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"I don’t even kno I’s across time and space andit’s better if you can put it out of your head, Kris It’s better to live the rest of your life believing things like this aren’t possible But there’s other things I need to tell you Things I’ve been wanting to say for a long tie to say thehtly A chill ran downat me
I shifted to my left a couple of feet, and his eyes followed ?"
No! Say no!
"YeahI guess"
Video conferencing across time Man I need pie, and fast
"I don’t know all the details, things areconfused in ht now But you’re under the eye You understand what I’, don’t you?"
I found I couldn’t answer My lued shut
"David, you alone fully understand what is at stake here"
A thousand questions popped into my mind but all I could do was peel my lips apart and say, "ButI don’t" before trailing off
"Kris and I need to have a private conversation now, okay? Glad you made it out alive"
I BEGGED OFF froht at his place and drinkelse to take care of first
I took a cab to McDonald’s and had it du lot
I took a deep breath, steeled n I prayed I’d find it back to nor hiid in my jacket pocket and pulled out a rusty utility razor I didn’t re in there I dropped it like it was a rattlesnake, then picked it up with two fingers and threw it in a trash can
I stared down the poster again
I was hungry
The inside of the restaurant was closed but they did have a twenty-four-hour drive-through I walked up to it and, shivering in the chill of the autumn air, ordered two bratwurst
I sat on the curb across the parking lot and, looking right at the sign the whole time, ate them both
ARNIE ROLLED TO a stop in the weed-and-dirt field that would have been theit
"So," Arnie said "Christianstory is just an elaborate setup to get onna leave o start telling this whole story to the next sinner? Got to be less roundabout ways, Wong"
"No That stuff, the crosses and all that, either it works because we think it works, or because the bad guys think it works Or maybe there’s some power everybody can tap into if they just kno"
"It’s Scientology, isn’t it?"
I said, "We never saw Krissy or Wexler again Not even on TV They ether So, yeah, he was porking her"
He squinted at the sprawling skeleton of the mall and said, "This is the place?"