“𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐦-𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐦𝐞, 𝐰-𝐰𝐡𝐲?” ʜᴇʀ ᴠᴏɪᴄᴇ ʙʀᴏᴋᴇ, ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴛɪɴʏ ʙʀᴇᴀᴋ? ғᴜᴄᴋ—ɪᴛ ᴋɴᴏᴄᴋᴇᴅ ᴍᴇ. ᴄᴀɴ sᴏᴍᴇᴏɴᴇ ᴛᴇʟʟ ʜᴇʀ ᴛʜᴀᴛ sʜᴇ ʜᴀs ᴍᴇ ᴡʀᴀᴘᴘᴇᴅ ᴀʀᴏᴜɴᴅ ᴛʜᴏsᴇ ᴛɪɴʏ ғɪɴɢᴇʀs. ᴀɴᴅ ɪ’ᴍ sᴏ ғᴜᴄᴋɪɴɢ ᴊᴇᴀʟᴏᴜs ᴏғ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʟɪᴛᴛʟᴇ ᴘᴏᴏᴋɪᴇ ᴘɪᴇ sʜᴇ ʜᴀs ᴋᴇᴘᴛ ᴏɴ ᴍʏ ᴅᴀᴍɴ ʙᴇᴅ? ɪ sᴛᴇᴘ ᴄʟᴏsᴇʀ, ᴍʏ ᴋɴᴜᴄᴋʟᴇs ɢʀᴀᴢɪɴɢ ʜᴇʀ ᴄʜᴇᴇᴋs, “𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝.” ɪ ᴡʜɪsᴘᴇʀᴇᴅ. ᴍʏ ʜᴀɴᴅ ᴡʀᴀᴘᴘᴇᴅ ᴀʀᴏᴜɴᴅ ʜᴇʀ ᴛʜʀᴏᴀᴛ ɢᴇɴᴛʟᴇ ʏᴇᴛ ғɪʀᴍ ᴛᴏᴜᴄʜ, ʟᴇᴀɴɪɴɢ ᴅᴏᴡɴ ɪ ᴋɪss ʜᴇʀ ᴄʜᴇᴇᴋs, sᴏғᴛ—ʀᴇᴠᴇʀᴇɴᴛ.