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ethediylit,barelivingrookariockedthefrontdoor,pulledthetatteredsheetsthatpassedforcurtainsthenhetookadeepbreathandgaveusthebadnews:
hisbrothertooruldnttakeustopeshaedhistrucksenginehadbloheillingforparts
“lasteoneexclaid“ifyouknehis,whydidyoubringushere”
ioventoutoftheerofeyethenablurofsothingzippinga,andthenextthingisaslaedagainstthedanglingtabovethefloorkwerebabashands
“illtellyouakinggutturaltheerofhisuth
“puthio,”oneofthepassengerssaid
“itskneuntiltheyoungther,theoherussianofficerhadfancied,beggedhiostop
karilapsedonthefloorandrolledaroundfightingforairfellsilentlessthantanhedidntevenknoostantodeath,ean
sothingthuednextdooo,notnextdoor,below
“eoneasked
“theothers,”kariantedbetent”
“ho
“twoweeks”
“ithoughtyousaidthetruckbrokedoweek”
kariubbedhisthroat“itghthavebeentheroaked
“howlong”
“”
“hoflinchedbutsaidnothingiurderouslookonbabasface
thestehingdank,likeldeynostrilsthentkaripenedthedoorthatleddoentpsalourrbuzzedthroughthebasent,beneathitthesoundofeethingelse,ascratchingsound
babasighedbehindanddroppedthebags
karioldusitshouldbeatterofaupleofshortdaysbeforethetruckontosafety
thebasenteforthenexthethirdnight,idisveredthesourceofthescratchingsoundsrats
onent”
babasnortedapinatterofgod
italandhisfatherthatalsittinginthebasentjustafebuteovertooursideoftheroondisaalsface,reallysa
hehadplynoothereahollohisshouldershunaligoaloneale,youknotriedtofightgodtookhibleedingdoorejuststares
theretoldusafterentthetruckwasbeyondrepair
“thereisanotheroption,”kariaid,hisvoicerisingadthegroanshisusinouggledpeopleesheusall
everyoneexceptanelderlyupledecidedtogo
alandhisfather,theotherskarindhisusin,asquarefabedtherearaberbabacliedhalfhe
ladder,hoppedbaptiedtheboxandpitheddleoftheunpavedroadhekissedthedirtpoureditintotheboxstoheboxinhisbreastpocket,nexttohisheart
panic
youopenyouruthopenitsoouthanageisastrangledcroakyourhandsehascrackedopenandafloodofldsyou
panic
thebasenthadbeendarkthefueltankyhandsbeforeeyes,didntseesooventiblinked,blinkedagainnothingatalltheairostsolidairyhands,doythefus,likesoonehadpeeledlidsbanosecaughtfireinging,ing
andthenasllraclebabatuggedatsleeveandsothinggloyeyesgluedtothosefluorescentgreenhandsi,ididntdareblink
sloeaysurroundingsiheardgroansandtteredprayersiheardababyutedsoothingsooneretchedsooneelsecursedtheshoraruckbouncedsidetoside,upand
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ethediylit,barelivingrookariockedthefrontdoor,pulledthetatteredsheetsthatpassedforcurtainsthenhetookadeepbreathandgaveusthebadnews:
hisbrothertooruldnttakeustopeshaedhistrucksenginehadbloheillingforparts
“lasteoneexclaid“ifyouknehis,whydidyoubringushere”
ioventoutoftheerofeyethenablurofsothingzippinga,andthenextthingisaslaedagainstthedanglingtabovethefloorkwerebabashands
“illtellyouakinggutturaltheerofhisuth
“puthio,”oneofthepassengerssaid
“itskneuntiltheyoungther,theoherussianofficerhadfancied,beggedhiostop
karilapsedonthefloorandrolledaroundfightingforairfellsilentlessthantanhedidntevenknoostantodeath,ean
sothingthuednextdooo,notnextdoor,below
“eoneasked
“theothers,”kariantedbetent”
“ho
“twoweeks”
“ithoughtyousaidthetruckbrokedoweek”
kariubbedhisthroat“itghthavebeentheroaked
“howlong”
“”
“hoflinchedbutsaidnothingiurderouslookonbabasface
thestehingdank,likeldeynostrilsthentkaripenedthedoorthatleddoentpsalourrbuzzedthroughthebasent,beneathitthesoundofeethingelse,ascratchingsound
babasighedbehindanddroppedthebags
karioldusitshouldbeatterofaupleofshortdaysbeforethetruckontosafety
thebasenteforthenexthethirdnight,idisveredthesourceofthescratchingsoundsrats
onent”
babasnortedapinatterofgod
italandhisfatherthatalsittinginthebasentjustafebuteovertooursideoftheroondisaalsface,reallysa
hehadplynoothereahollohisshouldershunaligoaloneale,youknotriedtofightgodtookhibleedingdoorejuststares
theretoldusafterentthetruckwasbeyondrepair
“thereisanotheroption,”kariaid,hisvoicerisingadthegroanshisusinouggledpeopleesheusall
everyoneexceptanelderlyupledecidedtogo
alandhisfather,theotherskarindhisusin,asquarefabedtherearaberbabacliedhalfhe
ladder,hoppedbaptiedtheboxandpitheddleoftheunpavedroadhekissedthedirtpoureditintotheboxstoheboxinhisbreastpocket,nexttohisheart
panic
youopenyouruthopenitsoouthanageisastrangledcroakyourhandsehascrackedopenandafloodofldsyou
panic
thebasenthadbeendarkthefueltankyhandsbeforeeyes,didntseesooventiblinked,blinkedagainnothingatalltheairostsolidairyhands,doythefus,likesoonehadpeeledlidsbanosecaughtfireinging,ing
andthenasllraclebabatuggedatsleeveandsothinggloyeyesgluedtothosefluorescentgreenhandsi,ididntdareblink
sloeaysurroundingsiheardgroansandtteredprayersiheardababyutedsoothingsooneretchedsooneelsecursedtheshoraruckbouncedsidetoside,upand
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