his.</p>

”aybehe,too,</p>

roking.</p>

ben,inhisinno.”thebackgroundis</p>

plintarytotherest,butdifferent,verysubtlelydifferent.it</p>

kesthebobcatsrestriking.”.l”haveyoutoldrachelthat”</p>

”nytis.”</p>

”doesshesay””justthatiteago.so</p>

anyrepaintingsareiudio”</p>

eleven,jackthought,butheilllookingatthepictureheand</p>

rachelhaddoogether.shehadnttoldbenabouthis</p>

participation.</p>

disho,perhaps,butiing.thepieceforsale.that</p>

wasgood.</p>

”doattheshow”benasked.</p>

”i,uh,ithink...yeah,actually,ithinkksaid,</p>

becausetheydefinitelyhadashotatit.thatthereal</p>

question.</p>

therealquestionhelkpickedupabrush</p>

andllaboratedhheragain.</p>

chapteine.</p>

jager.hedidntknoerachels</p>

nditionhadntged.hefiguredithadtodoore</p>

rested.lifeinbigsurdidntkeeveningdends.hehadslept</p>

reifeonths.</p>

itsurprisedhibyrights,heshouldhavebeenlyingawakew</p>

aboutrachelandthegirlsandightbeifracheldidnt</p>

rever.</p>

heshouldhavebeenlosingsleepover,shouldhave</p>

beenstaringattheceilingtodoaboutjill.andhe</p>

didthinkaboutallthosethingsutduringtheday.rachelsbedwas</p>

firahestofheronthesheetsrousedthedevilof</p>

hisid,hehadalhher.</p>

hethoughtaboutthatnohalohthegirls</p>

inthehel,thathadanthavinga</p>

breathofthagainstba,orhip,dependingonhowshe</p>

ag.</p>

duringthenight,atleast,hehadalpetentandstrong.</p>

sosleepierood.</p>

abethedriveitself.heusedtofinddrivingrelaxing,</p>

ovedtothecity.</p>

ofthat.trafficalel,allotoh</p>

reofthepassingseryhebeahokefields,thetouchof</p>

purpleonthelowhills</p>

sselfllohis</p>

stretch,uldfeelhielfbreathingredeeply.hespot</p>

heaurredgedthat.</p>

orybeitthinkingaboutthegallery,</p>

aboutbensfavoritepainting,abouttheonesiudioingto</p>

befinished.hekeptthinkingthatitopaintagain.</p>

itethingneinhislife.</p>

sothiing.challenging.aningffile</p>

tond,eaningful.but</p>

thereitwas.</p>

thephoharanfor</p>

it.</p>

jackfolloething</p>

hadhappeheh</p>

...</p>