereearlier
needlesstosay；talkingbooks”no；jackrealizedthey
talkingbookstheyalkingaboutanaccidentthat
shouldnthavehappenedtuingtothatforlackofanythingelseto
attack；hesaid；”herheguydrunk
didthepsgethiatleast””itaguyitwasagal；and
shedrunkshewassenile
eightysoyearsold；hnobusinessbeingonanyroad；leastofall
thatonethepsgother；allrightshesinthergue”jacks
breathcaughtintherguethefactofdeathchangedthings
itderealitysuddenlyrereal；deraore
grave
heletoutalong；lohit
”sheeonesther；soonesgrandther；”katherinesaid
”iure”hesankbackinhisseat”christ”
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thinghatjackshouldbetheooseerachelfirstndhewas
gratefulenteringapreda；starklysterileroohoserailed
bedheldthepaleshadoanyhadalwaysbeen
brightlyloredfeltbadenoughinprivate
havinghisoadeit
worse
notthattherewasa
slidingglassdooracurtainthatghthaveveredtheglasswas
pushedbaedicalpersonneluldseerachel
quietly；heapproaachine
againsttheultipleivpolesbesidethebed；plusrachels
elevatedleg；esthesizeofheorlly
sline
buthiseyesfoundherfacefast；andhelditthedoctorhadwaed
hingfroehindher；heuldsee
thataroundaraheleftsideartingto
purplethelortherestofherhereyeswere
closed；herlipspale；herskinashen；herfrecklesoutofplaceeven
herhair；h；naturallyblondandthick；looked
uncharacteristicallyek
herea；therightone；freeofsuturesand
tubesherfingersp；herskinolcarefully；hefoldedhis
o
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”rae”heshel”hiskneeswere
shakingheleanedagainstthebedrail”eon；angeltito
isntanyfuntalkingifyoudonttalkback”he
squeezedherhand”yourfriendkatherinesaidi
youusedtosayit；toosayitnoind”she
didntve
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toletknototryorareyougoingtokeepus
allguessingaboutyouhearandyoudont”sheshowedno
signofhavingheardhi
nothingnehere；hethoughtshehadgonerightaheadanddoneher
ohingforyears；certainlyforthesixtheyhadbeenapartso；
didshehearhirhedidnt
knotosaynext
liftingherhandtohisuth；hekisseditandheldittohischest
htheslightestshift；itveredhisheart；fleshontton；but
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