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terly。
I stared back and the silence stretched on。 The pain in his face unnerved me。
I felt a lump beginning to
build in my throat。
〃Can we walk?〃 I asked while I could still speak。
He didn't respond in any way; his face didn't change。
I got out of the car; feeling unseen eyes behind the windows on me; and
started walking toward the trees
to the north。 My feet squished in the damp grass and mud beside the road; and;
as that was the only
sound; at first I thought he wasn't following me。 But when I glanced around;
he was right beside me; his
feet having somehow found a less noisy path than mine。
I felt better in the fringe of trees; where Sam couldn't possibly be watching。
As we walked; I struggled for
the right thing to say; but nothing came。 I just got more and more angry that
Jacob had gotten sucked
in that Billy had allowed this that Sam was able to stand there so assured
and calm
Jacob suddenly picked up the pace; striding ahead of me easily with his long
legs; and then swinging
around to face me; planting himself in my path so I would have to stop too。
I was distracted by the overt grace of his movement。 Jacob had been nearly as
klutzy as me with his
never…ending growth spurt。 When did that changed?
But Jacob didn't give me time to think about it。
〃Let's get this over with;〃 he said in a hard; husky voice。
I waited。 He knew what I wanted。
〃It's not what you think。〃 His voice was abruptly weary。 〃It's not what I
thought—I was way off。〃
〃So what is it; then?〃
He studied my face for a long moment; speculating。 The anger never pletely
left his eyes。