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"They're fine," Caet out of here It's late"
I glanced at hi next toto stop a fight froht to just leave hiuy, who
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shoved hiht brewing, like a thunderstorot really still before the sky broke open
"Are you gonna do so boy," Jeremiah said, his eyes close on Conrad "He'll be fine"
But he didn't believe it, and neither did I Conrad didn't seem fine at all He didn't seem like the Conrad Fisher I knew, all wild and out of control What if he got himself hurt? What then? I had to help, I just had to
I started walking over to theot there, I realized I had no idea what to say I had never tried to break up a fight before
"U between the two of them "We have to leave"
Conrad pushed me out of the way "Get the hell out of here, Belly"
"Who is this? Your baby sister?" The guy looked me up and down
"No I'm Belly," I told him Only, I was nervous, and I stuttered when I said rabbed Conrad's aronna leave now," I said
I realized how drunk he hen he swayed a little as he tried to swatfun See, I'uy's ass" I'd never seen him like this before His intensity scared one I kind of wished she was here to handle Conrad and not hed, but I could tell he wanted a fight just about as much as I did He looked tired, like all he wanted was to head ho on all cylinders Conrad was like a soda bottle that had been shaken up; he was about to explode on somebody It didn't er than him It wouldn't have mattered if he enty feet tall and built like a brick Conrad was looking for a fight He wouldn't be satisfied until he got one And this guy, he could kill Conrad
The guy kept looking at Conrad and then back at et this little boy home"
"Don't talk to her," Conrad warned
I put my hand on Conrad's chest I had never done that before It felt solid and war fast and out of control "Can we please just go home," I pleaded But it was like Conrad didn't even seethere, or feel irlfriend, kid," the guy said
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Then I looked back at Jere in Conrad's ear, and Conrad shook hi to him in his low voice, and when they looked at me, I realized it was about me Conrad hesitated, and then he finally nodded Then he half jokingly uy rolled his eyes "Good night, douche," he said to the guy
The guy waved hi breath