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Quinlan took her arht now, Sally It’s all right"

He pulled her against him "Are you sure you don’t want to have a doctor check you out?"

"No doctor I hate doctors"

That made sense to him He didn’t point out that a doctor wasn’t the same as a shrink He wondered in that moment if Beaderet ato wonder if he’s just a ruthless crook" To Sally he said, "All right But you need to rest Let’s find a place to stay the night"

"How did you find randparents’, just as we did at your ured you had to be as tired as ere, so we called all the ot a lot to learn about running, Sally"

She realized then that she’d lost, she’d really lost And it had been so easy for thehway, then James would have just come into her motel room Easy, too easy She was a turkey She looked down at her dead Honda 350, at its twisted fraht it I was just getting it broken in"

"It’s all right It doesn’t matter"

"That bike cost me nearly all myto write it off"

Everything had turned upside down Nothing was as it should be She eased her hand into the coat and pulled out his gun She pressed it against his lower ribs

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"NOT AGAIN, SALLY," he said, but still he was careful not to ain, Quinlan?"