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Pandy screa ca SondraBeth’s arm, she lowered her head and twisted forward and out like a corkscrew, until, with a h the pack

They e whoop, whoop, whoop of eency vehicles “Step away froh a loudspeaker Cops and fireed with vans and town cars; the SUV that had brought the to close the gate in the chain-link fence

“Run!” Pandy shouted

Her legs, supported only by the cruelly curved heels of the red booties, felt like she was running on matchsticks

CHAPTER TWENTY

WATER I need water!” Pandy gaspedafter SondraBeth They were in one of those new parks that had seeht on the Hudson River “What the fuck?” Pandy said, slowing down to a laborious clop

She looked around The grass was fresh and clean, as were the hard plastic for herself onto her hands and knees, she atteave up halfway and flopped down on her stomach instead

“I need water,” she groaned

SondraBeth was standing above her, the top of the burka pulled back from her head like a priestess’s robe “We did it!” she shouted

“We did?” Pandy sat up

“We killed Monica!”

“Are you sure?” Pandy asked The knob of pain on the back of her head was pulsating again, as if it had a life of its own

“Give me my phone,” SondraBeth commanded

Pandy struggled to her feet and reached into her front pocket “Water?” she asked, holding out the phone in exchange for information

“Drinking fountain—that way,” SondraBeth said, grabbing the device and pointing in the direction of the Hudson