Ember (32 page)

She
g
ritt
ed
he
r
t
ee
t
h.
They
we
r
e
no
t
p
i
nch
i
ng
he
r
e.
“
Why
shou
l
d
Ma
rti
n
no
t
come
t
o
ca
ll
,
Fa
t
he
r
?
He
i
s
my
good
fri
end,
and
you
r
s
as
we
ll
.
”

“
Be
t
ha
t
as
it
may,
you
t
wo
a
r
e
no
l
onge
r
ch
il
d
r
en
at
p
l
ay.
”
A
b
r
eeze
lift
ed
t
he
g
r
ay
l
ocks
of
ha
ir
hang
i
ng
down
fr
om
t
he
base
of
h
i
s
o
l
d
t
op
ha
t
.
“
A
young
man
ge
t
s
t
o
hav
i
ng
ideas.
Ideas
he
has
no
bus
i
ness
en
t
e
rt
a
i
n
i
ng.
”

S
h
e
stopp
e
d
short
,
d
am
n
th
e
tid
e
of
p
e
d
e
stri
a
ns
,
a
nd
h
e
r
f
a
th
e
r
wa
s
co
m
p
e
ll
e
d
to
h
a
lt
as
w
e
ll
.
“
W
hy
do
w
e
continu
e
to
do
this?
”
He
r
h
a
nd
curl
e
d
into
th
e
rough
w
ool
of
his
co
a
t
sl
ee
v
e.
“
T
h
e
st
ea
ling
a
nd
sch
em
ing
,
Fa
th
e
r?
”

“
H
isst
.
”
He
tugg
e
d
h
e
r
in
b
e
t
wee
n
two
shop
windows
w
h
e
r
e
t
h
ey
m
i
g
h
t
h
a
v
e
a
m
od
i
c
u
m
of
p
r
i
v
a
c
y
.
“
W
a
t
c
h
y
o
u
r
tongu
e.
”

“
W
ho
is
to
h
ea
r?
”
S
h
e
w
a
v
e
d
an
irrit
a
t
e
d
h
a
nd
at
th
e
throngs
p
a
t
e
ntly
ignoring
th
em
b
e
for
e
pinning
hi
m
w
ith
h
e
r
s
t
a
r
e.
“
W
h
y
,
Fa
t
h
e
r
?
Y
ou
h
a
v
e
t
h
i
s
n
ew
v
e
n
t
u
r
e,
a
n
d
I
…
”
S
h
e
bit
h
e
r
lip
.
“
Ha
v
e
n’t
I
prov
e
n
m
ys
e
lf
loy
a
l?
”
He
r
thro
a
t
constrict
e
d
,
a
nd
sh
e
h
a
t
e
d
h
e
rs
e
lf
for
a
lw
a
ys
f
ee
ling
th
e
n
ee
d
to
g
a
in
his
forgiv
e
n
e
ss
.
“
W
ill
it
e
v
e
r
be
e
nough?
”

H
is
e
y
e
s
cut
awa
y
fro
m
h
e
r
for
a
m
o
me
nt
,
a
nd
it
s
eeme
d
h
e
wa
s
sil
e
ntly
cursing
.
T
h
e
illusion
e
nd
e
d
as
h
e
wr
e
nch
e
d
h
er
c
l
o
s
e.
“
I
t
h
as
n
a
u
g
h
t
t
o do
w
i
t
h
m
o
n
e
y
.
Y
ou
n
eed
t
o
s
t
ay
sh
a
rp
,
a
y
e
?
C
ircu
m
st
a
nc
e
s
ch
a
ng
e
on
a
di
me.
O
n
e
day
you
ma
y
be
s
e
ttl
e
d
.
O
r
on
e
day
you
ma
y
n
ee
d
to
us
e
your
e
v
e
ry
w
i
t
t
o
s
u
r
v
i
v
e.
Y
ou
b
r
o
u
g
h
t
u
s
l
o
w
,
M
i
r
a
n
da,
y
ou
d
i
d.
Y
ou
took
awa
y
th
e
on
e
r
e
cours
e
I
h
a
d
as
a
f
a
th
e
r
to
s
ee
you
s
a
f
e.
And
so
I
’ll
prot
e
ct
you
th
e
only
wa
y
I
c
a
n
.
”

“
W
hy
do
you
f
ea
r
for
m
y
s
a
f
e
ty
wh
e
n
it
is
you
who
insist
th
a
t
I
risk
it?
Fa
th
e
r
,
if
I
w
e
r
e to
b
e
co
me
so
me
on
e
’s
w
if
e,
m
y
situ
a
tion
wou
l
d
be
s
e
ttl
e
d
.
I
’d
—
”