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Oh
M
y God!
S
he
h
a
s
j
ust
e
nte
re
d
the
room
?

he
s
a
w
the t
i
me on his w
a
tch
a
nd
a
s
k
e
d hi
m
s
e
lf.

 

W
h
e
n
Alicia
e
nt
e
r
e
d
t
h
e
c
loset
s
h
e
r
e
memb
e
re
d
that
the
e
nt
i
re dis
t
u
r
b
a
n
c
e is
be
ca
use of the
dif
fe
r
e
n
c
e in
t
i
me
of the two
pla
ce
s.
S
he
hu
r
ri
e
d
l
y took
out
the
Time
Bl
e
nd
e
r
f
rom the
T
i
m
e
Cov
e
r
a
nd tried
to
s
y
n
c
h
r
oni
z
e
t
i
mes.

 


I
t
’s
g
e
t
t
ing
d
a
rk
outs
i
d
e
a
nd
we
a
re st
i
ll
not
r
e
a
d
y
.”
H
e qu
e
st
i
on
e
d hi
m
s
e
lf.

 


I
should
h
e
lp
h
e
r,
m
a
y
be
i
t
’s
due
to
h
e
r
w
ea
k
n
e
ss.”
He

s
a
t
i
sfi
e
d hi
m
s
e
lf.

 

A
f
ter
w
a
i
t
ing
for
a m
i
nute
K
e
vin
w
e
nt
upst
a
irs
to
h
e
r
c
loset
a
nd
got
shoc
ke
d
to
s
e
e
that
Alicia w
a
s
r
e
a
d
y
,
standing
in f
r
ont of the mir
r
o
r
.

 


How do
e
s it
poss
i
ble.”
He
sai
d
, d
r
opping
j
a
ws,
i
n a
shoc
k
.

 


W
h
a
t
ca
n

t
b
e
poss
i
ble
Mr.
Conr
o
y
?

Alicia
c
a
me
n
e
a
r him
a
nd
a
sked
hur
r
ied
l
y
.

 


Ah…
I
a
m
just
th
i
nking
that
how d
o
e
s
it
poss
i
ble that
y
ou look
p
re
t
t
ier
t
h
a
n
b
e
fo
r
e
,
e
v
e
r
y t
i
me.”
He
t
r
ied
to
w
ra
p
up his
s
ho
c
k in pr
a
is
i
ng h
e
r.

 


M
y b
a
b
y
!
L
ove
y
o
ur
m
a
dn
e
ss
!

she
took
his
fa
c
e
in
h
a
nds
a
nd kiss
e
d w
a
rm
l
y
.

 

K
e
vin
c
ould
h
a
rd
l
y
c
on
t
r
ol
his
laught
e
r
to
h
ea
r
A
l
ici
a
’s
f
a
st

rom
a
nt
i
c
c
om
m
e
nt.
Alicia
c
ould
not
s
y
n
c
h
roni
z
e
the
t
i
me

 

 

right
l
y
tha
t

s
w
h
y
w
a
s
qui
t
e
f
a
ster
in
h
e
r
ac
ts
than
K
e
vin, now.

 

I
t
s
ee
med
l
i
ke
Alicia
w
a
s running.
K
e
vin
w
a
s g
e
t
t
ing surp
r
ised
to
s
e
e
h
e
r
sp
e
e
d.
He h
a
d
to
run
to
t
a
ke
h
e
r
up. Th
e
y
w
e
nt
t
o
c
a
r
a
nd it
w
a
s getting d
a
rk o
u
ts
i
d
e
.

 


Hon
e
y
! W
h
y
don

t we
g
o
b
y
m
y
je
e
p
?

she
p
ro
p
ose
d
.

 


Y
ea
h,
sur
e
.

K
e
vin
s
a
i
d
.
Alicia
w
e
nt
to
ta
k
e
h
e
r
je
e
p
out,

in no
t
i
m
e
she
wa
s out with
i
t.

 


Come
hon
e
y
!
H
a
ve
a
s
e
a
t.”
S
he
s
a
id
in
a
love
l
y
but
f
a
ster

tone.

 

K
e
vin
s
a
t
in
the
je
e
p
a
nd
Alicia
sta
r
ted
i
t
.
A
f
ter
a
while
the je
e
p w
a
s running on the
r
o
a
d in a
jet’s sp
ee
d.

 


K
e
l
l
y
!
D
ri
v
e
a
bit
slow
e
r.”
He
a
sked
Alici
a
.

 


W
h
a
t
?

she
s
a
w
him
a
nd
c
hu
c
kled
in
sur
p
ris
e
,

Ok
a
y
? H
e
re we
go.”
S
he
d
ropped the sp
ee
d to 40k
m
/h.

 

K
e
vin’s h
a
ir
w
e
r
e
g
e
t
t
ing d
i
sturb
e
d
b
y
t
h
e
high s
p
ee
d of the

ca
r,
w
hi
l
e
Alic
i
a
w
a
s lo
o
king r
e
lax.

 


Oh
God!
M
y
h
a
i
rs
t
y
le
.

S
ee
ing
in
t
o
the
side
m
i
r
r
o
r
,
he

c
u
r
s
e
d.

 


W
ould
y
ou
pl
e
a
se
k
e
e
p
a
side
the
girli
s
h
ca
ut
i
ousn
e
ss
a
nd talk to
m
e
Mr. Conr
o
y
?

she t
ea
s
e
d hi
m
.

 


Ah…
B
e
c
a
use
y
o
u
r
b
e
a
u
t
y
h
a
s
h
y
pnot
iz
e
d
me
.

He
t
ri
e
d

to d
i
v
e
rt h
e
r
a
t
t
e
nt
i
on.

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