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We
planned
to
go
to
dinner
at
a
little
Italian
restaurant
on
the
boardwalk
,
but
the
dress
shopping
hadn
’
t
taken
as
long
as
we
’
d
expected
.
Jess
and
Angela
were
going
to
take
their
clothes
back
to
the
car
and
then
walk
down
to
the
bay
.
I
told
them
I
would
meet
them
at
the
restaurant
in
an
hour
-
I
wanted
to
look
for
a
bookstore
.
They
were
both
willing
to
come
with
me
,
but
I
encouraged
them
to
go
have
fun
-
they
didn
’
t
know
how
preoccupied
I
could
get
when
surrounded
by
books
;
it
was
something
I
preferred
to
do
alone
.
They
walked
off
to
the
car
chattering
happily
,
and
I
headed
in
the
direction
Jess
pointed
out
.
I
had
no
trouble
finding
the
bookstore
,
but
it
wasn
’
t
what
I
was
looking
for
.
The
windows
were
full
of
crystals
,
dream
-
catchers
,
and
books
about
spiritual
healing
.
I
didn
’
t
even
go
inside
.
Through
the
glass
I
could
see
a
fifty
-
year
-
old
woman
with
long
,
gray
hair
worn
straight
down
her
back
,
clad
in
a
dress
right
out
of
the
sixties
,
smiling
welcomingly
from
behind
the
counter
.
I
decided
that
was
one
conversation
I
could
skip
.
There
had
to
be
a
normal
bookstore
in
town
.
I
meandered
through
the
streets
,
which
were
filling
up
with
end
-
of
-
the
-
workday
traffic
,
and
hoped
I
was
headed
toward
downtown
.
I
wasn
’
t
paying
as
much
attention
as
I
should
to
where
I
was
going
;
I
was
wrestling
with
despair
.
I
was
trying
so
hard
not
to
think
about
him
,
and
what
Angela
had
said
.
.
.
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and
more
than
anything
trying
to
beat
down
my
hopes
for
Saturday
,
fearing
a
disappointment
more
painful
than
the
rest
,
when
I
looked
up
to
see
someone
’
s
silver
Volvo
parked
along
the
street
and
it
all
came
crashing
down
on
me
.
Stupid
,
unreliable
vampire
,
I
thought
to
myself
.
I
stomped
along
in
a
southerly
direction
,
toward
some
glass
-
fronted
shops
that
looked
promising
.
But
when
I
got
to
them
,
they
were
just
a
repair
shop
and
a
vacant
space
.
I
still
had
too
much
time
to
go
looking
for
Jess
and
Angela
yet
,
and
I
definitely
needed
to
get
my
mood
in
hand
before
I
met
back
up
with
them
.
I
ran
my
fingers
through
my
hair
a
couple
of
times
and
took
some
deep
breaths
before
I
continued
around
the
corner
.
I
started
to
realize
,
as
I
crossed
another
road
,
that
I
was
going
the
wrong
direction
.
The
little
foot
traffic
I
had
seen
was
going
north
,
and
it
looked
like
the
buildings
here
were
mostly
warehouses
.
I
decided
to
turn
east
at
the
next
corner
,
and
then
loop
around
after
a
few
blocks
and
try
my
luck
on
a
different
street
on
my
way
back
to
the
boardwalk
.
A
group
of
four
men
turned
around
the
corner
I
was
heading
for
,
dressed
too
casually
to
be
heading
home
from
the
office
,
but
they
were
too
grimy
to
be
tourists
.
As
they
approached
me
,
I
realized
they
weren
’
t
too
many
years
older
than
I
was
.
They
were
joking
loudly
among
themselves
,
laughing
raucously
and
punching
each
other
’
s
arms
.
I
scooted
as
far
to
the
inside
of
the
sidewalk
as
I
could
to
give
them
room
,
walking
swiftly
,
looking
past
them
to
the
corner
.
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"
Hey
,
there
!
"
one
of
them
called
as
they
passed
,
and
he
had
to
be
talking
to
me
since
no
one
else
was
around
.
I
glanced
up
automatically
.
Two
of
them
had
paused
,
the
other
two
were
slowing
.
The
closest
,
a
heavyset
,
dark
-
haired
man
in
his
early
twenties
,
seemed
to
be
the
one
who
had
spoken
.
He
was
wearing
a
flannel
shirt
open
over
a
dirty
t
-
shirt
,
cut
-
off
jeans
,
and
sandals
.
He
took
half
a
step
toward
me
.
"
Hello
,
"
I
mumbled
,
a
knee
-
jerk
reaction
.
Then
I
quickly
looked
away
and
walked
faster
toward
the
corner
.
I
could
hear
them
laughing
at
full
volume
behind
me
.
"
Hey
,
wait
!
"
one
of
them
called
after
me
again
,
but
I
kept
my
head
down
and
rounded
the
corner
with
a
sigh
of
relief
.
I
could
still
hear
them
chortling
behind
me
.