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"You don’t have any tonsils, Mah Now, I need a shower to feel really huet us out of here today?"

He shook his head "Let’s give it another day, Molly You’ve got orders to stay close and rest Take those pills and keep drinking your water I got you the bottled stuff If you’re good, if you’re feeling even better this afternoon, we can go over to my favorite Mexican restaurant on Loroaned and clutched her stomach

"Okay then Chicken soup it is"

She was exhausted by the time she’d blow-dried her hair and dressed She looked at the bed, freshly made, the co at her, and flopped down "A woht and whiht?"

"Yep Probably lass, all twelve ounces Then, take a nap I’ to take Eht beloe call The Great Highway She’ll see some seals We’ll build a sand castle and throw a Fris-bee for one of theout with their owners over there I’ll bring her back dirty and happy I want that bottle to be empty"

They’d been on the beach only twentyover to Ra A woman called out, "Just tell him to eat dirt if you don’t want to throw that Fris-bee for hi head "You up for this, fella?" He pulled his ancient chewed-up yellow Frisbee out of the old duffel bag that also held his and E it a good thirty yards The Lab raced after it

"Now Bop’s never going to leave you," a young wo up to where Ramsey and Emma stood Emma’s eyes were on Bop as he hurled hih to catch the Frisbee

"He’ll get it next time He has to learn your style Just tellfor hiirl?"

Eainst his side

"Yes," Rairl, E woman said and thrust out her hand Ramsey shook it The woman knelt down in front of E look She said finally, "Bop’s co back My mama’s hoet about things We’re here so Maet well"

"I see," Betty said and rose, and, naturally, she did indeed see She smiled "Here, Bop!"

Raain Bop had already begun running He caught it on a three-foot leap Raoin’, boy, well done!"

He was laughing There was dog slobber on his hands E in the sand one foot away frolea onto shore was a constant rumble behind all the hu on a blanket, drinking lots and lots of water and probably needing a bathroom, of which there were none anywhere close He looked down at E at Betty Conlin He didn’t need to worry about any wo on to him Emma would protect him Well, for the moment they couldn’t have Bop without Betty Bop ca-on-the-Frisbee with Ra Ra loard the water He shaded his eyes, watching Bop The Frisbee caught a sliver of upward air and went flying even farther Maybe fifty yards?

He turned when he heard Betty say so He nodded and watched Bop finally catch the Frisbee well into the surf He bounded back through a spray of water that looked like diaht

"Did you see that, Eone

He felt instant overwhel even as she was patting Bop

"E He heard a cry, jerked about toward the Cliff House, but saw a little boy fighting with his sister

He yelled again at the top of his lungs, "E No, she had to be close They couldn’t have taken her far, not in just the couple ofat her The sun was in his eyes