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“Ooooooh” Wide panning shot of the vengeful crowd Then another close-up of SondraBeth And in her very best, naughtiest Monica voice, she said, “Because Jonny has been a very, very bad boy Isn’t that right, Jonny?”

Spotlight on Jonny And there he was, up on the screen, dangling like a marionette What could he do? He waved

“I think Pandy has sos she’d like to say to hiainst the tall buildings Before Pandy could refuse, SondraBeth passed the e left

And once again, Pandy was all by herself Staring out into the hot, salty lights

As if in encourage jerked, and Jonny bounced and swung, holding on to the straps The crowd laughed again as Pandy looked at Jonny and thought:

There’s your happy ending

“Hey!” Jonny shouted, waving

“Boooo!” the crowd shouted back Pandy looked at Jonny, dangling like the fool in the failed deus ex ht This was all about Jonny

And then the strangest thing happened She looked again at Jonny and felt absolutely nothing Like she’d never even known him Like they’d never beenNot in her life, anyway

And then, like water rushing in to fill an empty space, she felt sorry for him

She looked at SondraBeth, sles, and felt sorry for her, too And then, gazing across the rooftops, she caught sight of herself on-screen, and felt most of all sorry for herself

She walked to the end of the platfor her stouise myself as Hellenor And I did try to kill Monica And I did do it for revenge On that man”

A large burst of applause Pandy nodded in acknowledgment “I eak, and I fell in love I knew I shouldn’t have, but I did Because even though I knew better, so” She pointed to Jonny “And for a short tiht I had found it Until I realized that that ive it to me”

“Boooo,” the crowd said, throwing pink plastic charabbed at the straps

“And when that ht ansas revenge”