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Authors: Vickie McKeehan

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S
o
?

Co
r
d p
r
odd
e
d.

“Ke
e
g
a
n F
a
nni
n
g
is
a
bo
u
t
a
s
r
o
c
k solid
a
s th
e
y
c
o
m
e
. Sh
e’
s a
h
a
r
d
w
o
r
k
e
r
,
a
nd do
e
s h
e
r d
a
mn
e
d
e
st to k
ee
p
F
MRC up
a
nd
r
unning
e
v
e
r
y
d
a
y
.
Af
t
e
r
Po
r
t
e
r
di
e
d, she
h
a
d st
aff
i
n
g
issu
e
s.
I
nt
e
r
ns t
ra
ns
f
er
r
e
d to oth
e
r
pl
a
c
e
s, thou
g
ht th
e
y
c
ould l
ear
n mo
r
e
e
ls
ew
h
er
e
th
a
n
fr
om a
g
i
r
l. Plus, it t
a
k
e
s
a
n in
cre
dible
a
mount of
mon
e
y
to k
e
e
p th
a
t pl
ac
e
g
oi
n
g
. Po
r
t
e
r
wa
s
g
ood
a
t
f
und
ra
isi
n
g
. She
h
a
s h
u
ge
sho
e
s to
f
ill in t
r
y
i
n
g
to
re
pl
a
c
e
not one
g
r
a
ndp
a
r
e
nt, but t
w
o,
w
ho
wer
e
f
i
x
tu
re
s
a
t th
a
t pl
a
c
e
f
or
d
e
ca
d
e
s. She
lost both of
th
e
m
w
ithin a
y
e
a
r
of
eac
h ot
h
er
. Sh
e’
s jug
g
ling a
lot of
b
a
lls in the
a
ir
r
i
g
ht now
a
nd
l
a
t
e
l
y
s
e
e
ms st
re
ss
e
d out—to
me
a
n
y
w
a
y
.”

F
or
the
r
e
st of
the
d
r
ive
Co
r
d pump
e
d
E
th
a
n
f
or
b
oth
fac
t
a
nd
f
i
c
tion
a
bout the
re
dh
e
a
d
e
d m
er
m
a
id look
a
like
w
ith d
ee
p blue
e
y
e
s.
H
e
l
e
ar
n
e
d
a
ll he
c
ould
a
bout the
w
om
a
n
w
ho
fa
s
c
in
a
t
e
d him
w
ith h
e
r
boldn
e
ss,
w
ith h
e
r
s
e
nse
of
r
i
g
ht
a
nd
wr
o
n
g
,
a
nd
w
ith how
sh
e

d instin
c
tiv
e
l
y jump
e
d in the
wa
t
e
r
to s
a
v
e
a
st
ra
n
g
er
.

E
th
a
n m
a
de
him
r
e
a
li
z
e
the
w
om
a
n

s
w
o
r
k h
a
bits
r
iv
a
l
e
d his.
A
nd he
didn

t think th
a
t
wa
s possibl
e
.

Sh
e’
d g
r
o
w
n up
w
ithout h
e
r
n
a
tu
r
a
l p
are
nts, som
e
thing
he
c
ould
r
e
l
a
te
to
b
ut
a
t l
ea
st sh
e’
d h
a
d
g
r
a
ndp
a
r
e
nts.
T
h
e
y

d t
a
k
e
n
h
e
r
in
a
nd
s
t
e
pp
e
d up to the
pl
a
te
to
r
a
ise
h
er
.

T
h
er
e
h
a
d b
ee
n no o
n
e
to
t
a
ke
th
a
t st
e
p
f
or
him, n
e
v
e
r
h
a
d b
e
e
n—until C
a
ssi
e
. C
a
ssi
e
, he suppos
e
d, h
a
d
f
ill
e
d th
a
t
void.
A
t one
time
h
e’
d
c
r
a
v
e
d a
f
a
mi
l
y
.
H
e’
d
w
a
n
t
e
d g
ra
ndp
a
re
nts,
e
v
en
a
w
a
y
w
ar
d un
c
l
e
,
m
a
y
be
e
v
e
n a
f
l
i
g
h
t
y
a
unt.
B
ut
h
e’
d long
a
g
o
a
cce
p
t
e
d the
fac
t h
e

d b
ee
n solo
a
t
a
n
e
a
r
l
y
a
g
e.

F
a
mi
l
y
.
T
h
a
t
w
o
r
d
h
a
d a
t
e
nd
e
n
c
y
to
ra
nk
l
e
him.

T
he
minute
he
g
ot b
ac
k
t
o his t
r
u
c
k, the
f
i
r
st thing Co
r
d did
wa
s h
ea
d to the
f
lo
r
ist.
H
e mi
g
ht not h
a
ve
h
a
d
a
w
o
m
a
n in his li
f
e
f
or
a
lo
n
g time
but he
kn
e
w
th
e
y
lik
e
d g
e
tting
f
lo
w
er
s.
E
v
e
n thou
g
h
g
oi
n
g
insi
d
e
a
f
lo
w
e
r
shop
wa
s
n

t
w
h
er
e
he
wa
nt
e
d to be
a
t the
mom
e
nt, it
wa
s som
e
thing
he
h
a
d to do.
I
n his mind th
er
e
wa
s no
b
e
tt
e
r
w
a
y
to s
a
y

th
a
nks
f
or
s
a
vi
n
g
m
y
so
r
r
y li
fe

th
a
n s
e
ndi
n
g
h
e
r
a
b
un
c
h of
r
os
e
s.

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