" That's a good idea," English agreed.The two sipped their coffees. One of them was relaxed and satisfied. The other was tense, blind with rage, and w...aiting for his companion to depart."Well," English finally said, "I best be off. Here's my card. If you need me, don't hesitate to call." Need you?" George snapped.The man looked surprised for the first time. "If you decide to press charges against Katterman, I mean." Oh," George replied. "Sure, yeah."Motherfucker, he thought angrily a few moments. ‘You used that C word.’ ‘I’m allowed to use cunt but not Christ,’ Ted whispered to me, but not softly enough. ‘Ted!’ I arrived in a tight white T-shirt and very tight jeans to impress Erin, but seemed to only have caught Ted’s eye. ‘You may need your jacket,’ Erin said, ‘You look rather undressed.’ ‘Mom, that’s Saturday gear for guys these days. Get up to speed.’ ‘We have our own standards, thank you dear, don’t we Ted.’ Smart Ted gave that stock reply that has served husbands for generations:. As soon as oneworked up enough guts to look up at me I flashed him a smile and saidhi!Before he could reply a girl's voice from behind told him to get lost.I turned around to see a girl about my age glaring at the boys in thepool. She sat down and introduced herself as Jill, the sister of theboy I had smiled at. She said that if he was bothering me she'd tellher mom and he'd get into a lot of trouble. I said that they weren't really being much trouble, that they werejust being boys."I guess. "What can you really expect from a lowly scavenger, anyway? Is there a lower form of life?"Rey's cheeks burns. She needs to get away from them. Away from him. She backs away from their group and moves through the crowd, frantically. She pushes past a sea of people— men and women, staring at her.All the doors are guarded by stormtroopers. She chooses the door with the least amount of stormtroopers. Two.Rey angrily pushes past a pair of stormtroopers."Hey! We were told not to let this one.
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