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"Oui?" she said

Harley looked at me to see if I knehat that meant I shook my head

"I'm Harley," he said "I've come to see Fletcher Victor"

She shifted her eyes fro the door opened, walked back to what I thought was the doorway to the living room

She ined to be Harley's real father appeared beside her He looked like she had just woken hiray hair was as ers through it for ten minutes He wore a pair of coveralls, stained with blue, white, red and green paint as well as a very faded T-shirt beneath He was barefoot, the toenail on his right foot's big toe bruised black

Both Harley and I could only stare It was natural for us to look for resemblances Harley and he had siht theirsofter with thinner lips, but they had the same jaw and identically shaped ears Like Harley, his father stood over six feet, but he had a stouter build and a thicker neck His shoulders, however, were somewhat stooped

What was uess, was how old he looked Did tie hiined when he had met Harley's mother?

He scrubbed his cheeks vigorously to wash out the sleep and then smiled

"Well now," he said "Well, here you are This is my boy," he told the tall, black lady

She stared as if she were deaf There was no reaction or interest in her face

His father stepped forward

"Come in, come in Let me look you over boy,"

He reached out, his hands jetting at Harley's shoulders, grasping the him for a moment while he drank him in and nodded

"Just look at this kid Suze Is this a chip off the old block or what? Huh?" he said turning to her and beingfor a reaction

"Oui, " she said So that's her way of saving yes I immediately concluded "Bon, " she added