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The ripples touched The lake stilled

Can you hear me?

Silence Then:

Yes, Amy

I think that I am ready, Anthony I think I aate for nearly an hour Where the hell was Lucius? It was nearly 1030; they were cutting it close as it was Men elding heavy brackets in place to lay iron beaalvanized roofing metal to the outside face If Greer didn’t show up soon, they’d be locked inside like everybody else

At last Greer appeared, striding briskly through the portal from outside He clio"

"She’s fooling herself"

Greer gave hiine over, angled his head out the , and yelled to the foreh!" When the man failed to turn around, he leaned on the horn "Hey! We need to get out!"

That got the foreman’s attention; he strode up to the driver’s"The hell you honking at et out of the way"

He spat onto the ground "Nobody’s supposed to go outside We’re working here"

"Yeah, well, we’re different Tell theet run over Hoould that be?"

Thebut stopped hiate "Okay, clear a path for this guy"

"Much obliged," Michael said

The foreain "It’s your funeral, asshole"

Yours, too, thought Michael

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