He had his arms folded on the edge of the window and an unlit match twitched in the corner of his mouth. "Won't take me fifteen minutes to drop you of...f."Billie-Ann wished she could hide the book with the pack of pictures inside, but there was nothing to do except press it tighter against her tummy and hope that Hanson wouldn't find out what she had. "Really, I... I just as soon walk," she said, smiling for the first time.Hanson gave a knowing laugh. "Shit, Billie," he said. "You act 'bout as. The guys even mentioned that you rolled one over doing it the first time."I made sure he had his seatbelt and helmet on and sent him on his way. He made the first berm fine, but lost it on the next one and did a double rollover before landing on the wheels. The man was laughing hard when he drove back to where the vehicles were lined up, and said, "You may have made the course too hard. That was fun, though."Before he left, he said, "You should be the Lieutenant out here and not me. You haven't. I started to compose myself when чёрт воз'ми! (chyort voz'mi - oh shit!). Masha walked into the room and saw my fresh tears.I expected to be lectured, but Masha surprised me. She smiled and simply asked, "Tatiana, where is Jack?"I answered, "I had him step out of the room and I thought he was right outside."Masha got a panicked expression and stated, "No, he wasn't there when I arrived."Ben did not help when he laughed and commented, "Shit, that's just Jack! He's always getting lost."Masha. She has multiple stab wounds all over and one right through her eye. She died receiving that one.Holiday has followed me over. Once I have found her body, he drops to his knees and to my shock, starts to wail. The guy must have had it bad. I give her one last hug then lay her back down. I kiss my fingers tips and touch them to her eyes. "Safe travels great warrior, 'til we meet again."The wind passes by and on it I hear a soft whisper in my ear. 'Til we meet again my friend.' Then the feeling.
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