. i waited about ten seconds for my desperate soporific to do their thing before i said ,m "good . relax . breath ....stay right there . in that peaceful place ."
i lifted my hands in front of my face and raiseed a solitary index finger to my mouth . i whispered " shhhhhhh" to oden , i hooked a thumb in the direction of the road ,and mouthed the words "lets 's go ."
"thank god in heaven ," he mumbled." some quiet . you ust hypnotize her ?"
"something like that ."
try it on me and i'll shoot you in the face . i don't care ." a white twin cab pickup riding on oversided tires flashed by us at a healthy clip . oden said ," njice truck ." he pulled the camry onto the road behind it . in no time the truck was swallowed by the horizone .
our speed leveled off at the legal limit . oden said ." something you should know ? i used to care . more than most people ."
another chill skittered across the wiode flesh on my back . it felt like a terrified cluster of semi-frozen bugs running for their lives ."part of that thing ," i asked ," that crawled back out of the grave ?"
"yueah . part of the thigb . since then , i don't care .i.......just......don't ...care" since she left . i don't care . i went all in on her ."
the gambling analog=y gave me yet another chill ."n she ?" i asked .
"she ," he said .
i found my therapist voice .
part of that thing ," i asked ," that crawled back out of the grave ?"
"yueah . part of the thigb . since then , i don't care .i.......just......don't ...care
i'm al;ready dead , i thought . why not ? i said ," you tling about jaana ?"
i listened for the gunshot.
"whew ," he said ." what y=the heck do you nkow ?"
in the next ten minutes i twice reytun=rned my attention to amy , trying to help her maintain her trance . i had her change poses , find her balance , readjust her breathing . she was hungry for my suggestions - desperate to be almost anywhere other than wherre she as.
i lifted my hands in front of my face and raiseed a solitary index finger to my mouth . i whispered " shhhhhhh" to oden , i hooked a thumb in the direction of the road ,and mouthed the words "lets 's go ."
"thank god in heaven ," he mumbled." some quiet . you ust hypnotize her ?"
"something like that ."
try it on me and i'll shoot you in the face . i don't care ." a white twin cab pickup riding on oversided tires flashed by us at a healthy clip . oden said ," njice truck ." he pulled the camry onto the road behind it . in no time the truck was swallowed by the horizone .
our speed leveled off at the legal limit . oden said ." something you should know ? i used to care . more than most people ."
another chill skittered across the wiode flesh on my back . it felt like a terrified cluster of semi-frozen bugs running for their lives ."part of that thing ," i asked ," that crawled back out of the grave ?"
"yueah . part of the thigb . since then , i don't care .i.......just......don't ...care" since she left . i don't care . i went all in on her ."
the gambling analog=y gave me yet another chill ."n she ?" i asked .
"she ," he said .
i found my therapist voice .
part of that thing ," i asked ," that crawled back out of the grave ?"
"yueah . part of the thigb . since then , i don't care .i.......just......don't ...care
i'm al;ready dead , i thought . why not ? i said ," you tling about jaana ?"
i listened for the gunshot.
"whew ," he said ." what y=the heck do you nkow ?"
in the next ten minutes i twice reytun=rned my attention to amy , trying to help her maintain her trance . i had her change poses , find her balance , readjust her breathing . she was hungry for my suggestions - desperate to be almost anywhere other than wherre she as.
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