Base Nature (48 page)
“Ch
e
s w
o
u
ld
r
ip
me
to
s
h
red
s,”
he
sai
d
.
“Ch
e
st
e
r
w
o
u
ld
n
o
t,
be
ca
u
se
y
o
u
w
o
u
ld
n
e
v
e
r
f
ee
l
that
w
a
y a
b
o
u
t
m
e
.”
G
a
rre
t
t
p
u
sh
e
d
d
o
wn
the ang
e
r
sw
e
lling
i
n
his
ch
e
st.
S
ee
ing
K
e
lly
was
t
o
o
m
u
ch.
I
t
br
o
u
ght
t
o
mind all
the
h
ur
t
and
r
age he
h
ad
l
i
v
e
d
with
be
f
o
r
e
f
i
nally
l
e
aving.
“
P
l
e
as
e
, K
e
lly,”
he
sai
d
.
“I
can
’
t
han
d
le
this
r
ight
n
o
w.”
He
th
re
w
his
h
an
d
s
u
p,
facing
h
er
, t
r
ying to
m
a
ke
h
e
r
s
ee
.
“I
n
ee
d
to
rebu
ild
m
y life
a
s
h
re
d
at a tim
e
.”
“W
h
y a
r
e
y
o
u
be
ing so
s
afe
with h
er
?” He
b
link
ed
,
c
o
nf
u
s
ed
.
“What?”
“
O
h, I
sm
e
ll s
e
x
and
s
e
x and
s
e
x,”
K
e
lly la
u
gh
ed
.
He
act
u
ally
f
e
lt
h
is
face
c
o
l
o
r
as if
th
er
e
w
er
e
a
ny
re
as
o
n to
b
e
e
m
b
a
rr
ass
e
d
b
y havi
n
g
s
e
x
i
n
his
o
w
n
h
o
m
e
.
“W
e
ll,
that
’
s
g
re
at.
T
han
k
s
f
o
r sha
r
ing.”
G
a
rre
tt
p
u
sh
e
d past
h
e
r
and
sta
r
t
e
d
t
o
l
o
ad
the
d
ishwash
er
.
Wh
e
n
he
l
o
o
k
e
d
at K
e
lly
he
saw the
pack. Wh
e
n
he
t
h
o
u
ght
o
f
the pack,
he t
h
o
u
ght
o
f
E
il
ee
n.
A
nd wh
e
n
he th
o
ug
ht
o
f
h
er
,
he th
o
u
ght
o
f the
w
o
man he
a
d
o
red
,
l
o
v
e
d
be
y
o
nd
m
e
as
ure
,
d
ying a
h
o
rr
i
b
le
l
o
ng
de
ath
in a
f
r
o
z
e
n
w
i
nt
e
r
w
oo
d
,
ha
v
ing
bee
n
mistak
e
n
f
o
r a
dee
r
b
y
a
dru
nk
w
h
o
n
e
v
e
r
s
h
o
u
ld have
had
a w
e
ap
o
n
t
o
be
gin
with.
“
Bu
t
I
d
o
n
o
t
sm
e
ll
mating.”
H
e
r
e
y
e
s
w
er
e
d
a
r
k
e
r
g
ree
n
n
o
w.
She sat
at
his
ta
b
le and
play
e
d
with the
s
mall
re
d
napkin
h
o
l
der
.
“I
d
o
n
’
t want to
mat
e
.” “Sh
e’
s n
e
a
r
ly
f
er
til
e
.”
“I
do
n
’
t
want
to
mat
e!
”
he
r
o
a
red
,
c
r
ashing
a
plate
d
o
wn
so
ha
r
d
it
s
e
v
ere
d
into th
re
e
c
er
amic
jigsaw pi
e
c
e
s.
“
Bu
t
y
o
u
c
o
u
l
d
.
S
he
sm
e
lls…
p
o
t
e
nt.
L
ike
h
e
r
b
l
oo
d
w
o
u
ld
b
e
re
c
e
p
tive
to
o
ur
—”
“S
t
o
p,”
he
whisp
ered
.
A
ll the
fight
g
o
ne
o
u
t
o
f him.
“
No
m
o
re
.”
“Did y
o
u
e
v
e
r
think
that
may
be
,
j
u
st
may
be
,
y
o
u’r
e
n
o
t
mating
with
h
e
r
be
ca
u
se
if y
o
u
have
u
np
r
o
t
e
ct
e
d
s
e
x, with the
p
o
t
e
ntial f
o
r
c
o
nc
e
pti
o
n,
y
o
u
m
ight sm
e
ll it
o
n h
er
?”
“Sm
e
ll
w
hat?”
Bu
t
he
k
n
e
w
and
y
e
s, he
re
aliz
ed
.
He
was
be
ing
s
o
milita
r
istic
a
b
o
u
t p
r
o
t
e
cti
o
n
de
spite
the
P
ill
and
the
cl
e
an
b
ill
o
f
h
e
alth
be
ca
u
se
if
he
had
s
e
x
with
h
e
r with
n
o
thing
be
tw
e
e
n
th
e
m
bu
t
sw
e
at
and
air
a
nd
e
m
o
ti
o
n,
he
w
o
u
ld
s
m
e
ll
that
s
he was to
b
e
h
i
s mate
n
o
w.
A
nd
that w
o
u
ld
m
e
an l
e
tting
E
il
ee
n
g
o
f
o
re
v
e
r
.
“
Y
o
u
k
n
o
w. A
n
e
w
m
at
e
.
A
n
e
w
lif
e
. F
u
ck,
G
a
rre
tt,
a s
e
c
o
nd
chanc
e
.”
He
p
u
t
the
br
o
k
e
n
plate
in the
t
r
ash and
smil
ed
.
“
S
o
h
o
w is Ch
e
st
er
,
a
nyway?” K
e
lly f
r
o
wn
e
d
at him
bu
t c
o
nc
eded
,
n
o
dd
ing h
e
r
h
e
a
d
.
“H
e’
s g
o
o
d
.
Or
n
er
y
as
e
v
er
.
G
o
t any
c
o
ff
e
e
f
o
r
me
be
f
o
r
e
I
hit the
r
o
ad
b
ack
t
o
t
o
wn?”
“S
ur
e
thing,” he
said
and
p
o
ure
d
h
e
r
a c
u
p.
H
e’
d
chang
e
d
the
s
ub
j
e
ct
and
she
c
o
u
ld
t
e
ll,
aft
e
r
k
n
o
wing
him all
h
e
r
lif
e
,
that
the s
ub
j
e
ct
w
o
u
ld
stay
cha
n
g
ed
.
No
m
att
e
r
h
o
w
m
u
ch
he
l
o
v
e
d
h
e
r
a
nd
Ch
e
st
er
.
No matt
e
r h
o
w m
u
ch he
miss
e
d
the
pack.
V
e
ng
e
ance
h
ad
bee
n
de
ni
e
d
him.
T
he life he
was
s
u
pp
o
s
e
d
to
l
e
ad
h
ad
bee
n
de
ni
e
d him.
M
ay
b
e
he
was willing
t
o
take
life
u
p
o
n its
o
ff
e
r
o
f a s
e
c
o
nd
f
u
cking chanc
e
.
*
*
*
*
*
He was
imp
re
ss
e
d
that
L
iv
d
i
d
n
’
t
a
sk
a
b
o
u
t
K
e
lly.
L
iv
had tak
e
n
a
l
o
n
g
sh
o
w
e
r
a
nd th
e
n
had stay
e
d
u
pstai
r
s
u
ntil
K
e
lly
’
s
pick
u
p
p
u
ll
e
d
o
u
t
o
f
the
dr
iv
e
way.
She had th
e
n c
o
me
d
o
wn n
o
nchalantly
e
n
o
u
gh,
dr
ying h
e
r
h
air
with
o
ne
o
f his th
r
ift st
o
r
e
t
o
w
e
ls
a
s if she
had
n
o
t
bee
n
waiting
u
pstai
r
s
f
o
r
the
o
th
e
r
w
o
man to
l
e
av
e
. He
h
ad
l
e
t the
nic
e
ty go
bu
t
had
bee
n
u
na
b
le
t
o
s
u
pp
re
ss
the
ur
ge
to
h
u
g h
e
r
f
o
r
h
e
r
k
i
n
d
n
e
ss.
S
o
he
h
ad
h
ug
g
e
d h
er
.
He
had
p
u
ll
e
d
h
e
r
in and
h
u
gg
e
d
h
e
r
s
o
ha
r
d
s
he
g
asp
e
d
a littl
e
.