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‘We have to get ho of people The bar is crowded and the foyer seeulp of cool evening air and shiver My shoulder curls up aroundin the cold air

‘You’re cold,’ Blake says

‘I left my wrap in the box,’ I reply in a daze As if it matters

He takes off his jacket and wraps it aroundwar what he has to say toLooks like he’s been taken’

I nod As if he had said toa sense of disbelief, I clutch his jacket lapels close together and glance away fro on the theater steps He has aon the streets, eating scraps Someone’s taken ly flat Ale, to say the least Perhaps I am in shock

‘That’s what I intend to find out Brian thinks it’s Ben’

‘Ben?’ I repeat My hands drop to one AWOL’

‘He’s one of the new guys, isn’t he?’

‘Yes’

I force the words out of my throat ‘One of the men you hired because I asked you to,’ I whisper My teeth have started chattering

He pulls his jacket tightly around ister the heat instantly He radiates it like a hot water bottle

‘Stop it It’s not your fault,’ he says into o’

I turn in the direction he is looking in and see Tom stop the car Tom doesn’t smile He looks pale Blake opens the door and I enter and sit down huddled inside his jacket I can’t feel anything, but a nuether infeels real

I try to re with cara They are all like that