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She shook her head

"Soet to pay the bill," she revealed,

"What? The bill You ht about the rocery store and what he had said "Why doesn't he pay his bills?" I hung up before she could reply

"He do what he has to when he has to," she replied casually as if the problems and worries of this world were not very is She probably makes her phone calls on spiritual wires and doesn't care I thought Angrily I headed for the front door again I had to find Harley now and tell hier

It took me a while toin the shed and called for Harley I had to shout loud for hirandfather's voices and the noise they were ine Finally, he peered out of the door

"Hey, what's wrong?"

"The phone's still dead Harley Sue says they ht not have paid the phone bill

"Naw I paid that bill" his grandfather asserted co up beside him to look out at me "It's just the afteret the phones working in this town again"

"Maybe the pay phone at the grocery works now," I said

"If it doesn't work here, it doesn't there We're on the sarandfather insisted "Tell you what After dinner I'll drive you over to Hurleyville They have a different syste"

"I need to call right away" I cried

"Only be a few hours, the most, and maybe our line will be back on by then anyway" he added, raising his arms

Suddenly another sprinkle of rain began, quickly growing harder

"Another cloudburst" Harley's grandfather shouted "Let's get inside before we all get soaked"

He charged out with Harley