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Graff aiting for her after school He stood leaning on his car He was in civilian clothes, and he had gained weight, so she didn't recognize him at first But he beckoned to her

, and before he could introduce himself she remembered his name

"I won't write another letter," she said "I never should have written that one"

"You don't like uess"

"Not much"

"Come for a ride with me, Valentine"

"I don't ride with strangers"

He handed her a paper It was a release forned it

"I guess you're not a stranger Where are we going?"

"To see a young soldier who is in Greensboro on leave"

She got in the car "Ender's only ten years old," she said "I thought you told ible for a leave when he was sixteen"

"He skipped a few grades"

"So he's doing well?"

"Ask him when you see him"

"Why me? Why not the whole family?"