he, his voice leaving

as enormous, all marb

ge, deep enoug

filled the air, but it

started

arp and brut

not a bath, bu

water, held there until my l

pills, the ones that made yo

ed to darken before my ey

wed its way

itting the wall, de

, but it wouldn't turn,

d overwhelmin

ter," I sobbed, banging

there, his face a mask of concer

terical, backed into a co

ong?" he asked,

nd two white pills in

further away. "Don't make me

as hoarse,

she walked into the lake, Marcus. She said she was

and, then at me, my chest heavi

tood there, the silence stre

hand over the pills and put

aid, his voice quiet

throom, leavin

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orced me, n

ained, a cold kn

s only a tempo

uld just go away, le