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THIRTY-FIVE
Silas’s friend’s seats at Comerica Park were in the sun, and whereas it was usually too hot, today Silas felt good, the early-spring air still holding thebeside him He’d asked Peri to h his background thoughts ebbed and floith the noise of the crowd as the Tigers tried to bring the inning to a close
Thein these exact seats with Peri was an ache, but that wasn’t why he had wanted to ave them a measure of protection The multitude of doors couldn’t be locked Even the park’s security that Opti itself would have to contend with helped But if he was honest, he had wanted toht help cushion his bad news
Silas pulled his cap lower, hunching deeper into the hard seat The chip she’d brought him wasn’t the list He was out of options, mistrusted by the alliance and an enemy of Opti He was here to tell her to run and never stop
Brow furrowed, Silas ran a hand over his freshly shaven chin before resettling his sunglasses in a nervous twitch His eyes roved over the stands thick with orange and blue, the noisy throng excited at the fresh beginning April always brought Pulled by a faaze darted to one of the entrances
God alood It was a relief not to see her in those gaudy clothes that Allen must have picked out, more herself in her usual black slacks and a white blouse cut to show off her long neck The sophistication was a little lasses toned it down, and no one gave herof pride No longer was she the deadly but anchor-dependent doll that Opti haditself through the cracks of Opti conditioning and lies--as long as he could keep theain
The crowd’s noise swelled as sheon the stairs, she hesitated as if listening to so only she could hear, then scanned the stands for soht as he stood, trying to convince her he only wanted to help He took his glasses off, pleading with his eyes Breath held, he waited … and finally she decided, head down and expression unreadable as she made her way up the final stairs
Peri stopped at the head of the row "Nice seats," she said, and an anxious need to do so to a friend," he said as he picked up the box of hot dogs and edged down to give her his chair so she wouldn’t have to slide past hi able to see, his tirade cutting off when Peri took her glasses off to stare at hireat," Silas said, and her expression shifted to one of surprise
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