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    Monday, January 3rd, 2011
    7:11 pm
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    Would Dario, Jimmy, and Alice cream their jeans if
    they saw these? I thought there was no doubt
    Here were two little girls - Tessie and Laura,
    surely - with great big pumpkin smiles that
    deliberately overran the edges of their faces
    Here was a Daddy bigger than the house beside
    which he stood - had to be the first Heron's Roost
    - lady dior smoking a cigar the size of a rocketA smokering
    circled the moon overhead
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    Here were two girls in dark green jumpers on a
    dirt road with schoolbooks balanced on their heads
    the way some African native girls balanced their
    pots: Maria and Hannah, no doubtBehind them came
    a line of frogsIn defiance of perspective, the
    frogs grew larger rather than smaller
    Next came Elizabeth's Smiling Horses wallet chanel phaseThere
    were a dozen or moreI leafed through them, then
    turned back to one and tapped it"This is the one
    that was in the newspaper article
    Wireman said, "Go a little deeperYou ain't seen
    nuthin yetmore family, rendered in pencil or
    charcoal or in jolly watercolors, the family
    members almost always with their hands linked like
    paperdollsthen a storm, the water in the
    swimming pool lashed into waves, the tiffany toggle heart fronds of a
    palm pulled into ragged banners by the wind
    There were well over a hundred pictures in all
    She might only have been a child, but she had also
    been unbottlingTwo or three more storm
    picturesmaybe the Alice that had uncovered
    Eastlake's treasure-trove, maybe just a big
    thunderstorm, it was impossible to say for surethe Gulf again, this time with
    flying fish the size of dolphinsthe Gulf diaper bag gucci with
    pelicans that appeared to have rainbows in their
    mouths
    I stopped, my breath caught in my throat
    Compared with many of the others I'd gone through,
    this one was dead simple, just the silhouette of a
    ship against the dying light, caught at the
    tipping-point between day and dark, but its
    simplicity was what gave it its powerCertainly
    I'd thought so when I drew the same thing on my
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    Sunday, January 2nd, 2011
    7:15 pm
    @@@@@If you're smart, you listen to bothKeep your
    @@@@@If you're smart, you listen to bothKeep your mind open because both have valid pointsUnfortunately, most poor people listen to "Chicken Little
    I have had more close friends try to talk me out of a deal or an investmentA few years ago, a friend told me he was excited because he found a 6 percent certificate of depositI told him I earn 16 percent from the state governmentThe next day he sent me an article about why my investment was dangerousI have received 16 percent for years now, and he still receives 6 percent
    I would say that one of the hardest things about wealth building is to be true to yourself and be willing to not go along with the crowdFor in the market, it is usually the crowd that shows up late and is slaughteredIf a great deal is on the front page, it's too late in most instancesAs we used to say as surfers: "There is always another wave People who hurry and catch a wave late usually are the ones who wipe out
    Smart investors don't time marketsIf they miss a wave, they search

    for the next one and get themselves in positionWhy this is hard for most investors is because buying what is not popular is frightening to themTimid investors are like sheep going along with the crowdOr their greed gets them in when wise investors have already taken their profits and moved onWise investors buy an investment when it's not popularThey know their profits are made when they buy, not when they sellAs I said, they do not time the marketJust like a surfer, they get in position for the next big swell
    It's all "insider trading There are forms of insider trading that are illegal, and there are forms of insider trading that are legalBut either way, it's insider tradin
    Saturday, January 1st, 2011
    7:18 pm
    @@@@@What was that ya said? I can use
    @@@@@What was that ya said?
    I can use ya
    Polack makes a face, purses his lipsMaybe we can do business, he says in dialect

    He buys a car, using for the down payment his savings from the first two months' workHe drives around at night after supper going to the candy stores and barbershops to collect the numbers receiptsWhen he is done he rides over to Lefty's house and drops the receipts and cash, goes back to the new furnished apartment he has rented for himselfFor this he gets a hundred dollars a week
    One night something a little different occurs
    Hey, Al, how ya doin'? He stops at the cigar counter, picks out a two-for-35-cents brand(Rolling it in his mouth) Whadeya say?
    Al, a middle-aged man, comes out to him with a bag of changeHey, Polack, there's a guy here wants his payoffWhy don' ya tell the lucky gentleman that Fred'll be around tomorrow with the money?
    I told him, he don't believe me(A thin seedy guy with a red pointed nose
    What's the story, Jack? Polack says
    Now, listen, I don't want to make any trouble, mister, I ain't lookin' for a fight, but my number came through, I just want to get my money
    Well, now hold on, Jackson, let's take a breat'He winks at the ownerYou don' wanta be gettin' your balls in an uproar
    Listen, mister, all I want is the money572 it paid off, didn't it? Look here's the ticket(A couple of kids who have come in for candy are watching, and Polack grasps him by the arm
    Let's get in here and we'll talk it over(He slams the door behind them Okay, ya won, Jack, and tomorrow the payoff comesWe got one guy to collect and one guy to pay
    Friday, December 31st, 2010
    7:19 pm
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    afterwards before the wall is painted or paperedTwo weeks just isn't
    enough Scarlett's jaw hardened"I am going to have my baby in
    this
    house, MrsI told you that from the beginning Her
    anger flowed right off MrsFitzpatrick's sleekness"I have a
    suggestion-" said chanel jewelry the housekeeper"As long as it's not to go
    someplace elseI believe with a good fire on the hearth and some
    cheerful thick curtains at the windows, the bare walls won't be
    offensive at all Scarlett looked at the gray, waterstained, cracked
    plaster with gloom"It looks horrible," she saidA rug chloe bag and
    furniture will make a great differenceI've got a surprise for you
    We found it in the attic She opened the door to an
    adjoining roomScarlett walked heavily to the door, then burst out
    laughing"God's nightgown! What is it?"
    "It's called a State BedIsn't it remarkable?" She laughed with
    Scarlett gucci women watch while they stared at the extraordinary object in the center of
    the roomIt was immense, at least ten feet long and eight wideFour
    enormously thick dark oak posts carved to look like Greek goddesses
    supported a tester frame on their laurel-wreathed headsThe head
    and
    footboards were carved in deep motorcycle balenciaga relief with scenes of toga-clad men in
    heroic postures beneath bowers of intertwined grapes and flowersAt
    the rounded peak of the tall headboard there was a flaking, goldleafed
    crown"What kind of giant do you reckon slept in it?" asked carlett
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    Thursday, December 30th, 2010
    7:11 pm
    @@@@@I would feel like a bad person, like I was
    @@@@@I would feel
    like a bad person, like I was taking advantage
    “No one's young anymoreAnyone who's survived this long is ancient
    There's a smile pulling up one corner of his mouthBut this isn't
    something we need to rush
    “What is there to wait for?” I demand
    He hesitates for a long moment, thinking
    “Well, for one thing, there are some… practical matters to consider
    I wonder if he is just searching for a distraction, trying to stallThat's what it feels likeI can't believe the turn this conversation has takenIf he really does want me, this
    is senseless
    “See,” he explains, hesitatingUnder the deep golden tan of his skin, it looks like he might be
    blushing“When I was stocking this place, I wasn't much planning for… guestsWhat I mean
    is…” The rest comes out in a rush“Birth control was pretty much the last thing on my mind
    I feel my forehead crease
    The smile is gone from his face, and for one short second there is a flash of anger I've never
    seen there beforeIt makes him look dangerous in a way I hadn't imagined he could“This isn't
    the kind of world I'd want to bring a child into
    The words sink in, and I cringe at the thought of a tiny, innocent baby opening his eyes to this
    placeIt's bad enough to watch Jamie's eyes, to know what this life will bring him, even in the
    best possible circumstances
    Jared is suddenly Jared againThe skin around his eyes crinkles
    Wednesday, December 29th, 2010
    7:11 pm
    @@@@@ We sat in the kitchen and waitedThe second
    @@@@@
    We sat in the kitchen and waitedThe second hand
    on the clock above the stove made one very slow
    trip around the dial, started anotherThe water
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    coming from the broken faucet was down to a bare
    rivuletThen, very faintly, I heard Ilse, calling:
    "I'm backI-" Then she screamed
    I couldn't tell if it was surprise, pain, or both"Ilse!"
    Wireman stood up fast, bumping his hip against the
    side of the sinkHe raised his open hands to me
    I shook my head - Don't knowNow I could feel
    sweat running down my cheeks, although the kitchen
    wasn't particularly warm
    I was wondering what to do next - who to call -
    when Ilse came back on the phoneShe sounded
    exhaustedShe also sounded like herselfFinally
    like herself"Jesus Christ in the morning," she
    said
    "What happened?" I had to restrain myself from
    shouting"Illy, what happened?"
    "It's goneIt caught fire and burnedI watched
    it through the windowIt's nothing but ashesI
    have to get a Band-Aid on the back of my hand, DadThere was something really, really
    wrong with it"Damn thing
    didn't want to go inIt folded itself over
    and That shaky laugh agai
    Monday, December 27th, 2010
    7:16 pm
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    After dancing with each other at a proper number of balls, the
    young people justified these opinions, and an engagement, with a
    due reference to the absent Sir Thomas, was entered into, much to
    the satisfaction of their respective families, and of the general lookers-
    on of the neighbourhood, who had, for many weeks past, felt
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    the expediency of MrRushworth’s marrying Miss Bertram
    It was some months before Sir Thomas’s consent could be received;
    but, in the meanwhile, as no one felt a doubt of his most cordial
    pleasure in the connexion, the intercourse of the two families was
    carried on without restraint, and no other attempt made at secrecy
    than MrsNorris’s talking of it tiffany heart tag everywhere as a matter not to be
    talked of at present
    Edmund was the only one of the family who could see a fault in
    the business; but no representation of his aunt’s could induce him
    to find MrRushworth a desirable companionHe could allow his
    sister to be the best judge of her own happiness, but he was not
    pleased that her happiness should centre in a large income; nor could
    he refrain from often saying to himself, in MrRushworth’s company—”
    If this man had not twelve thousand a year, he would be a
    very stupid fellow
    Sir Thomas, however, was truly happy in the prospect of an alliance
    so unquestionably advantageous, and of which he heard nothing
    but the perfectly good and agreeableIt was a omega replica watches connexion exactly
    of the right sort—in the same county, and the same interest—and
    his most hearty concurrence was conveyed as soon as possibleHe
    only conditioned that the marriage should not take place before his
    return, which he was again looking eagerly forward toHe wrote in
    April, and had strong hopes of settling everything to his entire satisfaction,
    and leaving Antigua before the end of the summer
    Such was the state of affairs in the month of July; and Fanny had
    just reached her eighteenth year, when the society of the village received
    an addition in the brother and sister of Mrs
    and Miss Crawford, the children of her mother by a second marriage
    They were young people of fortuneThe son had a good rolex prices estate
    in Norfolk, the daughter twenty thousand poundsAs children,
    their sister had been always very fond of them; but, as her own
    marriage had been soon followed by the death of their common
    parent, which left them to the care of a brother of their father, of
    whom MrsGrant knew nothing, she had scarcely seen them since
    In their uncle’s house they had found a kind homeCrawford, though agreeing in nothing else, were united in
    affection for these children, or, at least, were no farther adverse in
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    their feelings than that each had their favourite, to whom they showed
    the greatest fondness of the twoThe Admiral delighted in the boy,
    MrsCrawford doted on the girl; and it was the ladies omega constellation lady’s death which
    now obliged her protegee, after some months’ further trial at her
    uncle’s house, to find another homeAdmiral Crawford was a man
    of vicious conduct, who chose, instead of retaining his niece, to
    bring his mistress under his own roof; and to this MrsGrant was
    indebted for her sister’s proposal of coming to her, a measure quite
    as welcome on one side as it could be expedient on the other; for
    MrsGrant, having by this time run through the usual resources of
    ladies residing in the country without a family of children—having
    more than filled her favourite sitting-room with pretty furniture,
    and made a choice collection of plants and poultry—was very much
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    Sunday, December 26th, 2010
    7:19 pm
    @@@@@ He rambled through a cloudy memory of his
    @@@@@ He rambled through a cloudy memory of his daughter when she was an infant"Smartest little devil When she was two years old she would drop her faeces behind a door or in a closet"Goddam, step in it, git dirty He laughed, only it sounded more like a feeble wheezeFor an instant he recalled vividly his mixture of exasperation and merriment when he had discovered her leavings"Goddam, Alice'd git mad
    She had been angry when he had seen her in the hospital, angry again when they discovered he was sick"Ah always say a dose ain't gonna hurt a man a goddam bitWhat the hell's a lousy little dose? Ah had it five times an' it never came to a goddam thing He stiffened on the litter and shouted as if arguing with someone"Jus' get me some pyrdin whatever the hell y' call it He twisted about, managed almost to prop himself on an elbow"If goddam wound gits y' opened maybe Ah won' need the op-per-ration, jus' gits rid of all the pus He retched emptily, watching through dimmed eyes the blood trickling and spattering out of his mouth onto the rubber fabric of the litterIt was so distant and yet it sent a shudder through him"Whadeya say, Ridges, does it git rid of it?"
    But they hadn't heard him, and he watched the blood fall in droplets from his mouth and then lay back again moodily
    A shudder of fear, of resistance rippled through himHe could taste the blood in his mouth, and he began to tremble"Goddammit, Ah ain't gonna die, Ah ain't gonna," he wept, choking on his sobs when some mucus clotted his throatThe sounds terrified him; he lay abruptly in the tall weeds, his blood sopping into the sun-warmed earth, the Japanese chattering beside him"They're gonna git me, they're gonna git me," he shouted suddenly"Jesus, men, don' lemme die
    Ridges heard him this time, stopped lethargically, set the litter down, and unyoked himself from the pack strapsLike a drunk proceeding slowly and elaborately to unlock a door, Ridges moved over to Wilson's head, and knelt beside
    Saturday, December 25th, 2010
    7:19 pm
    @@@@@Devlin himself admitted that he had
    @@@@@Devlin himself admitted that he had no
    experience of babies brought by knifeWhy should she listen to him?
    Particularly when there was something she really had to doFitz
    had told her about the old woman who had appeared, as if by magic,
    to
    deliver Cat in the middle of the Halloween tempestColum had told
    her
    who the woman was-the coilleach from the towerScarlett owed the
    wise
    woman her life, and Cat'sThe cold took
    Scarlett by surpriseOctober had been warm enough, how could one
    month make so much difference? She wrapped the folds of her cloak
    around the well-blanketed babyHer large eyes
    looked
    at Scarlett's face"You darling thing," said Scarlett softly
    "You're so good, Cat, you never cry, do you?" She walked through the
    bricked stableyard to the route she'd used so often in the trap"I
    know you're there someplace," Scarlett shouted at the thicket of
    undergrowth beneath the trees that bordered the tower's clearing
    "You might as well come on out and talk to me, because I'm going to
    stand right here freezing to death until you doThe baby, too, if
    that matters to you She waited confidentlyThe woman who had
    brought Cat into the world would never let her be exposed for long to
    the cold damp in the shadow of the towerCat's eyes left Scarlett's
    face to move from side to side as if she were looking for somethingA
    few minutes later Scarlett heard a rustling in the thick growth of
    holly bushes to her rightThe wise woman stepped out between two
    of
    them"This way," she said, and stepped back
    There was a path, Scarlett saw when she got nearShe'd never have
    found it if the wise woman hadn't held back the spiny holly branches
    with one of her shawlsScarlett followed the path until it
    disappeared in a grove of low-branched trees"I give up," she said,
    "where to now?" There was a rusty laugh behind her"This way,"
    said
    the wise womanShe walked around Scarlett and bent low under the
    branches
    Friday, December 24th, 2010
    7:11 pm
    @@@@@I constantly whipped my head around,
    @@@@@I constantly whipped my head around, searching for the
    fourth marker–a big dome-shaped peak with a missing piece, a curved absence scooped from its
    side that Melanie had only shown me this morning–as if the perspective would have changed
    from my last stepI hoped this last clue was it, because we'd be lucky to get that farBut I had a
    sense that Melanie was keeping more from me, and our journey's end was impossibly distant
    I snacked on my granola bars through the afternoon, not realizing until it was too late that I'd
    finished the last one
    When the sun set, the night descended with the same speed as it had yesterdayMelanie was
    prepared, already scouting out a place to stope'll want to stay as far from the cholla as possibleYou toss in your sleep
    I eyed the fluffy-looking cactus in the failing light, so thick with bone-colored needles that it
    resembled fur, and shudderedou want me to just sleep on the ground? Right here?
    You see another option?She felt my panic, and her tone softened, as if with pityook–it's better
    than the carIt's too hot for any critters to be attracted to your body heat and –
    “Critters?” I demanded aloudCritters?”
    There were brief, very unpleasant flashes of deadly-looking insects and coiled serpents in her
    memorieshe tried to soothe me as I arched up on my tiptoes, away from anything that
    might be hiding in the sand below, my eyes searching the blackness for some escapeothing's
    going to bother you unless you bother it firstAfter all, you're bigger than anything else out
    hereAnother flash of memory, this time a medium-size canine scavenger, a coyote, flitted
    through our thoughts
    “Perfect,” I moaned, sinking down into a crouch, though I was still afraid of the black ground
    beneath meWho would have thought it would end so… so trivially?
    How anticlimacticThe claw beast on the Mists Planet, sureAt least there'd be some dignity in
    being taken down bythat”
    Melanie's answering tone made me picture her rolling her eyesNothing is
    going to eat youNow lie down and get some restTomorrow will be harder than to
    Thursday, December 23rd, 2010
    7:11 pm
    @@@@@ He massaged his throat againHe was looking
    @@@@@
    He massaged his throat againHe was looking up
    into the cascading bright as he did it, and I'm
    not sure he knew that his other hand - the one on
    the doll - was movingNoveen looked first at me,
    then at Wireman, then back at meBlack shoebutton
    eyesBlack beribboned hair cascading around a
    chocolate-cookie faceAn Ouuu,
    you nasty man mouth if ever there was one
    Wireman's hand gripped mine
    "Hello, boys," Noveen said, and although Jack's
    Adam's apple bobbed up and down, his lips barely
    moved on the b at all
    "Hey! How was that?"
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    "Good Wireman said, sounding as calm as I didn't
    feel"Have her say something else
    "I get paid extra for this, don't I, boss?"
    "Sure," I said"Time and a ha-"
    "Ain't you gone draw nuthin?" Noveen asked,
    looking at me with those round black eyesThey
    really were shoebuttons, I was almost sure of it
    "I have nothing to draw," I said
    "I tell you sumpin you c'n drawWhereat yo pad?"
    Jack was now looking off to the side, into the
    shadows leading to the ruined parlor, bemused,
    eyes distantHe looked neither conscious nor
    unconscious; he looked someplace between
    Wireman let go of me and reached into the food-bag,
    where I had stowed the two Artisan padsJack's hand flexed a bit, and Noveen
    appeared to bend her head slightly to study it as
    I first flipped back the cover and then unzipped
    the pouch that held my pencils
    I rummaged again, and took out Libbit's pale green
    It was the only one still long enough to afford a
    decent gripIt must not have been her favorite
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    colorOr maybe it was just that Duma's greens
    were darker
    "All right, now what?"
    "Draw me in the kitch
    Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010
    7:23 pm
    @@@@@The forbearance of her family on a point,
    @@@@@The forbearance of her
    family on a point, respecting which she could be in no doubt of
    their wishes, might be their surest means of forwarding itAccordingly,
    on this principle, Sir Thomas took the first opportunity of
    saying to her, with a mild gravity, intended to be overcoming, “Well,
    Fanny, I have seen MrCrawford again, and learn from him exactly
    how matters stand between youHe is a most extraordinary young
    man, and whatever be the event, you must feel that you have created
    an attachment of no common character; though, young as you
    are, and little acquainted with the transient, varying, unsteady nature
    of love, as it generally exists, you cannot be struck as I am with
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    all that is wonderful in a perseverance of this sort against discouragement
    With him it is entirely a matter of feeling: he claims no
    merit in it; perhaps is entitled to noneYet, having chosen so well,
    his constancy has a respectable stampHad his choice been less unexceptionable,
    I should have condemned his persevering
    “Indeed, sir,” said Fanny, “I am very sorry that MrCrawford should
    continue to know that it is paying me a very great compliment, and I
    feel most undeservedly honoured; but I am so perfectly convinced,
    and I have told him so, that it never will be in my power—”
    “My dear,” interrupted Sir Thomas, “there is no occasion for this
    Your feelings are as well known to me as my wishes and regrets must
    be to youThere is nothing more to be said or doneFrom this hour
    the subject is never to be revived between usYou will have nothing
    to fear, or to be agitated aboutYou cannot suppose me capable of
    trying to persuade you to marry against your inclinationsYour happiness
    and advantage are all that I have in view, and nothing is required
    of you but to bear with MrCrawford’s endeavours to convince
    you that they may not be incompatible with hisHe proceeds
    at his own riskYou are on safe groundI have engaged for your
    seeing him whenever he calls, as you might have done had nothing
    of this sort occurredYou will see him with the rest of us, in the
    same manner, and, as much as you can, dismissing the recollection
    of everything unpleasantHe leaves Northamptonshire so soon, that
    even this slight sacrifice cannot be often demandedThe future must
    be very uncertainAnd now, my dear Fanny, this subject is closed
    between us
    The promised departure was all that Fanny could think of with
    much satisfactionHer uncle’s kind expressions, however, and forbearing
    manner, were sensibly felt; and when she considered how
    much of the truth was unknown to him, she believed she had no
    right to wonder at the line of conduct he pursued
    Sunday, December 19th, 2010
    7:20 pm
    @@@@@ Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE
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    Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
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    “It’s here Jason reached into his pocket, removed the money, and held it out for the manager of
    Le Coeur du Soldat
    “Thank you,” said Santos, walking forward and accepting the bills
    Suddenly, from behind Bourne, the old gates of the factory burst openTwo men rushed out, and
    before Jason could reach his weapon, a heavy blunt instrument crashed down on his skull
    Robert Ludlum ?? THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM
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    “We’re alone,” said the voice across the dark room as Bourne opened his eyesSantos’s huge frame
    minimized the size of his large armchair, and the low wattage of the single floor lamp heightened
    the whiteness of his immense bald headJason arched his neck and felt the angry swelling on top of
    his skull; he was angled into the corner of a sofa“There’s no break, no blood, only what I imagine
    is a very painful lump,” commented the Jackal’s man
    “Your diagnosis is accurate, especially the last part
    “The instrument was hard rubber and cushionedThe results are predictable except where
    concussions are concernedAt your side, on a tray, is an ice bagIt might be well to use it
    Bourne reached down in the dim light, grabbed the bulky cold bag and brought it to his head
    “You’re very considerate,” he said flatly
    “Why not? We have several things to discuss perhaps a million, if broken down into francs
    “It’s yours under the conditions stated
    “Who are you?” asked Santos sharply
    “That’s not one of the conditions
    “You’re not a young man
    “Not that it matters, but neither are you
    “You carried a gun and a knifeThe latter is for younger m
    Saturday, December 18th, 2010
    7:18 pm
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    "I won't, Monica," I said, but at that moment she
    leaned out the window to vomit again and I don't
    think she heard me
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    Slowly, slowly, I backed away from the place where
    Ilse had stopped, telling myself Easy does it and
    Slow and steady wins the raceMy hip snarled as
    we thumped back over the strangler fig roots
    burrowing under the dior women roadOn a couple of occasions
    I heard seagrape branches scree along the side of
    the carThe Hertz people weren't going to be
    happy, but they were the least of my worries that
    afternoon
    Little by little the light brightened as the
    foliage cleared out overheadMy
    vision was also clearing, that mad itch subsiding
    Those things were even earring chanel better
    "I see the big place with the wall around it,"
    Ilse said, looking back over her shoulder
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    "Do you feel any better?"
    "Maybe a little, but my stomach's still sudsing
    like a Maytag She made a gagging noise"Oh God,
    I should never have said that She leaned out,
    threw up again, then collapsed back onto the seat,
    laughing and groaningHer gold gucci bangs were sticking to
    her forehead in clumps"I just shellacked the
    side of your carPlease tell me you have a hose
    "Don't worry about thatJust sit still and take
    long, slow breaths
    She saluted feebly and closed her eyes
    The old woman in the big straw hat was nowhere in
    evidence, but the two halves of the iron gate were
    now standing wide prada logo open, as if she was expecting
    companyOr knew we'd need a place to turn around
    I didn't waste time considering that, just backed
    the Chevy into the archwayFor a moment I saw a
    courtyard paved with cool blue tiles, a tennis
    court, and an enormous set of double doors with
    iron rings set into themThen I turned for home
    We were there five minutes new cartier la
    Friday, December 17th, 2010
    7:18 pm
    @@@@@ Jared directed me through the mostly
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    Jared directed me through the mostly sleeping cityThe Healing facility was just a small place
    It must have been a medical building once–doctors' offices, rather than an actual hospitalThe
    lights were bright through most of the windows, through the glass frontI could see a woman
    behind a greeting deskShe didn't look up at my headlightsI drove to the darkest corner of the
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    Saturday, December 11th, 2010
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