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It orking I slowly ascended until I had enough leverage to pull s a thousand feet high?

I crawled back as quickly as I could without falling through the ceiling, butNeither was GS’s desire to play pounce-the-human Basically, the next chain of events was the result of a co a sudden and devastating lack of strength Despite all the careful navigation, I fell through the ceiling I know I never saw it co either

And I had been this close

Part of ed over, and the other part, na – I knew this because the ceiling was there, then it wasn’t, then it was again – and landed face-first on the linoleum floor

"Janey!" Cookie screeched and rushed to me "Oh, my God, are you okay?" She pried me off the floor and helped me to my feet

"I – I think so" I blinked and tried to fill s They refused to take more than a quarter of a tank It would have to do for now

She brushedhole in the ceiling

"Think Dixie will notice that?" I asked Cookie

It really wasn’t that big And it was right beside the original access panel Now Dixie could have two

"We can cover it up," Cookie said, panicking

"That’s going to take a lot of spackle"

"No, with the shelves"

"Oh, right" We pushed the shelves over until they were directly under the hole

"Okay," I said, assessing our work "As long as everyone stands right here, right in this very spot, they won’t be able to see it"

"This sucks," Cookie said, suddenly despondent

"Don’t worry, hon I’ll pay for it Dixie won’t mind"

"Wait, e for us keeping our jobs"

"Cook, you are not taking the blame for any of what happened here This is all on me"

"Let me at least try I’ll text hiot my phone?"

I patted my front pockets My empty front pockets My eyes rounded, and fear shot lasers up my spine Did I lay it down somewhere? I couldn’t re

"Oh, Janey, no No, no, no You did not leave my phone in Mr V’s shop where any terrorist could find it"

"Cook, I never said they were terrorists," I said as I pattedsquare, and I alround in relief But I’d already done that today, and once was good enough for rinned

"Oh, thank God," Cookie said

I pulled it out and handed it to her, pretending not to notice the shattered screen

"Oh," she said

"I bet a little shipping tape will fix that right up You’ll hardly be able to tell"

She tried to stop a giggle fro in the process

"I’m sorry, Cook"

"Janey, do you think I care?"

"Yes"