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"Only Adalanced over Patrick’s shoulder at the screen Søren…Aabye…Kierkegaard Why did that look so fah a few pages, and found the words Meine andere Geschenk wird nicht in einer Box passen AABYE

My other present will not fit in a box AABYE

Aabye

Suzanne’s eyes bored into the word as if de it to tell her what itFroaze to her bookshelf and a book with a bloodred cover written by Nora Sutherlin In an instant she left the couch and snatched the book off the shelf There it was, right on the dedication page The answer had been sitting on her bookshelf the entire tiether rang in her mind

We are close She had a nasty run-in with the law at age fifteen The judge had me supervise her community service Her parents had little to do with her after that I suppose you could say I had to beco his face to hers

"Goddamn you," Suzanne said to herself "You were her priest, her father…"

"What?"

"Do you have your car?"

"Yeah, why? What’s wrong?"

"I need it Don’t wait up I’ve got a priest I need to crucify"

"Suzanne, stop right now and tell rabbed her copy of Nora Sutherlin’s book The Red off the shelf and shoved her feet into her sandals In the doorway, Suzanne paused only long enough to recite five words to Patrick

"‘As Always, Beloved, Your Eleanor’"

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Michael stared down at the note in his hand and wished so notes for him in funny places; notes that contained his orders for the day

Angel, co your favorite flogger