Max Devore came up there tohis old hometown for one reason and one reason only: to buy a kid. The Frisbee stillflew, red against the green of the grass and trees, the blue of the sky. I crawled to the end of the barrel, got up,took Ki's hand, and let her lead us deeper into the Ghost House. His eyes were glassy with shock, but Ithought maybe he was coming back.
Still, I felt really lonely for the first time since I saw Kyra marchingup the white line of Route 68 in her bathing suit and flip-flops. For four days I hadn't thought at allabout how there was now only dust in my safe-deposit box at FidelityUnion, and for four His mother was awful y jealous and didn't like the idea of his having any intimate friends and would al One puff, maybe two, and it was gone--but it had been there, all right,and for perhaps five seconds the film of sweat on my body turned to whatfelt like a slime of ice.
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