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Today's
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story
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concerns
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adult
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subject
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matter
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for
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mature
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listeners.
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If
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that's
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not
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your
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cup
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of
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tea,
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or
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there
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are
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youngsters
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listening,
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please
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skip
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this
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one
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and
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come
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back
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for
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another
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story
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another
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time.
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listening
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to
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Ghost
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of
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Dog
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on
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Voice
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Dog.
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is
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Rob
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MacWolf,
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your
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fellow
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traveler,
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and
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Tonight’s story
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is “Housing
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Crisis”
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by
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Royce
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Day,
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author
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of
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The
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Red
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Vixen
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Adventures
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and
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Meeting
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Dominique,
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and
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you
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can
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find
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more
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of
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his
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stories
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on
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his
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Patreon
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page.
For
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Sale,
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historic
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home
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with
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potential
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as
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a
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rental
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property.
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Fixer-upper.
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Recently
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remodeled.
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One
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bath.
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One
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bed,
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perhaps it
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would
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be
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more
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accurate
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to
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say
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one
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and
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a
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half.
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Sold
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as-is,
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buyer
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to
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make
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assurance
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of
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the
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state
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of
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all
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structures
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by
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means
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of
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exuberant
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niece
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and
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reluctant
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boyfriend,
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as
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is industry
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standard.
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Oh
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yes,
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and
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be
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advised
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there
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a
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current
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tenant,
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who
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has
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been
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known
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to
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be
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difficult.
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by
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the
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Author.
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enjoy
“Housing
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Crisis”
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by
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Royce
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Day
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are not
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enough
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chicken
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nuggets
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in
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the
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world
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to
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make
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me
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go
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in
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there,”
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I
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said
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flatly,
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looking up
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at
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the
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boarded-up
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windows
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of
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the
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decrepit
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Victorian
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mansion.
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was
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stories
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tall,
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turrets
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at
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two
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corners
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a
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wraparound
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porch,
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sitting
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on
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five-acre
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estate
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middle
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Carolina
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pine
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forest,
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pine
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saplings
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growing
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had
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probably once
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been
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an
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immaculate
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lawn.
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early
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the
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lingering
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heat
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of
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extended
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summer
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black
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spots
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my
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cheetah
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pelt
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grow
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uncomfortably
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stood
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outside.
“Aww, c’mon,
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Pete,”
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my
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girlfriend
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Chaula
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wheedled. “It’s just
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a
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house.”
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Chaula
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was
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an
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Indian
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tigress
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a
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good
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half-meter taller than
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I
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was, dressed in her
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usual
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cargo
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shorts
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and
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a
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t-shirt
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tight
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enough
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to
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show
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off her
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ample
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muscles,
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her
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pack
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of
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photography
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gear
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slug
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over her
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shoulder.
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Given
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her
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size
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and
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strength,
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wheedling
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wasn’t
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her
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usual
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way
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of…
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well,
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getting
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her
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way.
“Yes,”
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I
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said. “A house
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that’s
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almost
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two-hundred years
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old,
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in
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the
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middle
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of
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the
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woods,
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probably
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built
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by
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slave
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owners,
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likely
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with
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secret
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passages,
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abandoned…”
“It
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wasn’t
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abandoned,”
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Chaula interrupted. “My Uncle Taresh bought it at an
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auction for
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unpaid
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taxes.”
“I
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think
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your
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Uncle
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Taresh
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has
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poor
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judgement
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in
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property
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deals,”
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I
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said. “I
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still
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get
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nightmares
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from
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when
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we
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did
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that
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photoshoot
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at
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the
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asylum he
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bought.”
Chaula waved
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one of her big
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paws
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at
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the
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front
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porch. “This
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is
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completely
362
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different!
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It’s
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just
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a
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house!
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Stop being a
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scaredy
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cheetah.”
“Was it
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built
371
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on
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an
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ancient
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Native
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American
376
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burial
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ground?”
378
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I
379
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asked. “With
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wood
381
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from
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the
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Mary
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Celeste?”
“No.
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It’s
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just
387
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a
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house.”
389
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Chaula
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said
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firmly. “It
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belonged
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to
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some
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tech
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bro
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who
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bought
399
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it
400
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in
401
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the
402
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late 90’s
403
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but
404
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never
405
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did
406
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anything
407
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with
408
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it
409
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before
410
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he
411
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went
412
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bankrupt.
413
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That’s
414
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why
415
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it’s
416
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been
417
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sitting
418
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like
419
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this
420
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for
421
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so
422
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long.”
423
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She
424
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gave
425
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me
426
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a
427
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pleading
428
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expression. “Please,
429
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Pete?
430
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I’ll
431
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split
432
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whatever
433
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Uncle
434
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Taresh
435
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gives
436
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me
437
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for
438
00:03:01,500 --> 00:03:01,710:
doing
439
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a photo
440
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inventory 50/50
441
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with
442
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you.”
“All right,”
443
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I
444
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said,
445
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giving
446
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in. “And
447
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I
448
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get
449
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full
450
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rights
451
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if
452
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we
453
00:03:06,780 --> 00:03:07,080:
decide
454
00:03:07,080 --> 00:03:07,139:
to
455
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do
456
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any
457
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glamor
458
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photography
459
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while
460
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we’re
461
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here.”
“Eh,
462
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that’s
463
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fair,”
464
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Chaula
465
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agreed.
“And
466
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we’re
467
00:03:11,819 --> 00:03:12,000:
out of
468
00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:12,150:
here
469
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before
470
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sunset!”
“Yes,
471
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Pete,”
472
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she
473
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said,
474
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giving
475
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me
476
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a
477
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fond rub
478
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between
479
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the
480
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ears.
481
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I
482
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ducked
483
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my
484
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head
485
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and
486
00:03:17,520 --> 00:03:17,639:
tried
487
00:03:17,639 --> 00:03:17,699:
to
488
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swat at
489
00:03:18,150 --> 00:03:18,360:
her,
490
00:03:18,360 --> 00:03:18,449:
but
491
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she
492
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straight-armed
493
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me
494
00:03:19,259 --> 00:03:19,566:
and
495
00:03:19,566 --> 00:03:19,949:
laughed
496
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as
497
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I
498
00:03:20,159 --> 00:03:20,370:
only
499
00:03:20,370 --> 00:03:20,759:
slapped
500
00:03:20,759 --> 00:03:22,500:
air.
I
501
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fetched
502
00:03:22,830 --> 00:03:22,919:
and
503
00:03:22,919 --> 00:03:23,219:
carried
504
00:03:23,219 --> 00:03:23,639:
as Chaula
505
00:03:23,639 --> 00:03:23,819:
set
506
00:03:23,819 --> 00:03:23,939:
up
507
00:03:23,939 --> 00:03:24,000:
her
508
00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:24,449:
tripod
509
00:03:24,449 --> 00:03:24,539:
and
510
00:03:24,539 --> 00:03:24,930:
camera,
511
00:03:24,930 --> 00:03:25,349:
snapping
512
00:03:25,349 --> 00:03:25,650:
photos
513
00:03:25,650 --> 00:03:25,710:
of
514
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the
515
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front,
516
00:03:26,069 --> 00:03:26,460:
sides,
517
00:03:26,460 --> 00:03:26,550:
and
518
00:03:26,550 --> 00:03:26,729:
rear
519
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of
520
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the
521
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house.
522
00:03:27,719 --> 00:03:28,169:
Eventually
523
00:03:28,169 --> 00:03:28,289:
we
524
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made
525
00:03:28,469 --> 00:03:28,560:
it
526
00:03:28,560 --> 00:03:28,740:
back
527
00:03:28,740 --> 00:03:28,830:
to
528
00:03:28,830 --> 00:03:28,919:
the
529
00:03:28,919 --> 00:03:29,159:
front
530
00:03:29,159 --> 00:03:29,520:
door,
531
00:03:29,520 --> 00:03:29,610:
and
532
00:03:29,610 --> 00:03:29,669:
I
533
00:03:29,669 --> 00:03:30,030:
looked it
534
00:03:30,030 --> 00:03:30,270:
over
535
00:03:30,270 --> 00:03:30,449:
as
536
00:03:30,449 --> 00:03:30,960:
Chaula fished
537
00:03:30,960 --> 00:03:31,050:
the
538
00:03:31,050 --> 00:03:31,229:
key
539
00:03:31,229 --> 00:03:31,379:
for
540
00:03:31,379 --> 00:03:31,469:
the
541
00:03:31,469 --> 00:03:31,740:
lock
542
00:03:31,740 --> 00:03:31,860:
out
543
00:03:31,860 --> 00:03:31,949:
of
544
00:03:31,949 --> 00:03:32,039:
her
545
00:03:32,039 --> 00:03:33,270:
pocket. “Who
546
00:03:33,270 --> 00:03:33,360:
were
547
00:03:33,360 --> 00:03:33,479:
the
548
00:03:33,479 --> 00:03:33,870:
original
549
00:03:33,870 --> 00:03:34,199:
builders
550
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of
551
00:03:34,289 --> 00:03:34,439:
this
552
00:03:34,439 --> 00:03:34,710:
place?”
553
00:03:34,710 --> 00:03:34,798:
I
554
00:03:34,798 --> 00:03:35,789:
asked.
“English
555
00:03:35,789 --> 00:03:36,150:
lions
556
00:03:36,150 --> 00:03:36,240:
I
557
00:03:36,240 --> 00:03:36,509:
think,”
558
00:03:36,509 --> 00:03:36,840:
Chaula
559
00:03:36,840 --> 00:03:37,530:
said,
560
00:03:37,530 --> 00:03:37,919:
finally
561
00:03:37,919 --> 00:03:38,370:
unlocking the
562
00:03:38,370 --> 00:03:38,580:
door
563
00:03:38,580 --> 00:03:38,669:
and
564
00:03:38,669 --> 00:03:38,969:
pushing
565
00:03:38,969 --> 00:03:39,060:
it
566
00:03:39,060 --> 00:03:39,960:
open.
567
00:03:39,960 --> 00:03:40,050:
It
568
00:03:40,050 --> 00:03:40,349:
opened
569
00:03:40,349 --> 00:03:40,530:
into
570
00:03:40,530 --> 00:03:40,591:
a
571
00:03:40,591 --> 00:03:40,860:
dim
572
00:03:40,860 --> 00:03:41,280:
foyer,
573
00:03:41,280 --> 00:03:41,430:
with
574
00:03:41,430 --> 00:03:41,520:
an
575
00:03:41,520 --> 00:03:41,819:
opening
576
00:03:41,819 --> 00:03:42,090:
leading
577
00:03:42,090 --> 00:03:42,240:
to
578
00:03:42,240 --> 00:03:42,270:
a
579
00:03:42,270 --> 00:03:42,629:
central
580
00:03:42,629 --> 00:03:42,870:
living
581
00:03:42,870 --> 00:03:43,409:
room.
582
00:03:43,409 --> 00:03:43,560:
The
583
00:03:43,560 --> 00:03:44,009:
furnishings
584
00:03:44,009 --> 00:03:44,879:
were “contemporary”
585
00:03:44,879 --> 00:03:46,650:
stuff from the 1970’s,
586
00:03:46,650 --> 00:03:47,879:
the reddish-brown upholstery
587
00:03:47,879 --> 00:03:48,120:
covered
588
00:03:48,120 --> 00:03:48,240:
in
589
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a
590
00:03:48,300 --> 00:03:48,509:
thick
591
00:03:48,509 --> 00:03:48,750:
layer
592
00:03:48,750 --> 00:03:48,840:
of
593
00:03:48,840 --> 00:03:49,949:
dust. “Ugh, now
594
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this
595
00:03:50,189 --> 00:03:50,280:
is
596
00:03:50,280 --> 00:03:50,759:
horrifying,”
597
00:03:50,759 --> 00:03:50,909:
she
598
00:03:50,909 --> 00:03:51,419:
muttered,
599
00:03:51,419 --> 00:03:51,719:
waving
600
00:03:51,719 --> 00:03:51,840:
her
601
00:03:51,840 --> 00:03:52,319:
flashlight
602
00:03:52,319 --> 00:03:53,159:
around.
603
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She
604
00:03:53,310 --> 00:03:53,550:
turned
605
00:03:53,550 --> 00:03:53,669:
as
606
00:03:53,669 --> 00:03:53,699:
I
607
00:03:53,699 --> 00:03:54,030:
grabbed
608
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a
609
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chair
610
00:03:54,300 --> 00:03:54,389:
and
611
00:03:54,389 --> 00:03:54,659:
started
612
00:03:54,659 --> 00:03:54,960:
dragging
613
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it
614
00:03:55,049 --> 00:03:55,259:
towards
615
00:03:55,259 --> 00:03:55,349:
the
616
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front
617
00:03:55,560 --> 00:03:56,250:
door. “What
618
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are
619
00:03:56,280 --> 00:03:56,400:
you
620
00:03:56,400 --> 00:03:56,669:
doing,
621
00:03:56,669 --> 00:03:58,650:
Pete?” she asked.
“Propping
622
00:03:58,650 --> 00:03:58,740:
the front
623
00:03:58,740 --> 00:03:58,979:
door
624
00:03:58,979 --> 00:03:59,159:
open
625
00:03:59,159 --> 00:03:59,310:
so
626
00:03:59,310 --> 00:04:00,360:
it can’t ‘accidentally’
627
00:04:00,360 --> 00:04:00,629:
shut
628
00:04:00,629 --> 00:04:00,780:
on
629
00:04:00,780 --> 00:04:00,930:
us,”
630
00:04:00,930 --> 00:04:01,020:
I
631
00:04:01,020 --> 00:04:01,439:
replied,
632
00:04:01,439 --> 00:04:01,770:
jamming
633
00:04:01,770 --> 00:04:01,860:
the
634
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chair
635
00:04:02,039 --> 00:04:02,340:
between
636
00:04:02,340 --> 00:04:02,430:
the
637
00:04:02,430 --> 00:04:02,610:
heavy
638
00:04:02,610 --> 00:04:02,819:
door
639
00:04:02,819 --> 00:04:02,909:
and
640
00:04:02,909 --> 00:04:02,969:
the
641
00:04:02,969 --> 00:04:04,379:
door frame.
She
642
00:04:04,379 --> 00:04:04,650:
raised
643
00:04:04,650 --> 00:04:04,740:
an
644
00:04:04,740 --> 00:04:05,099:
eyebrow
645
00:04:05,099 --> 00:04:05,219:
at
646
00:04:05,219 --> 00:04:07,199:
me. “You honestly think you ran into ghosts at
647
00:04:07,199 --> 00:04:07,409:
the
648
00:04:07,409 --> 00:04:08,099:
asylum last
649
00:04:08,099 --> 00:04:09,150:
year?”
“I
650
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know
651
00:04:09,419 --> 00:04:09,539:
I
652
00:04:09,539 --> 00:04:09,719:
ran
653
00:04:09,719 --> 00:04:09,900:
into
654
00:04:09,900 --> 00:04:10,169:
ghosts,”
655
00:04:10,169 --> 00:04:10,229:
I
656
00:04:10,229 --> 00:04:10,500:
told
657
00:04:10,500 --> 00:04:10,889:
her. “I’m
658
00:04:10,889 --> 00:04:11,069:
not
659
00:04:11,069 --> 00:04:11,280:
letting
660
00:04:11,280 --> 00:04:11,669:
myself
661
00:04:11,669 --> 00:04:11,819:
get
662
00:04:11,819 --> 00:04:12,090:
stuck
663
00:04:12,090 --> 00:04:12,210:
in
664
00:04:12,210 --> 00:04:12,270:
a
665
00:04:12,270 --> 00:04:12,569:
padded
666
00:04:12,569 --> 00:04:12,870:
cell
667
00:04:12,870 --> 00:04:13,949:
again.”
“I
668
00:04:13,949 --> 00:04:14,129:
doubt
669
00:04:14,129 --> 00:04:14,280:
this
670
00:04:14,280 --> 00:04:14,610:
place has
671
00:04:14,610 --> 00:04:14,669:
a
672
00:04:14,669 --> 00:04:14,969:
padded
673
00:04:14,969 --> 00:04:15,270:
cell,”
674
00:04:15,270 --> 00:04:15,563:
Chaula
675
00:04:15,563 --> 00:04:15,750:
tried
676
00:04:15,750 --> 00:04:15,810:
to
677
00:04:15,810 --> 00:04:16,139:
assure
678
00:04:16,139 --> 00:04:16,860:
me. “Or
679
00:04:16,860 --> 00:04:18,870:
accommodations for a madvixen
680
00:04:18,870 --> 00:04:18,959:
in
681
00:04:18,959 --> 00:04:19,079:
the
682
00:04:19,079 --> 00:04:19,620:
attic.
683
00:04:19,620 --> 00:04:19,740:
In
684
00:04:19,740 --> 00:04:20,189:
fact…”
685
00:04:20,189 --> 00:04:20,370:
She
686
00:04:20,370 --> 00:04:20,610:
reached
687
00:04:20,610 --> 00:04:20,790:
over
688
00:04:20,790 --> 00:04:20,879:
and
689
00:04:20,879 --> 00:04:21,120:
flipped
690
00:04:21,120 --> 00:04:21,149:
a
691
00:04:21,149 --> 00:04:23,490:
switch. The lamp in the living room flipped on,
692
00:04:23,490 --> 00:04:24,120:
dispelling most
693
00:04:24,120 --> 00:04:24,180:
of
694
00:04:24,180 --> 00:04:24,269:
the
695
00:04:24,269 --> 00:04:26,310:
gloom. “Ha! Uncle Taresh got the power
696
00:04:26,310 --> 00:04:26,610:
company
697
00:04:26,610 --> 00:04:26,670:
to
698
00:04:26,670 --> 00:04:26,879:
turn
699
00:04:26,879 --> 00:04:26,970:
the
700
00:04:26,970 --> 00:04:27,209:
juice
701
00:04:27,209 --> 00:04:27,449:
back
702
00:04:27,449 --> 00:04:28,769:
on.”
“Good,”
703
00:04:28,769 --> 00:04:28,829:
I
704
00:04:28,829 --> 00:04:29,220:
said,
705
00:04:29,220 --> 00:04:29,699:
kicking some
706
00:04:29,699 --> 00:04:30,349:
dust off my
707
00:04:30,349 --> 00:04:30,779:
footpad
708
00:04:30,779 --> 00:04:30,930:
from
709
00:04:30,930 --> 00:04:31,019:
the
710
00:04:31,019 --> 00:04:33,300:
floor. With the lights on 90% of the
711
00:04:33,300 --> 00:04:33,569:
creepy
712
00:04:33,569 --> 00:04:34,019:
atmosphere
713
00:04:34,019 --> 00:04:34,709:
disappeared.
714
00:04:34,709 --> 00:04:34,769:
It
715
00:04:34,769 --> 00:04:34,889:
was
716
00:04:34,889 --> 00:04:35,100:
just
717
00:04:35,100 --> 00:04:35,129:
a
718
00:04:35,129 --> 00:04:35,339:
big
719
00:04:35,339 --> 00:04:35,639:
house
720
00:04:35,639 --> 00:04:36,240:
now,
721
00:04:36,240 --> 00:04:36,358:
with
722
00:04:36,358 --> 00:04:36,540:
a lot
723
00:04:36,540 --> 00:04:36,629:
of
724
00:04:36,629 --> 00:04:36,959:
tacky
725
00:04:36,959 --> 00:04:37,439:
furnishings
726
00:04:37,439 --> 00:04:37,589:
from
727
00:04:37,589 --> 00:04:37,920:
before
728
00:04:37,920 --> 00:04:37,949:
I
729
00:04:37,949 --> 00:04:38,129:
was
730
00:04:38,129 --> 00:04:39,269:
born.
731
00:04:39,269 --> 00:04:39,360:
I
732
00:04:39,360 --> 00:04:39,720:
followed
733
00:04:39,720 --> 00:04:40,139:
Chaula as
734
00:04:40,139 --> 00:04:40,319:
she
735
00:04:40,319 --> 00:04:40,529:
moved
736
00:04:40,529 --> 00:04:40,649:
through
737
00:04:40,649 --> 00:04:40,769:
the
738
00:04:40,769 --> 00:04:41,160:
first
739
00:04:41,160 --> 00:04:41,970:
floor,
740
00:04:41,970 --> 00:04:42,360:
snapping
741
00:04:42,360 --> 00:04:42,750:
pictures of
742
00:04:42,750 --> 00:04:42,839:
the
743
00:04:42,839 --> 00:04:43,139:
walls
744
00:04:43,139 --> 00:04:43,230:
and
745
00:04:43,230 --> 00:04:43,680:
ceilings
746
00:04:43,680 --> 00:04:43,829:
so her
747
00:04:43,829 --> 00:04:44,069:
uncle
748
00:04:44,069 --> 00:04:44,160:
could
749
00:04:44,160 --> 00:04:44,339:
get
750
00:04:44,339 --> 00:04:44,430:
an
751
00:04:44,430 --> 00:04:44,699:
idea
752
00:04:44,699 --> 00:04:44,910:
about
753
00:04:44,910 --> 00:04:45,000:
the
754
00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:45,420:
structural
755
00:04:45,420 --> 00:04:45,899:
integrity
756
00:04:45,899 --> 00:04:45,990:
of
757
00:04:45,990 --> 00:04:46,050:
the
758
00:04:46,050 --> 00:04:47,250:
place.
759
00:04:47,250 --> 00:04:47,370:
When
760
00:04:47,370 --> 00:04:47,490:
she
761
00:04:47,490 --> 00:04:47,730:
reached
762
00:04:47,730 --> 00:04:47,790:
the
763
00:04:47,790 --> 00:04:48,389:
kitchen
764
00:04:48,389 --> 00:04:48,569:
though,
765
00:04:48,569 --> 00:04:48,750:
she
766
00:04:48,750 --> 00:04:48,930:
let
767
00:04:48,930 --> 00:04:49,019:
out
768
00:04:49,019 --> 00:04:49,050:
a
769
00:04:49,050 --> 00:04:49,350:
shriek
770
00:04:49,350 --> 00:04:49,589:
and
771
00:04:49,589 --> 00:04:49,889:
stepped
772
00:04:49,889 --> 00:04:50,100:
back
773
00:04:50,100 --> 00:04:51,180:
suddenly. “What’s
774
00:04:51,180 --> 00:04:51,389:
wrong?!”
775
00:04:51,389 --> 00:04:51,540:
I
776
00:04:51,540 --> 00:04:52,829:
demanded.
“Ugh!
777
00:04:52,829 --> 00:04:53,730:
Apricot
778
00:04:53,730 --> 00:04:54,060:
colored
779
00:04:54,060 --> 00:04:54,421:
enamel
780
00:04:54,421 --> 00:04:54,509:
on
781
00:04:54,509 --> 00:04:54,569:
the
782
00:04:54,569 --> 00:04:54,870:
kitchen
783
00:04:54,870 --> 00:04:55,319:
appliances!”
784
00:04:55,319 --> 00:04:55,500:
she
785
00:04:55,500 --> 00:04:55,680:
cried
786
00:04:55,680 --> 00:04:55,800:
out
787
00:04:55,800 --> 00:04:56,100:
in mock
788
00:04:56,100 --> 00:04:56,939:
terror. “I’m
789
00:04:56,939 --> 00:04:57,089:
pretty
790
00:04:57,089 --> 00:04:57,269:
sure
791
00:04:57,269 --> 00:04:57,450:
that’s
792
00:04:57,450 --> 00:04:57,480:
a
793
00:04:57,480 --> 00:04:57,750:
crime
794
00:04:57,750 --> 00:04:57,990:
against
795
00:04:57,990 --> 00:04:58,139:
good
796
00:04:58,139 --> 00:04:59,639:
taste.”
“Jesus
797
00:04:59,639 --> 00:05:00,000:
Chaula,
798
00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:00,180:
don’t
799
00:05:00,180 --> 00:05:00,391:
give
800
00:05:00,391 --> 00:05:00,480:
a
801
00:05:00,480 --> 00:05:00,689:
heart
802
00:05:00,689 --> 00:05:00,959:
attack!”
803
00:05:00,959 --> 00:05:01,050:
I
804
00:05:01,050 --> 00:05:02,730:
complained.
“Sorry,”
805
00:05:02,730 --> 00:05:02,926:
she
806
00:05:02,926 --> 00:05:03,180:
said,
807
00:05:03,180 --> 00:05:03,449:
grinning
808
00:05:03,449 --> 00:05:03,629:
down
809
00:05:03,629 --> 00:05:03,720:
at
810
00:05:03,720 --> 00:05:04,529:
me.
811
00:05:04,529 --> 00:05:04,649:
She
812
00:05:04,649 --> 00:05:04,860:
opened
813
00:05:04,860 --> 00:05:04,920:
the
814
00:05:04,920 --> 00:05:05,370:
cabinets,
815
00:05:05,370 --> 00:05:05,639:
taking
816
00:05:05,639 --> 00:05:05,850:
quick
817
00:05:05,850 --> 00:05:06,149:
photos
818
00:05:06,149 --> 00:05:06,240:
of
819
00:05:06,240 --> 00:05:06,360:
the
820
00:05:06,360 --> 00:05:06,660:
dusty
821
00:05:06,660 --> 00:05:07,050:
glasses
822
00:05:07,050 --> 00:05:07,170:
and
823
00:05:07,170 --> 00:05:07,620:
plates, and
824
00:05:07,620 --> 00:05:07,920:
noting
825
00:05:07,920 --> 00:05:08,040:
the
826
00:05:08,040 --> 00:05:08,279:
empty
827
00:05:08,279 --> 00:05:08,550:
food
828
00:05:08,550 --> 00:05:09,930:
cupboards. “Whoever
829
00:05:09,930 --> 00:05:10,199:
lived
830
00:05:10,199 --> 00:05:10,529:
here
831
00:05:10,529 --> 00:05:11,129:
last
832
00:05:11,129 --> 00:05:11,399:
cleaned
833
00:05:11,399 --> 00:05:11,519:
out
834
00:05:11,519 --> 00:05:11,639:
all
835
00:05:11,639 --> 00:05:11,730:
the
836
00:05:11,730 --> 00:05:11,910:
food
837
00:05:11,910 --> 00:05:12,149:
before
838
00:05:12,149 --> 00:05:12,240:
they
839
00:05:12,240 --> 00:05:12,509:
left,
840
00:05:12,509 --> 00:05:12,629:
but
841
00:05:12,629 --> 00:05:12,689:
they
842
00:05:12,689 --> 00:05:12,930:
left
843
00:05:12,930 --> 00:05:13,019:
all
844
00:05:13,019 --> 00:05:13,110:
the
845
00:05:13,110 --> 00:05:13,379:
kitchen
846
00:05:13,379 --> 00:05:13,589:
stuff
847
00:05:13,589 --> 00:05:13,709:
and
848
00:05:13,709 --> 00:05:14,250:
furniture.
849
00:05:14,250 --> 00:05:14,339:
I
850
00:05:14,339 --> 00:05:14,610:
wonder
851
00:05:14,610 --> 00:05:15,839:
why?”
“Shouldn’t
852
00:05:15,839 --> 00:05:15,990:
there
853
00:05:15,990 --> 00:05:16,079:
have
854
00:05:16,079 --> 00:05:16,230:
been
855
00:05:16,230 --> 00:05:16,350:
an
856
00:05:16,350 --> 00:05:16,709:
estate
857
00:05:16,709 --> 00:05:17,879:
sale?” I asked.
“You’d
858
00:05:17,879 --> 00:05:18,689:
think.”
859
00:05:18,689 --> 00:05:19,589:
She opened a narrow door
860
00:05:19,589 --> 00:05:20,519:
that revealed
861
00:05:20,519 --> 00:05:20,670:
an
862
00:05:20,670 --> 00:05:21,029:
equally
863
00:05:21,029 --> 00:05:21,360:
narrow
864
00:05:21,360 --> 00:05:21,569:
set
865
00:05:21,569 --> 00:05:21,660:
of
866
00:05:21,660 --> 00:05:22,019:
stairs
867
00:05:22,019 --> 00:05:22,290:
leading
868
00:05:22,290 --> 00:05:23,100:
up. “Ah,
869
00:05:23,100 --> 00:05:23,399:
here’s your
870
00:05:23,399 --> 00:05:23,699:
secret
871
00:05:23,699 --> 00:05:24,089:
passage,
872
00:05:24,089 --> 00:05:24,449:
Pete.
873
00:05:24,449 --> 00:05:24,810:
Servant
874
00:05:24,810 --> 00:05:25,139:
stairs,
875
00:05:25,139 --> 00:05:25,230:
to
876
00:05:25,230 --> 00:05:25,379:
bring
877
00:05:25,379 --> 00:05:25,470:
up
878
00:05:25,470 --> 00:05:25,769:
food
879
00:05:25,769 --> 00:05:25,889:
to
880
00:05:25,889 --> 00:05:25,980:
the
881
00:05:25,980 --> 00:05:26,160:
other
882
00:05:26,160 --> 00:05:27,329:
floors.”
883
00:05:27,329 --> 00:05:27,451:
She
884
00:05:27,451 --> 00:05:27,839:
squeezed
885
00:05:27,839 --> 00:05:28,170:
herself
886
00:05:28,170 --> 00:05:28,350:
through
887
00:05:28,350 --> 00:05:28,439:
the
888
00:05:28,439 --> 00:05:28,620:
door
889
00:05:28,620 --> 00:05:28,709:
and
890
00:05:28,709 --> 00:05:28,949:
started
891
00:05:28,949 --> 00:05:29,310:
climbing
892
00:05:29,310 --> 00:05:30,389:
upwards.
“I’ll
893
00:05:30,389 --> 00:05:30,569:
use
894
00:05:30,569 --> 00:05:30,660:
the other
895
00:05:30,660 --> 00:05:32,009:
stairs and meet you up top,” I
896
00:05:32,009 --> 00:05:32,220:
told
897
00:05:32,220 --> 00:05:33,269:
her.
“Wiiiiimp!”
898
00:05:33,269 --> 00:05:33,420:
she
899
00:05:33,420 --> 00:05:33,660:
called
900
00:05:33,660 --> 00:05:33,870:
back
901
00:05:33,870 --> 00:05:35,790:
sarcastically.
I
902
00:05:35,790 --> 00:05:36,060:
jogged
903
00:05:36,060 --> 00:05:36,240:
out of
904
00:05:36,240 --> 00:05:36,300:
the
905
00:05:36,300 --> 00:05:36,689:
kitchen
906
00:05:36,689 --> 00:05:36,810:
to
907
00:05:36,810 --> 00:05:36,870:
the
908
00:05:36,870 --> 00:05:37,230:
central
909
00:05:37,230 --> 00:05:37,649:
atrium,
910
00:05:37,649 --> 00:05:37,860:
where a
911
00:05:37,860 --> 00:05:38,069:
wide
912
00:05:38,069 --> 00:05:38,250:
set
913
00:05:38,250 --> 00:05:38,339:
of
914
00:05:38,339 --> 00:05:38,670:
stairs
915
00:05:38,670 --> 00:05:39,000:
rose
916
00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:39,089:
and
917
00:05:39,089 --> 00:05:39,331:
split
918
00:05:39,331 --> 00:05:39,389:
to
919
00:05:39,389 --> 00:05:39,629:
either
920
00:05:39,629 --> 00:05:39,870:
side
921
00:05:39,870 --> 00:05:39,930:
of
922
00:05:39,930 --> 00:05:39,990:
the
923
00:05:39,990 --> 00:05:40,410:
balcony
924
00:05:40,410 --> 00:05:40,560:
that
925
00:05:40,560 --> 00:05:40,921:
circled
926
00:05:40,921 --> 00:05:41,759:
it.
927
00:05:41,759 --> 00:05:42,149:
Chaula
928
00:05:42,149 --> 00:05:42,427:
emerged
929
00:05:42,427 --> 00:05:42,509:
a
930
00:05:42,509 --> 00:05:42,779:
moment
931
00:05:42,779 --> 00:05:42,990:
later
932
00:05:42,990 --> 00:05:43,139:
from
933
00:05:43,139 --> 00:05:43,230:
the
934
00:05:43,230 --> 00:05:43,500:
false
935
00:05:43,500 --> 00:05:43,740:
panel
936
00:05:43,740 --> 00:05:43,889:
that
937
00:05:43,889 --> 00:05:44,009:
hide
938
00:05:44,009 --> 00:05:44,100:
the
939
00:05:44,100 --> 00:05:44,459:
servant’s
940
00:05:44,459 --> 00:05:45,480:
stairwell,
941
00:05:45,480 --> 00:05:45,839:
coughing
942
00:05:45,839 --> 00:05:45,959:
and
943
00:05:45,959 --> 00:05:46,290:
brushing
944
00:05:46,290 --> 00:05:46,560:
dust
945
00:05:46,560 --> 00:05:46,680:
out
946
00:05:46,680 --> 00:05:46,769:
of
947
00:05:46,769 --> 00:05:49,649:
her head pelt. “Mah sweet lawd! When did it get
948
00:05:49,649 --> 00:05:50,040:
so
949
00:05:50,040 --> 00:05:50,550:
gawdawful
950
00:05:50,550 --> 00:05:51,029:
dusty
951
00:05:51,029 --> 00:05:51,120:
in
952
00:05:51,120 --> 00:05:51,300:
there?”
953
00:05:51,300 --> 00:05:51,480:
she
954
00:05:51,480 --> 00:05:51,959:
complained,
955
00:05:51,959 --> 00:05:52,199:
putting
956
00:05:52,199 --> 00:05:52,319:
on
957
00:05:52,319 --> 00:05:52,379:
a
958
00:05:52,379 --> 00:05:52,769:
terrible
959
00:05:52,769 --> 00:05:53,129:
Southern
960
00:05:53,129 --> 00:05:54,689:
accent.
“Don’t
961
00:05:54,689 --> 00:05:54,870:
clean
962
00:05:54,870 --> 00:05:54,990:
for
963
00:05:54,990 --> 00:05:55,230:
thirty
964
00:05:55,230 --> 00:05:55,470:
years,
965
00:05:55,470 --> 00:05:55,560:
and
966
00:05:55,560 --> 00:05:55,620:
it
967
00:05:55,620 --> 00:05:55,740:
can
968
00:05:55,740 --> 00:05:56,043:
happen,”
969
00:05:56,043 --> 00:05:56,100:
I
970
00:05:56,100 --> 00:05:56,430:
said,
971
00:05:56,430 --> 00:05:56,790:
reaching
972
00:05:56,790 --> 00:05:57,000:
up
973
00:05:57,000 --> 00:05:57,120:
on
974
00:05:57,120 --> 00:05:57,300:
my
975
00:05:57,300 --> 00:05:57,480:
tip
976
00:05:57,480 --> 00:05:57,779:
toes
977
00:05:57,779 --> 00:05:57,839:
to
978
00:05:57,839 --> 00:05:58,019:
wipe
979
00:05:58,019 --> 00:05:58,139:
some
980
00:05:58,139 --> 00:05:58,379:
grey
981
00:05:58,379 --> 00:05:58,589:
dust
982
00:05:58,589 --> 00:05:58,860:
bunnies
983
00:05:58,860 --> 00:05:58,980:
from
984
00:05:58,980 --> 00:05:59,100:
her
985
00:05:59,100 --> 00:06:00,449:
headpelt.
“Thank
986
00:06:00,449 --> 00:06:00,540:
you,
987
00:06:00,540 --> 00:06:00,990:
sugar!”
988
00:06:00,990 --> 00:06:01,321:
Chaula
989
00:06:01,321 --> 00:06:01,500:
said
990
00:06:01,500 --> 00:06:01,559:
in
991
00:06:01,559 --> 00:06:01,680:
that
992
00:06:01,680 --> 00:06:01,889:
same
993
00:06:01,889 --> 00:06:02,160:
silly
994
00:06:02,160 --> 00:06:02,730:
accent.
995
00:06:02,730 --> 00:06:02,879:
She
996
00:06:02,879 --> 00:06:03,060:
looked
997
00:06:03,060 --> 00:06:03,180:
me
998
00:06:03,180 --> 00:06:03,300:
up
999
00:06:03,300 --> 00:06:03,389:
and
1000
00:06:03,389 --> 00:06:03,629:
down,
1001
00:06:03,629 --> 00:06:03,779:
as
1002
00:06:03,779 --> 00:06:03,839:
if
1003
00:06:03,839 --> 00:06:04,170:
seeing
1004
00:06:04,170 --> 00:06:04,319:
me
1005
00:06:04,319 --> 00:06:04,410:
for
1006
00:06:04,410 --> 00:06:04,500:
the
1007
00:06:04,500 --> 00:06:09,990:
first time. “Well, I declare! Ain’t you the cutest little chee I evah did see!”
“Chaula, what’s
1008
00:06:09,990 --> 00:06:10,085:
with
1009
00:06:10,085 --> 00:06:10,500:
the goofy
1010
00:06:10,500 --> 00:06:10,860:
southern
1011
00:06:10,860 --> 00:06:11,040:
belle
1012
00:06:11,040 --> 00:06:11,310:
act?”
1013
00:06:11,310 --> 00:06:11,399:
I
1014
00:06:11,399 --> 00:06:11,730:
asked her,
1015
00:06:11,730 --> 00:06:12,360:
wiping
1016
00:06:12,360 --> 00:06:12,569:
sweat
1017
00:06:12,569 --> 00:06:12,689:
off
1018
00:06:12,689 --> 00:06:12,810:
my
1019
00:06:12,810 --> 00:06:13,589:
brow.
1020
00:06:13,589 --> 00:06:13,680:
It
1021
00:06:13,680 --> 00:06:13,829:
was
1022
00:06:13,829 --> 00:06:14,009:
hot
1023
00:06:14,009 --> 00:06:14,129:
up
1024
00:06:14,129 --> 00:06:14,220:
on
1025
00:06:14,220 --> 00:06:14,310:
the
1026
00:06:14,310 --> 00:06:14,579:
second
1027
00:06:14,579 --> 00:06:14,790:
floor,
1028
00:06:14,790 --> 00:06:15,149:
especially
1029
00:06:15,149 --> 00:06:15,420:
with
1030
00:06:15,420 --> 00:06:15,667:
all the
1031
00:06:15,667 --> 00:06:16,110:
windows
1032
00:06:16,110 --> 00:06:16,410:
boarded
1033
00:06:16,410 --> 00:06:18,120:
shut.
“Chaula?”
1034
00:06:18,120 --> 00:06:18,329:
she
1035
00:06:18,329 --> 00:06:20,610:
asked. “Is that what this big ol’ tiger’s name is? That
1036
00:06:20,610 --> 00:06:20,910:
sounds
1037
00:06:20,910 --> 00:06:21,329:
downright
1038
00:06:21,329 --> 00:06:23,213:
exotic.”
“Chaula,
1039
00:06:23,213 --> 00:06:23,399:
what
1040
00:06:23,399 --> 00:06:23,519:
the
1041
00:06:23,519 --> 00:06:23,819:
hell
1042
00:06:23,819 --> 00:06:23,850:
are
1043
00:06:23,850 --> 00:06:24,000:
you
1044
00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:24,269:
trying
1045
00:06:24,269 --> 00:06:24,779:
to p-,”
1046
00:06:24,779 --> 00:06:24,959:
I
1047
00:06:24,959 --> 00:06:25,350:
started
1048
00:06:25,350 --> 00:06:25,410:
to
1049
00:06:25,410 --> 00:06:25,740:
say,
1050
00:06:25,740 --> 00:06:25,889:
then
1051
00:06:25,889 --> 00:06:27,329:
stopped. Chaula’s
1052
00:06:27,329 --> 00:06:27,689:
eyes,
1053
00:06:27,689 --> 00:06:28,019:
normally
1054
00:06:28,019 --> 00:06:28,110:
a
1055
00:06:28,110 --> 00:06:28,350:
deep
1056
00:06:28,350 --> 00:06:28,740:
brown,
1057
00:06:28,740 --> 00:06:28,829:
had
1058
00:06:28,829 --> 00:06:29,069:
turned
1059
00:06:29,069 --> 00:06:29,370:
bright
1060
00:06:29,370 --> 00:06:29,670:
blue
1061
00:06:29,670 --> 00:06:30,360:
somehow,
1062
00:06:30,360 --> 00:06:30,480:
and
1063
00:06:30,480 --> 00:06:30,569:
they
1064
00:06:30,569 --> 00:06:30,629:
were
1065
00:06:30,629 --> 00:06:30,930:
staring
1066
00:06:30,930 --> 00:06:31,139:
down
1067
00:06:31,139 --> 00:06:31,230:
at
1068
00:06:31,230 --> 00:06:31,410:
me
1069
00:06:31,410 --> 00:06:31,769:
in a
1070
00:06:31,769 --> 00:06:31,949:
way
1071
00:06:31,949 --> 00:06:32,100:
that
1072
00:06:32,100 --> 00:06:32,310:
looked
1073
00:06:32,310 --> 00:06:32,939:
disturbingly
1074
00:06:32,939 --> 00:06:34,949:
hungry. “Ah…
1075
00:06:34,949 --> 00:06:35,100:
are
1076
00:06:35,100 --> 00:06:35,519:
you…
1077
00:06:35,519 --> 00:06:36,000:
all right?”
1078
00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:36,060:
I
1079
00:06:36,060 --> 00:06:37,620:
finished.
“Never better,
1080
00:06:37,620 --> 00:06:38,069:
sugar,”
1081
00:06:38,069 --> 00:06:38,550:
Chaula,
1082
00:06:38,550 --> 00:06:38,639:
or
1083
00:06:38,639 --> 00:06:38,699:
at
1084
00:06:38,699 --> 00:06:38,879:
least
1085
00:06:38,879 --> 00:06:39,152:
whatever
1086
00:06:39,152 --> 00:06:39,300:
was
1087
00:06:39,300 --> 00:06:39,360:
in
1088
00:06:39,360 --> 00:06:39,750:
Chaula’s
1089
00:06:39,750 --> 00:06:40,079:
body
1090
00:06:40,079 --> 00:06:41,189:
said. “It’s
1091
00:06:41,189 --> 00:06:41,610:
been so
1092
00:06:41,610 --> 00:06:42,029:
very
1093
00:06:42,029 --> 00:06:42,300:
long
1094
00:06:42,300 --> 00:06:42,720:
since a
1095
00:06:42,720 --> 00:06:42,990:
lady
1096
00:06:42,990 --> 00:06:43,199:
came
1097
00:06:43,199 --> 00:06:43,319:
up
1098
00:06:43,319 --> 00:06:43,482:
those
1099
00:06:43,482 --> 00:06:44,040:
stairs.
1100
00:06:44,040 --> 00:06:44,100:
I
1101
00:06:44,100 --> 00:06:44,339:
thought
1102
00:06:44,339 --> 00:06:44,459:
ah’d
1103
00:06:44,459 --> 00:06:44,759:
just
1104
00:06:44,759 --> 00:06:44,939:
fade
1105
00:06:44,939 --> 00:06:45,089:
away
1106
00:06:45,089 --> 00:06:45,209:
to
1107
00:06:45,209 --> 00:06:45,689:
nothing
1108
00:06:45,689 --> 00:06:45,990:
without
1109
00:06:45,990 --> 00:06:46,170:
ever
1110
00:06:46,170 --> 00:06:46,382:
bein’
1111
00:06:46,382 --> 00:06:47,639:
satisfied.”
1112
00:06:47,639 --> 00:06:47,790:
She
1113
00:06:47,790 --> 00:06:48,120:
smiled
1114
00:06:48,120 --> 00:06:48,360:
again,
1115
00:06:48,360 --> 00:06:48,779:
scooping
1116
00:06:48,779 --> 00:06:48,899:
me
1117
00:06:48,899 --> 00:06:49,019:
up
1118
00:06:49,019 --> 00:06:49,441:
in Chaula’s
1119
00:06:49,441 --> 00:06:49,829:
strong
1120
00:06:49,829 --> 00:06:50,069:
arms
1121
00:06:50,069 --> 00:06:50,189:
to
1122
00:06:50,189 --> 00:06:50,459:
plant
1123
00:06:50,459 --> 00:06:50,490:
a
1124
00:06:50,490 --> 00:06:50,730:
deep
1125
00:06:50,730 --> 00:06:50,970:
kiss
1126
00:06:50,970 --> 00:06:51,060:
on
1127
00:06:51,060 --> 00:06:51,149:
my
1128
00:06:51,149 --> 00:06:52,480:
mouth.
“Mmmrph!”
1129
00:06:52,480 --> 00:06:52,680:
was
1130
00:06:52,680 --> 00:06:52,829:
my
1131
00:06:52,829 --> 00:06:53,250:
brilliant
1132
00:06:53,250 --> 00:06:53,790:
response,
1133
00:06:53,790 --> 00:06:53,939:
as
1134
00:06:53,939 --> 00:06:54,089:
my
1135
00:06:54,089 --> 00:06:54,300:
legs
1136
00:06:54,300 --> 00:06:54,509:
kicked
1137
00:06:54,509 --> 00:06:54,629:
the
1138
00:06:54,629 --> 00:06:55,439:
air.
1139
00:06:55,439 --> 00:06:55,769:
Okay,
1140
00:06:55,769 --> 00:06:56,009:
getting
1141
00:06:56,009 --> 00:06:56,249:
kissed
1142
00:06:56,249 --> 00:06:56,399:
like
1143
00:06:56,399 --> 00:06:56,579:
this
1144
00:06:56,579 --> 00:06:56,670:
was
1145
00:06:56,670 --> 00:06:56,790:
one
1146
00:06:56,790 --> 00:06:56,879:
of
1147
00:06:56,879 --> 00:06:56,970:
my
1148
00:06:56,970 --> 00:06:57,300:
favorite
1149
00:06:57,300 --> 00:06:57,899:
pastimes,
1150
00:06:57,899 --> 00:06:58,453:
but I preferred it
1151
00:06:58,453 --> 00:06:58,620:
when
1152
00:06:58,620 --> 00:06:58,709:
my
1153
00:06:58,709 --> 00:06:59,069:
girlfriend
1154
00:06:59,069 --> 00:06:59,339:
wasn’t
1155
00:06:59,339 --> 00:06:59,790:
possessed,
1156
00:06:59,790 --> 00:06:59,970:
thank
1157
00:06:59,970 --> 00:07:00,089:
you
1158
00:07:00,089 --> 00:07:00,269:
very
1159
00:07:00,269 --> 00:07:01,050:
much!
1160
00:07:01,050 --> 00:07:01,199:
When
1161
00:07:01,199 --> 00:07:01,319:
she
1162
00:07:01,319 --> 00:07:01,620:
released
1163
00:07:01,620 --> 00:07:01,709:
my
1164
00:07:01,709 --> 00:07:01,949:
mouth,
1165
00:07:01,949 --> 00:07:02,009:
I
1166
00:07:02,009 --> 00:07:02,970:
gasped, “Uh,
1167
00:07:02,970 --> 00:07:03,389:
hey.
1168
00:07:03,389 --> 00:07:03,509:
We
1169
00:07:03,509 --> 00:07:03,689:
haven’t
1170
00:07:03,689 --> 00:07:03,870:
been
1171
00:07:03,870 --> 00:07:04,319:
introduced
1172
00:07:04,319 --> 00:07:04,649:
yet.
1173
00:07:04,649 --> 00:07:04,829:
I’m
1174
00:07:04,829 --> 00:07:05,189:
Pete.
1175
00:07:05,189 --> 00:07:05,370:
And
1176
00:07:05,370 --> 00:07:05,519:
you
1177
00:07:05,519 --> 00:07:06,540:
are?”
“Name’s
1178
00:07:06,540 --> 00:07:07,019:
Mirabelle,
1179
00:07:07,019 --> 00:07:07,379:
Petey,”
1180
00:07:07,379 --> 00:07:08,610:
she said, still
1181
00:07:08,610 --> 00:07:09,750:
squeezing me against Chaula’s
1182
00:07:09,750 --> 00:07:10,050:
ample
1183
00:07:10,050 --> 00:07:11,069:
chest. “Ah’m
1184
00:07:11,069 --> 00:07:11,339:
so
1185
00:07:11,339 --> 00:07:11,699:
happy
1186
00:07:11,699 --> 00:07:11,819:
to
1187
00:07:11,819 --> 00:07:12,000:
meet
1188
00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:13,019:
you.”
“Pleasure’s
1189
00:07:13,019 --> 00:07:13,170:
all
1190
00:07:13,170 --> 00:07:13,439:
mine,”
1191
00:07:13,439 --> 00:07:13,500:
I
1192
00:07:13,500 --> 00:07:14,279:
panted. “Look,
1193
00:07:14,279 --> 00:07:14,370:
you
1194
00:07:14,370 --> 00:07:14,579:
seem
1195
00:07:14,579 --> 00:07:14,790:
like
1196
00:07:14,790 --> 00:07:15,329:
a very, ah,
1197
00:07:15,329 --> 00:07:15,839:
friendly
1198
00:07:15,839 --> 00:07:16,560:
person, but I
1199
00:07:16,560 --> 00:07:16,700:
need
1200
00:07:16,700 --> 00:07:16,980:
Chaula
1201
00:07:16,980 --> 00:07:17,129:
for
1202
00:07:17,129 --> 00:07:17,160:
a
1203
00:07:17,160 --> 00:07:17,550:
second.
1204
00:07:17,550 --> 00:07:17,704:
Where
1205
00:07:17,704 --> 00:07:17,781:
is
1206
00:07:17,781 --> 00:07:17,939:
she
1207
00:07:17,939 --> 00:07:18,149:
right
1208
00:07:18,149 --> 00:07:19,649:
now?”
“Oh,
1209
00:07:19,649 --> 00:07:20,189:
Chaula’s sitting
1210
00:07:20,189 --> 00:07:20,250:
in
1211
00:07:20,250 --> 00:07:20,339:
the
1212
00:07:20,339 --> 00:07:20,850:
back seat,
1213
00:07:20,850 --> 00:07:20,939:
you
1214
00:07:20,939 --> 00:07:21,089:
could
1215
00:07:21,089 --> 00:07:21,360:
say,”
1216
00:07:21,360 --> 00:07:21,779:
Mirabelle
1217
00:07:21,779 --> 00:07:25,511:
replied, tittering as she set me back down. “She’ll be just fiiiiine. I promise I won’t overstay
1218
00:07:25,511 --> 00:07:26,819:
mah welcome.”
“That’s
1219
00:07:26,819 --> 00:07:26,970:
very
1220
00:07:26,970 --> 00:07:27,211:
nice
1221
00:07:27,211 --> 00:07:27,300:
of
1222
00:07:27,300 --> 00:07:27,509:
you,”
1223
00:07:27,509 --> 00:07:27,600:
I
1224
00:07:27,600 --> 00:07:27,899:
said,
1225
00:07:27,899 --> 00:07:28,139:
trying
1226
00:07:28,139 --> 00:07:28,199:
to
1227
00:07:28,199 --> 00:07:28,470:
regain
1228
00:07:28,470 --> 00:07:28,589:
my
1229
00:07:28,589 --> 00:07:29,250:
balance. “But
1230
00:07:29,250 --> 00:07:29,310:
I
1231
00:07:29,310 --> 00:07:29,490:
need
1232
00:07:29,490 --> 00:07:29,610:
to
1233
00:07:29,610 --> 00:07:30,029:
speak to her,
1234
00:07:30,029 --> 00:07:30,660:
okay?
1235
00:07:30,660 --> 00:07:30,750:
I
1236
00:07:30,750 --> 00:07:30,930:
need
1237
00:07:30,930 --> 00:07:31,019:
to
1238
00:07:31,019 --> 00:07:31,139:
know
1239
00:07:31,139 --> 00:07:31,379:
she’s
1240
00:07:31,379 --> 00:07:31,500:
all
1241
00:07:31,500 --> 00:07:33,120:
right.”
“Fiddlesticks,”
1242
00:07:33,120 --> 00:07:33,660:
Mirabelle
1243
00:07:33,660 --> 00:07:33,990:
said,
1244
00:07:33,990 --> 00:07:34,230:
looking
1245
00:07:34,230 --> 00:07:35,370:
grumpy. “I
1246
00:07:35,370 --> 00:07:35,639:
just
1247
00:07:35,639 --> 00:07:35,879:
told
1248
00:07:35,879 --> 00:07:36,029:
you
1249
00:07:36,029 --> 00:07:36,360:
she’s
1250
00:07:36,360 --> 00:07:36,540:
all
1251
00:07:36,540 --> 00:07:36,984:
right.
1252
00:07:36,984 --> 00:07:37,139:
Once
1253
00:07:37,139 --> 00:07:37,199:
I
1254
00:07:37,199 --> 00:07:37,379:
get
1255
00:07:37,379 --> 00:07:37,529:
what
1256
00:07:37,529 --> 00:07:37,620:
I
1257
00:07:37,620 --> 00:07:37,889:
need,
1258
00:07:37,889 --> 00:07:38,009:
I’ll
1259
00:07:38,009 --> 00:07:38,189:
give
1260
00:07:38,189 --> 00:07:38,246:
her
1261
00:07:38,246 --> 00:07:38,459:
right
1262
00:07:38,459 --> 00:07:38,879:
back.
1263
00:07:38,879 --> 00:07:39,180:
Cross
1264
00:07:39,180 --> 00:07:39,360:
mah
1265
00:07:39,360 --> 00:07:39,629:
heart
1266
00:07:39,629 --> 00:07:39,750:
and
1267
00:07:39,750 --> 00:07:39,990:
hope
1268
00:07:39,990 --> 00:07:40,290:
to…
1269
00:07:40,290 --> 00:07:40,680:
well, maybe
1270
00:07:40,680 --> 00:07:40,980:
not
1271
00:07:40,980 --> 00:07:41,310:
die
1272
00:07:41,310 --> 00:07:42,269:
exactly.
1273
00:07:42,269 --> 00:07:42,389:
You
1274
00:07:42,389 --> 00:07:42,533:
don’t really
1275
00:07:42,533 --> 00:07:42,689:
need
1276
00:07:42,689 --> 00:07:43,019:
to talk
1277
00:07:43,019 --> 00:07:43,620:
right
1278
00:07:43,620 --> 00:07:44,129:
now,
1279
00:07:44,129 --> 00:07:44,250:
do
1280
00:07:44,250 --> 00:07:44,413:
ya,
1281
00:07:44,413 --> 00:07:45,750:
sugar?”
“Yes,
1282
00:07:45,750 --> 00:07:45,839:
I
1283
00:07:45,839 --> 00:07:46,139:
do,”
1284
00:07:46,139 --> 00:07:46,230:
I
1285
00:07:46,230 --> 00:07:46,470:
said
1286
00:07:46,470 --> 00:07:47,069:
firmly. “I
1287
00:07:47,069 --> 00:07:47,250:
need
1288
00:07:47,250 --> 00:07:47,310:
to
1289
00:07:47,310 --> 00:07:47,524:
speak
1290
00:07:47,524 --> 00:07:48,269:
to Chaula,
1291
00:07:48,269 --> 00:07:49,110:
okay?
1292
00:07:49,110 --> 00:07:49,500:
Otherwise,
1293
00:07:49,500 --> 00:07:49,589:
I’m
1294
00:07:49,589 --> 00:07:49,740:
not
1295
00:07:49,740 --> 00:07:49,949:
going
1296
00:07:49,949 --> 00:07:50,160:
along
1297
00:07:50,160 --> 00:07:50,310:
with
1298
00:07:50,310 --> 00:07:50,579:
anything
1299
00:07:50,579 --> 00:07:50,699:
you
1300
00:07:50,699 --> 00:07:51,779:
say.”
“Oh,
1301
00:07:51,779 --> 00:07:52,470:
fiddlesticks,”
1302
00:07:52,470 --> 00:07:52,860:
Mirabelle
1303
00:07:52,860 --> 00:07:53,370:
repeated,
1304
00:07:53,370 --> 00:07:53,519:
then
1305
00:07:53,519 --> 00:07:53,670:
she
1306
00:07:53,670 --> 00:07:54,120:
sighed,
1307
00:07:54,120 --> 00:07:54,480:
blinked,
1308
00:07:54,480 --> 00:07:54,600:
and
1309
00:07:54,600 --> 00:07:55,019:
suddenly
1310
00:07:55,019 --> 00:07:55,379:
Chaula’s
1311
00:07:55,379 --> 00:07:55,620:
eyes
1312
00:07:55,620 --> 00:07:55,709:
were
1313
00:07:55,709 --> 00:07:56,009:
brown
1314
00:07:56,009 --> 00:07:57,389:
again.
“Pete!
1315
00:07:57,389 --> 00:07:57,600:
What’s
1316
00:07:57,600 --> 00:07:57,839:
going
1317
00:07:57,839 --> 00:07:58,050:
on!”
1318
00:07:58,050 --> 00:07:58,379:
Chaula
1319
00:07:58,379 --> 00:07:58,740:
shouted
1320
00:07:58,740 --> 00:07:58,860:
in
1321
00:07:58,860 --> 00:07:58,889:
her
1322
00:07:58,889 --> 00:07:59,250:
normal
1323
00:07:59,250 --> 00:07:59,801:
accent,
1324
00:07:59,801 --> 00:07:59,939:
ears
1325
00:07:59,939 --> 00:08:00,180:
laying
1326
00:08:00,180 --> 00:08:00,420:
back
1327
00:08:00,420 --> 00:08:00,509:
in
1328
00:08:00,509 --> 00:08:01,560:
terror.
“You’re
1329
00:08:01,560 --> 00:08:01,740:
being
1330
00:08:01,740 --> 00:08:02,129:
possessed
1331
00:08:02,129 --> 00:08:02,279:
by
1332
00:08:02,279 --> 00:08:02,339:
the
1333
00:08:02,339 --> 00:08:02,579:
Ghost
1334
00:08:02,579 --> 00:08:02,670:
of
1335
00:08:02,670 --> 00:08:03,269:
Plantations
1336
00:08:03,269 --> 00:08:03,600:
Past,”
1337
00:08:03,600 --> 00:08:03,689:
I
1338
00:08:03,689 --> 00:08:04,290:
said. “Do
1339
00:08:04,290 --> 00:08:04,350:
you
1340
00:08:04,350 --> 00:08:04,620:
remember
1341
00:08:04,620 --> 00:08:04,769:
what
1342
00:08:04,769 --> 00:08:05,670:
happened?”
“I
1343
00:08:05,670 --> 00:08:05,879:
don’t
1344
00:08:05,879 --> 00:08:06,060:
know,”
1345
00:08:06,060 --> 00:08:06,240:
she
1346
00:08:06,240 --> 00:08:06,629:
said. “I
1347
00:08:06,629 --> 00:08:06,779:
was
1348
00:08:06,779 --> 00:08:07,079:
climbing up
1349
00:08:07,079 --> 00:08:07,170:
the
1350
00:08:07,170 --> 00:08:07,439:
stairs,
1351
00:08:07,439 --> 00:08:07,646:
then it
1352
00:08:07,646 --> 00:08:07,829:
felt
1353
00:08:07,829 --> 00:08:07,980:
like
1354
00:08:07,980 --> 00:08:08,069:
I
1355
00:08:08,069 --> 00:08:08,490:
slipped
1356
00:08:08,490 --> 00:08:08,579:
and
1357
00:08:08,579 --> 00:08:08,730:
was
1358
00:08:08,730 --> 00:08:09,000:
falling
1359
00:08:09,000 --> 00:08:09,959:
backwards.
1360
00:08:09,959 --> 00:08:10,170:
Next
1361
00:08:10,170 --> 00:08:10,319:
thing
1362
00:08:10,319 --> 00:08:10,410:
I
1363
00:08:10,410 --> 00:08:10,560:
know
1364
00:08:10,560 --> 00:08:10,680:
I’m
1365
00:08:10,680 --> 00:08:10,949:
talking
1366
00:08:10,949 --> 00:08:11,009:
to
1367
00:08:11,009 --> 00:08:11,100:
you
1368
00:08:11,100 --> 00:08:11,189:
in
1369
00:08:11,189 --> 00:08:11,310:
that
1370
00:08:11,310 --> 00:08:11,670:
stupid
1371
00:08:11,670 --> 00:08:12,029:
Southern
1372
00:08:12,029 --> 00:08:12,629:
accent.”
1373
00:08:12,629 --> 00:08:12,930:
Her eyes
1374
00:08:12,930 --> 00:08:13,170:
blinked
1375
00:08:13,170 --> 00:08:13,410:
blue
1376
00:08:13,410 --> 00:08:17,370:
again, and she stated angrily, “Watch who y’all are calling stupid, sugar!” Chaula
1377
00:08:17,370 --> 00:08:17,639:
closed
1378
00:08:17,639 --> 00:08:17,730:
her
1379
00:08:17,730 --> 00:08:17,939:
eyes
1380
00:08:17,939 --> 00:08:18,209:
tight,
1381
00:08:18,209 --> 00:08:18,540:
clamping
1382
00:08:18,540 --> 00:08:18,660:
her
1383
00:08:18,660 --> 00:08:19,079:
paw over her
1384
00:08:19,079 --> 00:08:19,709:
muzzle,
1385
00:08:19,709 --> 00:08:19,949:
and
1386
00:08:19,949 --> 00:08:20,189:
spoke
1387
00:08:20,189 --> 00:08:20,279:
to
1388
00:08:20,279 --> 00:08:20,370:
me
1389
00:08:20,370 --> 00:08:20,790:
normally
1390
00:08:20,790 --> 00:08:21,902:
again. “Okay,
1391
00:08:21,902 --> 00:08:21,964:
I
1392
00:08:21,964 --> 00:08:22,170:
guess
1393
00:08:22,170 --> 00:08:22,290:
that
1394
00:08:22,290 --> 00:08:22,439:
little
1395
00:08:22,439 --> 00:08:22,800:
story
1396
00:08:22,800 --> 00:08:22,829:
I
1397
00:08:22,829 --> 00:08:22,980:
read
1398
00:08:22,980 --> 00:08:23,129:
was
1399
00:08:23,129 --> 00:08:23,399:
true,”
1400
00:08:23,399 --> 00:08:23,610:
she
1401
00:08:23,610 --> 00:08:23,910:
said,
1402
00:08:23,910 --> 00:08:24,089:
trying
1403
00:08:24,089 --> 00:08:24,149:
to
1404
00:08:24,149 --> 00:08:24,449:
regain
1405
00:08:24,449 --> 00:08:24,540:
her
1406
00:08:24,540 --> 00:08:25,560:
breath.
“What
1407
00:08:25,560 --> 00:08:25,892:
story?”
1408
00:08:25,892 --> 00:08:25,949:
I
1409
00:08:25,949 --> 00:08:27,600:
demanded.
Chaula
1410
00:08:27,600 --> 00:08:27,839:
looked
1411
00:08:27,839 --> 00:08:28,751:
embarrassed. “It
1412
00:08:28,751 --> 00:08:28,949:
was in
1413
00:08:28,949 --> 00:08:29,040:
the
1414
00:08:29,040 --> 00:08:29,550:
paperwork
1415
00:08:29,550 --> 00:08:30,101:
Uncle Taresh
1416
00:08:30,101 --> 00:08:30,329:
gave
1417
00:08:30,329 --> 00:08:30,449:
me,
1418
00:08:30,449 --> 00:08:30,660:
along
1419
00:08:30,660 --> 00:08:30,779:
with
1420
00:08:30,779 --> 00:08:30,839:
the
1421
00:08:30,839 --> 00:08:30,990:
key
1422
00:08:30,990 --> 00:08:31,079:
to
1423
00:08:31,079 --> 00:08:31,170:
the
1424
00:08:31,170 --> 00:08:32,024:
house. It
1425
00:08:32,024 --> 00:08:32,129:
was
1426
00:08:32,129 --> 00:08:32,190:
a
1427
00:08:32,190 --> 00:08:32,639:
newspaper
1428
00:08:32,639 --> 00:08:32,970:
article
1429
00:08:32,970 --> 00:08:33,179:
about
1430
00:08:33,179 --> 00:08:33,360:
some
1431
00:08:33,360 --> 00:08:33,659:
vixen
1432
00:08:33,659 --> 00:08:33,779:
who
1433
00:08:33,779 --> 00:08:33,929:
was
1434
00:08:33,929 --> 00:08:34,200:
dating
1435
00:08:34,200 --> 00:08:34,289:
the
1436
00:08:34,289 --> 00:08:34,529:
son
1437
00:08:34,529 --> 00:08:34,620:
of
1438
00:08:34,620 --> 00:08:34,679:
the
1439
00:08:34,679 --> 00:08:35,009:
house’s
1440
00:08:35,009 --> 00:08:35,399:
original
1441
00:08:35,399 --> 00:08:39,059:
owner in the 1890’s. I guess she was, er, unsuitable
1442
00:08:39,059 --> 00:08:39,179:
or
1443
00:08:39,179 --> 00:08:40,620:
something…”
“The phrase y’all
1444
00:08:40,620 --> 00:08:40,710:
are
1445
00:08:40,710 --> 00:08:40,950:
looking
1446
00:08:40,950 --> 00:08:42,029:
for is ‘soiled dove,’
1447
00:08:42,029 --> 00:08:42,509:
sweetie,”
1448
00:08:42,509 --> 00:08:42,960:
Mirabelle
1449
00:08:42,960 --> 00:08:43,200:
added
1450
00:08:43,200 --> 00:08:43,529:
helpfully
1451
00:08:43,529 --> 00:08:43,710:
through
1452
00:08:43,710 --> 00:08:44,100:
Chaula’s
1453
00:08:44,100 --> 00:08:45,990:
mouth.
“Anyway,”
1454
00:08:45,990 --> 00:08:46,320:
Chaula
1455
00:08:46,320 --> 00:08:47,129:
continued. “It
1456
00:08:47,129 --> 00:08:47,340:
said
1457
00:08:47,340 --> 00:08:47,528:
she
1458
00:08:47,528 --> 00:08:47,820:
snuck
1459
00:08:47,820 --> 00:08:47,940:
into
1460
00:08:47,940 --> 00:08:48,029:
the
1461
00:08:48,029 --> 00:08:48,271:
house,
1462
00:08:48,271 --> 00:08:48,353:
and
1463
00:08:48,353 --> 00:08:48,419:
I
1464
00:08:48,419 --> 00:08:48,663:
guess
1465
00:08:48,663 --> 00:08:48,809:
was
1466
00:08:48,809 --> 00:08:49,019:
going
1467
00:08:49,019 --> 00:08:49,142:
up
1468
00:08:49,142 --> 00:08:49,230:
the
1469
00:08:49,230 --> 00:08:49,590:
servant’s
1470
00:08:49,590 --> 00:08:49,860:
stairs
1471
00:08:49,860 --> 00:08:50,129:
to meet
1472
00:08:50,129 --> 00:08:50,220:
him
1473
00:08:50,220 --> 00:08:50,340:
in
1474
00:08:50,340 --> 00:08:50,460:
his
1475
00:08:50,460 --> 00:08:51,120:
room,
1476
00:08:51,120 --> 00:08:51,240:
when
1477
00:08:51,240 --> 00:08:51,419:
she
1478
00:08:51,419 --> 00:08:51,659:
either
1479
00:08:51,659 --> 00:08:51,960:
tripped
1480
00:08:51,960 --> 00:08:52,000:
or
1481
00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:52,200:
was
1482
00:08:52,200 --> 00:08:53,250:
pushed...”
“Oh, I was
1483
00:08:53,250 --> 00:08:53,700:
definitely
1484
00:08:53,700 --> 00:08:54,120:
pushed,”
1485
00:08:54,120 --> 00:08:54,539:
Mirabelle
1486
00:08:54,539 --> 00:08:55,529:
said.
“…and
1487
00:08:55,529 --> 00:08:55,740:
broke
1488
00:08:55,740 --> 00:08:55,830:
her
1489
00:08:55,830 --> 00:08:56,159:
neck,”
1490
00:08:56,159 --> 00:08:56,460:
Chaula
1491
00:08:56,460 --> 00:08:56,940:
finished.
1492
00:08:56,940 --> 00:08:57,149:
She
1493
00:08:57,149 --> 00:08:57,360:
cleared
1494
00:08:57,360 --> 00:08:57,450:
her
1495
00:08:57,450 --> 00:08:58,379:
throat. “Um,
1496
00:08:58,379 --> 00:08:58,559:
it’s
1497
00:08:58,559 --> 00:08:58,799:
said
1498
00:08:58,799 --> 00:08:58,950:
she
1499
00:08:58,950 --> 00:08:59,223:
still
1500
00:08:59,223 --> 00:08:59,549:
haunts
1501
00:08:59,549 --> 00:08:59,639:
the
1502
00:08:59,639 --> 00:09:00,870:
house.”
I
1503
00:09:00,870 --> 00:09:01,320:
sighed,
1504
00:09:01,320 --> 00:09:01,889:
rubbing
1505
00:09:01,889 --> 00:09:02,039:
my
1506
00:09:02,039 --> 00:09:02,399:
muzzle
1507
00:09:02,399 --> 00:09:03,269:
briefly. “And
1508
00:09:03,269 --> 00:09:03,360:
you
1509
00:09:03,360 --> 00:09:03,629:
didn’t
1510
00:09:03,629 --> 00:09:03,809:
tell
1511
00:09:03,809 --> 00:09:03,929:
me
1512
00:09:03,929 --> 00:09:04,139:
this
1513
00:09:04,139 --> 00:09:04,440:
before
1514
00:09:04,440 --> 00:09:04,529:
we
1515
00:09:04,529 --> 00:09:04,710:
went
1516
00:09:04,710 --> 00:09:05,159:
inside
1517
00:09:05,159 --> 00:09:06,480:
because…?”
“I
1518
00:09:06,480 --> 00:09:06,629:
know
1519
00:09:06,629 --> 00:09:06,779:
you’ve
1520
00:09:06,779 --> 00:09:06,899:
been
1521
00:09:06,899 --> 00:09:07,230:
twitchy
1522
00:09:07,230 --> 00:09:07,409:
ever
1523
00:09:07,409 --> 00:09:07,649:
since
1524
00:09:07,649 --> 00:09:07,710:
the
1525
00:09:07,710 --> 00:09:07,980:
last
1526
00:09:07,980 --> 00:09:08,100:
time
1527
00:09:08,100 --> 00:09:08,190:
we
1528
00:09:08,190 --> 00:09:08,340:
did
1529
00:09:08,340 --> 00:09:08,399:
a
1530
00:09:08,399 --> 00:09:10,889:
photo survey for Uncle Taresh,” Chaula said. “I
1531
00:09:10,889 --> 00:09:11,129:
thought
1532
00:09:11,129 --> 00:09:11,190:
if
1533
00:09:11,190 --> 00:09:11,279:
I
1534
00:09:11,279 --> 00:09:11,519:
told
1535
00:09:11,519 --> 00:09:11,610:
you,
1536
00:09:11,610 --> 00:09:11,730:
you
1537
00:09:11,730 --> 00:09:11,879:
would
1538
00:09:11,879 --> 00:09:12,000:
have
1539
00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:12,360:
balked
1540
00:09:12,360 --> 00:09:12,450:
and
1541
00:09:12,450 --> 00:09:12,659:
said
1542
00:09:12,659 --> 00:09:13,740:
no.”
“Yes,
1543
00:09:13,740 --> 00:09:13,799:
I
1544
00:09:13,799 --> 00:09:14,009:
would
1545
00:09:14,009 --> 00:09:14,220:
have.
1546
00:09:14,220 --> 00:09:14,399:
For
1547
00:09:14,399 --> 00:09:14,519:
what
1548
00:09:14,519 --> 00:09:14,580:
I
1549
00:09:14,580 --> 00:09:14,789:
hope
1550
00:09:14,789 --> 00:09:14,970:
now
1551
00:09:14,970 --> 00:09:15,090:
are
1552
00:09:15,090 --> 00:09:15,480:
very
1553
00:09:15,480 --> 00:09:15,960:
obvious
1554
00:09:15,960 --> 00:09:16,409:
reasons,”
1555
00:09:16,409 --> 00:09:16,500:
I
1556
00:09:16,500 --> 00:09:16,769:
said
1557
00:09:16,769 --> 00:09:16,860:
in
1558
00:09:16,860 --> 00:09:18,240:
frustration. “Now
1559
00:09:18,240 --> 00:09:18,299:
do
1560
00:09:18,299 --> 00:09:18,389:
you
1561
00:09:18,389 --> 00:09:18,629:
believe
1562
00:09:18,629 --> 00:09:18,720:
in
1563
00:09:18,720 --> 00:09:19,500:
ghosts?”
“Yes,
1564
00:09:19,500 --> 00:09:19,590:
I
1565
00:09:19,590 --> 00:09:19,860:
do.
1566
00:09:19,860 --> 00:09:19,980:
I’m
1567
00:09:19,980 --> 00:09:20,399:
sorry
1568
00:09:20,399 --> 00:09:20,460:
I ever
1569
00:09:20,460 --> 00:09:20,789:
doubted
1570
00:09:20,789 --> 00:09:20,850:
you
1571
00:09:20,850 --> 00:09:21,059:
about
1572
00:09:21,059 --> 00:09:21,179:
the
1573
00:09:21,179 --> 00:09:21,600:
asylum
1574
00:09:21,600 --> 00:09:21,809:
thing,”
1575
00:09:21,809 --> 00:09:22,169:
Chaula
1576
00:09:22,169 --> 00:09:22,529:
said,
1577
00:09:22,529 --> 00:09:22,740:
only
1578
00:09:22,740 --> 00:09:25,019:
for Mirabelle to butt in with, “What
1579
00:09:25,019 --> 00:09:25,409:
asylum
1580
00:09:25,409 --> 00:09:26,399:
thing?”
“Long,
1581
00:09:26,399 --> 00:09:26,700:
boring
1582
00:09:26,700 --> 00:09:27,029:
story,”
1583
00:09:27,029 --> 00:09:27,120:
I
1584
00:09:27,120 --> 00:09:28,169:
lied. “Listen,
1585
00:09:28,169 --> 00:09:28,379:
getting
1586
00:09:28,379 --> 00:09:28,529:
back
1587
00:09:28,529 --> 00:09:28,620:
to
1588
00:09:28,620 --> 00:09:28,740:
the
1589
00:09:28,740 --> 00:09:29,100:
subject
1590
00:09:29,100 --> 00:09:29,190:
at
1591
00:09:29,190 --> 00:09:29,549:
hand.
1592
00:09:29,549 --> 00:09:29,669:
You
1593
00:09:29,669 --> 00:09:29,909:
can’t
1594
00:09:29,909 --> 00:09:30,059:
stay
1595
00:09:30,059 --> 00:09:30,149:
in
1596
00:09:30,149 --> 00:09:30,509:
Chaula’s
1597
00:09:30,509 --> 00:09:31,830:
body forever.”
“I’m
1598
00:09:31,830 --> 00:09:31,980:
not
1599
00:09:31,980 --> 00:09:32,220:
gonna
1600
00:09:32,220 --> 00:09:32,370:
do
1601
00:09:32,370 --> 00:09:32,580:
that,
1602
00:09:32,580 --> 00:09:33,179:
sugar,”
1603
00:09:33,179 --> 00:09:33,570:
Mirabelle
1604
00:09:33,570 --> 00:09:34,139:
said. “All
1605
00:09:34,139 --> 00:09:34,200:
I
1606
00:09:34,200 --> 00:09:34,470:
wanna
1607
00:09:34,470 --> 00:09:34,649:
do
1608
00:09:34,649 --> 00:09:34,740:
is
1609
00:09:34,740 --> 00:09:35,009:
finish
1610
00:09:35,009 --> 00:09:35,159:
what
1611
00:09:35,159 --> 00:09:35,250:
I
1612
00:09:35,250 --> 00:09:35,759:
started.
1613
00:09:35,759 --> 00:09:35,879:
You
1614
00:09:35,879 --> 00:09:36,360:
understand,
1615
00:09:36,360 --> 00:09:37,710:
right?”
“Okay,
1616
00:09:37,710 --> 00:09:38,039:
yeah,
1617
00:09:38,039 --> 00:09:38,549:
a ghost needs to
1618
00:09:38,549 --> 00:09:38,820:
finish
1619
00:09:38,820 --> 00:09:39,149:
whatever
1620
00:09:39,149 --> 00:09:39,269:
they
1621
00:09:39,269 --> 00:09:39,450:
were
1622
00:09:39,450 --> 00:09:39,899:
interrupted
1623
00:09:39,899 --> 00:09:40,169:
doing
1624
00:09:40,169 --> 00:09:40,559:
before
1625
00:09:40,559 --> 00:09:40,713:
moving
1626
00:09:40,713 --> 00:09:40,919:
on to
1627
00:09:40,919 --> 00:09:41,070:
their
1628
00:09:41,070 --> 00:09:41,340:
next
1629
00:09:41,340 --> 00:09:41,639:
life.
1630
00:09:41,639 --> 00:09:41,730:
I
1631
00:09:41,730 --> 00:09:42,149:
understand,”
1632
00:09:42,149 --> 00:09:42,210:
I
1633
00:09:42,210 --> 00:09:43,019:
said. “What
1634
00:09:43,019 --> 00:09:43,169:
is
1635
00:09:43,169 --> 00:09:43,259:
it that
1636
00:09:43,259 --> 00:09:43,379:
you
1637
00:09:43,379 --> 00:09:43,590:
need
1638
00:09:43,590 --> 00:09:44,399:
to…?
1639
00:09:44,399 --> 00:09:44,879:
Oh…,”
1640
00:09:44,879 --> 00:09:45,090:
I
1641
00:09:45,090 --> 00:09:45,419:
finished
1642
00:09:45,419 --> 00:09:46,379:
lamely.
“You
1643
00:09:46,379 --> 00:09:46,590:
got
1644
00:09:46,590 --> 00:09:46,678:
it,
1645
00:09:46,678 --> 00:09:47,340:
sugar.
1646
00:09:47,340 --> 00:09:47,580:
Just
1647
00:09:47,580 --> 00:09:47,700:
let
1648
00:09:47,700 --> 00:09:47,789:
me
1649
00:09:47,789 --> 00:09:48,090:
finish
1650
00:09:48,090 --> 00:09:48,389:
mah
1651
00:09:48,389 --> 00:09:48,629:
little
1652
00:09:48,629 --> 00:09:49,409:
rendezvous,
1653
00:09:49,409 --> 00:09:49,529:
and
1654
00:09:49,529 --> 00:09:49,649:
I’ll
1655
00:09:49,649 --> 00:09:49,799:
be
1656
00:09:49,799 --> 00:09:49,950:
on
1657
00:09:49,950 --> 00:09:50,070:
mah
1658
00:09:50,070 --> 00:09:50,279:
way
1659
00:09:50,279 --> 00:09:50,340:
to
1660
00:09:50,340 --> 00:09:50,850:
Heaven.”
1661
00:09:50,850 --> 00:09:51,029:
She
1662
00:09:51,029 --> 00:09:51,269:
grinned
1663
00:09:51,269 --> 00:09:51,480:
down
1664
00:09:51,480 --> 00:09:51,570:
at
1665
00:09:51,570 --> 00:09:52,350:
me. “Maybe
1666
00:09:52,350 --> 00:09:52,409:
I
1667
00:09:52,409 --> 00:09:52,620:
can
1668
00:09:52,620 --> 00:09:52,830:
show
1669
00:09:52,830 --> 00:09:53,100:
you
1670
00:09:53,100 --> 00:09:55,950:
a little slice of Heaven while we’re at it.”
“Pete’s my
1671
00:09:55,950 --> 00:09:56,429:
boyfriend,”
1672
00:09:56,429 --> 00:09:56,730:
Chaula
1673
00:09:56,730 --> 00:09:57,210:
insisted,
1674
00:09:57,210 --> 00:09:57,509:
taking back
1675
00:09:57,509 --> 00:09:57,899:
control
1676
00:09:57,899 --> 00:09:58,259:
for
1677
00:09:58,259 --> 00:09:58,320:
a
1678
00:09:58,320 --> 00:09:58,889:
moment. “I’m
1679
00:09:58,889 --> 00:09:59,039:
not
1680
00:09:59,039 --> 00:09:59,340:
sharing
1681
00:09:59,340 --> 00:09:59,460:
him
1682
00:09:59,460 --> 00:09:59,610:
with
1683
00:09:59,610 --> 00:10:00,299:
you.”
“Oh,
1684
00:10:00,299 --> 00:10:00,539:
come
1685
00:10:00,539 --> 00:10:01,375:
on,
1686
00:10:01,375 --> 00:10:02,335:
sugar. It’ll still be your body,”
1687
00:10:02,335 --> 00:10:02,754:
Mirabelle
1688
00:10:02,754 --> 00:10:03,835:
insisted. “It won’t
1689
00:10:03,835 --> 00:10:03,985:
take
1690
00:10:03,985 --> 00:10:04,164:
more
1691
00:10:04,164 --> 00:10:04,284:
than
1692
00:10:04,284 --> 00:10:04,495:
ten
1693
00:10:04,495 --> 00:10:04,764:
minutes,
1694
00:10:04,764 --> 00:10:04,825:
I
1695
00:10:04,825 --> 00:10:06,085:
promise!”
“Ten
1696
00:10:06,085 --> 00:10:06,534:
minutes?”
1697
00:10:06,534 --> 00:10:06,625:
I
1698
00:10:06,625 --> 00:10:07,735:
exclaimed. “Look,
1699
00:10:07,735 --> 00:10:07,825:
I’ll
1700
00:10:07,825 --> 00:10:08,065:
admit
1701
00:10:08,065 --> 00:10:08,154:
I’m
1702
00:10:08,154 --> 00:10:08,274:
not
1703
00:10:08,274 --> 00:10:08,365:
the
1704
00:10:08,365 --> 00:10:08,695:
greatest
1705
00:10:08,695 --> 00:10:08,875:
lay
1706
00:10:08,875 --> 00:10:08,965:
in
1707
00:10:08,965 --> 00:10:09,024:
the
1708
00:10:09,024 --> 00:10:09,294:
world,
1709
00:10:09,294 --> 00:10:09,389:
but
1710
00:10:09,389 --> 00:10:09,432:
I
1711
00:10:09,432 --> 00:10:09,565:
can
1712
00:10:09,565 --> 00:10:09,684:
do
1713
00:10:09,684 --> 00:10:09,924:
a
1714
00:10:09,924 --> 00:10:10,075:
bit
1715
00:10:10,075 --> 00:10:10,315:
better
1716
00:10:10,315 --> 00:10:10,465:
than
1717
00:10:10,465 --> 00:10:11,725:
that.”
“Wait,
1718
00:10:11,725 --> 00:10:11,995:
Pete, are
1719
00:10:11,995 --> 00:10:12,115:
you
1720
00:10:12,115 --> 00:10:12,384:
actually
1721
00:10:12,384 --> 00:10:12,835:
suggesting
1722
00:10:12,835 --> 00:10:12,924:
we
1723
00:10:12,924 --> 00:10:13,075:
go
1724
00:10:13,075 --> 00:10:13,315:
along
1725
00:10:13,315 --> 00:10:13,434:
with
1726
00:10:13,434 --> 00:10:13,644:
this?”
1727
00:10:13,644 --> 00:10:14,845:
Chaula asked. “Also,
1728
00:10:14,845 --> 00:10:15,294:
seriously,
1729
00:10:15,294 --> 00:10:15,534:
ten
1730
00:10:15,534 --> 00:10:15,774:
lousy
1731
00:10:15,774 --> 00:10:17,215:
minutes? What kind of bhosadiwale
1732
00:10:17,215 --> 00:10:17,424:
were
1733
00:10:17,424 --> 00:10:17,634:
you
1734
00:10:17,634 --> 00:10:17,934:
dating
1735
00:10:17,934 --> 00:10:19,794:
before?”
“Look,
1736
00:10:19,794 --> 00:10:20,184:
obviously
1737
00:10:20,184 --> 00:10:20,424:
nothing
1738
00:10:20,424 --> 00:10:20,544:
is
1739
00:10:20,544 --> 00:10:20,695:
going
1740
00:10:20,695 --> 00:10:20,754:
to
1741
00:10:20,754 --> 00:10:21,024:
happen
1742
00:10:21,024 --> 00:10:21,264:
without
1743
00:10:21,264 --> 00:10:21,385:
your
1744
00:10:21,385 --> 00:10:21,835:
permission,
1745
00:10:21,835 --> 00:10:22,105:
Chaula,”
1746
00:10:22,105 --> 00:10:22,254:
I
1747
00:10:22,254 --> 00:10:22,945:
said. “Also,
1748
00:10:22,945 --> 00:10:23,095:
what
1749
00:10:23,095 --> 00:10:23,154:
the
1750
00:10:23,154 --> 00:10:23,304:
heck
1751
00:10:23,304 --> 00:10:23,485:
does
1752
00:10:23,485 --> 00:10:24,235:
bhosawhatever
1753
00:10:24,235 --> 00:10:24,475:
mean,
1754
00:10:24,475 --> 00:10:25,524:
anyway?”
“I
1755
00:10:25,524 --> 00:10:25,735:
don’t
1756
00:10:25,735 --> 00:10:25,884:
know,
1757
00:10:25,884 --> 00:10:26,004:
but
1758
00:10:26,004 --> 00:10:26,095:
it
1759
00:10:26,095 --> 00:10:26,424:
sounds
1760
00:10:26,424 --> 00:10:27,024:
exotic,”
1761
00:10:27,024 --> 00:10:27,475:
Mirabelle
1762
00:10:27,475 --> 00:10:27,745:
said
1763
00:10:27,745 --> 00:10:28,105:
with
1764
00:10:28,105 --> 00:10:29,184:
interest.
“It
1765
00:10:29,184 --> 00:10:29,424:
just
1766
00:10:29,424 --> 00:10:30,325:
means ‘dumb fuck’ in
1767
00:10:30,325 --> 00:10:31,014:
Hindu,” Chaula
1768
00:10:31,014 --> 00:10:31,434:
said. “But
1769
00:10:31,434 --> 00:10:31,495:
if
1770
00:10:31,495 --> 00:10:31,615:
you
1771
00:10:31,615 --> 00:10:32,034:
describe
1772
00:10:32,034 --> 00:10:32,424:
anything
1773
00:10:32,424 --> 00:10:32,664:
about
1774
00:10:32,664 --> 00:10:32,784:
me
1775
00:10:32,784 --> 00:10:33,534:
as ‘exotic’
1776
00:10:33,534 --> 00:10:33,715:
one
1777
00:10:33,715 --> 00:10:33,894:
more
1778
00:10:33,894 --> 00:10:34,134:
time,
1779
00:10:34,134 --> 00:10:34,225:
I’m
1780
00:10:34,225 --> 00:10:34,434:
going to
1781
00:10:34,434 --> 00:10:34,644:
punch
1782
00:10:34,644 --> 00:10:34,735:
you
1783
00:10:34,735 --> 00:10:34,825:
in
1784
00:10:34,825 --> 00:10:34,914:
the
1785
00:10:34,914 --> 00:10:35,394:
face.
1786
00:10:35,394 --> 00:10:35,575:
Even
1787
00:10:35,575 --> 00:10:35,628:
if
1788
00:10:35,628 --> 00:10:35,690:
it
1789
00:10:35,690 --> 00:10:35,904:
is
1790
00:10:35,904 --> 00:10:36,054:
my
1791
00:10:36,054 --> 00:10:37,794:
face.”
“Fiiine,”
1792
00:10:37,794 --> 00:10:39,202:
Mirabelle pouted. “Now
1793
00:10:39,202 --> 00:10:39,355:
what
1794
00:10:39,355 --> 00:10:39,625:
say we
1795
00:10:39,625 --> 00:10:39,804:
get
1796
00:10:39,804 --> 00:10:39,985:
on
1797
00:10:39,985 --> 00:10:40,254:
over
1798
00:10:40,254 --> 00:10:40,375:
to the
1799
00:10:40,375 --> 00:10:40,705:
master
1800
00:10:40,705 --> 00:10:41,095:
bedroom
1801
00:10:41,095 --> 00:10:41,184:
and
1802
00:10:41,184 --> 00:10:41,455:
finish
1803
00:10:41,455 --> 00:10:41,695:
what
1804
00:10:41,695 --> 00:10:41,725:
I
1805
00:10:41,725 --> 00:10:42,806:
started?”
1806
00:10:42,806 --> 00:10:43,044:
Without waiting
1807
00:10:43,044 --> 00:10:43,164:
for
1808
00:10:43,164 --> 00:10:43,254:
an
1809
00:10:43,254 --> 00:10:43,524:
answer,
1810
00:10:43,524 --> 00:10:43,674:
she
1811
00:10:43,674 --> 00:10:43,975:
scooped
1812
00:10:43,975 --> 00:10:44,065:
me
1813
00:10:44,065 --> 00:10:44,215:
up
1814
00:10:44,215 --> 00:10:44,304:
and
1815
00:10:44,304 --> 00:10:44,544:
carried
1816
00:10:44,544 --> 00:10:44,695:
me
1817
00:10:44,695 --> 00:10:44,904:
into
1818
00:10:44,904 --> 00:10:44,965:
a
1819
00:10:44,965 --> 00:10:45,264:
large
1820
00:10:45,264 --> 00:10:45,654:
bedroom
1821
00:10:45,654 --> 00:10:45,804:
with
1822
00:10:45,804 --> 00:10:46,134:
boarded
1823
00:10:46,134 --> 00:10:46,345:
over
1824
00:10:46,345 --> 00:10:46,644:
French
1825
00:10:46,644 --> 00:10:46,914:
doors
1826
00:10:46,914 --> 00:10:47,034:
that
1827
00:10:47,034 --> 00:10:47,184:
led
1828
00:10:47,184 --> 00:10:51,534:
out onto a balcony. Mirabelle set
1829
00:10:51,534 --> 00:10:51,625:
me
1830
00:10:51,625 --> 00:10:51,745:
on
1831
00:10:51,745 --> 00:10:51,865:
my
1832
00:10:51,865 --> 00:10:52,075:
feet
1833
00:10:52,075 --> 00:10:52,434:
and
1834
00:10:52,434 --> 00:10:52,621:
pulled
1835
00:10:52,621 --> 00:10:52,705:
the
1836
00:10:52,705 --> 00:10:53,004:
sheets
1837
00:10:53,004 --> 00:10:53,184:
off
1838
00:10:53,184 --> 00:10:53,244:
a
1839
00:10:53,244 --> 00:10:53,754:
king-sized
1840
00:10:53,754 --> 00:10:53,995:
bed
1841
00:10:53,995 --> 00:10:54,144:
with
1842
00:10:54,144 --> 00:10:54,204:
a
1843
00:10:54,204 --> 00:10:57,804:
padded orange velour headboard. “Ew! What kinda bed is
1844
00:10:57,804 --> 00:10:58,134:
this?” she
1845
00:10:58,134 --> 00:10:59,485:
demanded.
“It’s
1846
00:10:59,485 --> 00:10:59,605:
what
1847
00:10:59,605 --> 00:10:59,695:
the
1848
00:10:59,695 --> 00:10:59,995:
future
1849
00:10:59,995 --> 00:11:00,115:
was
1850
00:11:00,115 --> 00:11:00,355:
supposed
1851
00:11:00,355 --> 00:11:00,414:
to
1852
00:11:00,414 --> 00:11:00,565:
look
1853
00:11:00,565 --> 00:11:00,745:
like
1854
00:11:00,745 --> 00:11:01,014:
fifty
1855
00:11:01,014 --> 00:11:01,284:
years
1856
00:11:01,284 --> 00:11:01,524:
ago,”
1857
00:11:01,524 --> 00:11:01,585:
I
1858
00:11:01,585 --> 00:11:06,445:
told her.
“I’m glad I was dead when they redecorated then,” Mirabelle declared. She began
1859
00:11:06,445 --> 00:11:06,715:
tugging
1860
00:11:06,715 --> 00:11:06,835:
off
1861
00:11:06,835 --> 00:11:07,254:
Chaula’s
1862
00:11:07,254 --> 00:11:07,735:
top. “Now
1863
00:11:07,735 --> 00:11:07,914:
let’s
1864
00:11:07,914 --> 00:11:08,034:
get
1865
00:11:08,034 --> 00:11:08,274:
a head
1866
00:11:08,274 --> 00:11:08,335:
of
1867
00:11:08,335 --> 00:11:08,725:
steam
1868
00:11:08,725 --> 00:11:08,875:
on
1869
00:11:08,875 --> 00:11:09,024:
this
1870
00:11:09,024 --> 00:11:10,284:
locomotive!”
“Not
1871
00:11:10,284 --> 00:11:10,434:
so
1872
00:11:10,434 --> 00:11:10,735:
fast!”
1873
00:11:10,735 --> 00:11:11,034:
Chaula
1874
00:11:11,034 --> 00:11:11,485:
interrupted,
1875
00:11:11,485 --> 00:11:11,784:
yanking
1876
00:11:11,784 --> 00:11:11,875:
her
1877
00:11:11,875 --> 00:11:12,144:
shirt
1878
00:11:12,144 --> 00:11:12,325:
back
1879
00:11:12,325 --> 00:11:12,924:
down. “I’m
1880
00:11:12,924 --> 00:11:13,075:
not
1881
00:11:13,075 --> 00:11:13,254:
letting
1882
00:11:13,254 --> 00:11:13,404:
you
1883
00:11:13,404 --> 00:11:13,554:
get
1884
00:11:13,554 --> 00:11:13,764:
down
1885
00:11:13,764 --> 00:11:13,855:
and
1886
00:11:13,855 --> 00:11:14,065:
dirty
1887
00:11:14,065 --> 00:11:14,215:
with
1888
00:11:14,215 --> 00:11:14,450:
Pete
1889
00:11:14,450 --> 00:11:14,634:
until
1890
00:11:14,634 --> 00:11:14,725:
I
1891
00:11:14,725 --> 00:11:14,904:
know
1892
00:11:14,904 --> 00:11:14,995:
I’ll
1893
00:11:14,995 --> 00:11:15,294:
still be
1894
00:11:15,294 --> 00:11:15,384:
in
1895
00:11:15,384 --> 00:11:15,684:
charge
1896
00:11:15,684 --> 00:11:15,804:
when
1897
00:11:15,804 --> 00:11:15,955:
you’re
1898
00:11:15,955 --> 00:11:17,367:
finished.”
“Aren’t you
1899
00:11:17,367 --> 00:11:17,485:
the
1900
00:11:17,485 --> 00:11:17,815:
big ol’
1901
00:11:17,815 --> 00:11:18,414:
paranoid,”
1902
00:11:18,414 --> 00:11:18,806:
Mirabelle
1903
00:11:18,806 --> 00:11:19,375:
grumped. “I
1904
00:11:19,375 --> 00:11:19,644:
already
1905
00:11:19,644 --> 00:11:19,884:
told
1906
00:11:19,884 --> 00:11:19,975:
you
1907
00:11:19,975 --> 00:11:20,095:
I’d
1908
00:11:20,095 --> 00:11:20,274:
give
1909
00:11:20,274 --> 00:11:20,365:
you
1910
00:11:20,365 --> 00:11:20,514:
your
1911
00:11:20,514 --> 00:11:20,845:
body
1912
00:11:20,845 --> 00:11:21,924:
back.”
“I’m
1913
00:11:21,924 --> 00:11:22,095:
not
1914
00:11:22,095 --> 00:11:22,375:
taking
1915
00:11:22,375 --> 00:11:23,004:
chances.”
1916
00:11:23,004 --> 00:11:23,365:
Chaula
1917
00:11:23,365 --> 00:11:23,514:
lay
1918
00:11:23,514 --> 00:11:23,725:
back
1919
00:11:23,725 --> 00:11:23,815:
on
1920
00:11:23,815 --> 00:11:23,904:
the
1921
00:11:23,904 --> 00:11:24,085:
bed
1922
00:11:24,085 --> 00:11:24,174:
and
1923
00:11:24,174 --> 00:11:24,355:
told
1924
00:11:24,355 --> 00:11:24,894:
me, “Pete,
1925
00:11:24,894 --> 00:11:25,014:
there
1926
00:11:25,014 --> 00:11:25,164:
should
1927
00:11:25,164 --> 00:11:25,254:
be
1928
00:11:25,254 --> 00:11:25,284:
a
1929
00:11:25,284 --> 00:11:25,434:
set
1930
00:11:25,434 --> 00:11:25,495:
of
1931
00:11:25,495 --> 00:11:25,855:
cuffs
1932
00:11:25,855 --> 00:11:25,914:
in
1933
00:11:25,914 --> 00:11:26,065:
my
1934
00:11:26,065 --> 00:11:26,424:
bag.
1935
00:11:26,424 --> 00:11:26,605:
Get
1936
00:11:26,605 --> 00:11:26,695:
them
1937
00:11:26,695 --> 00:11:26,845:
out
1938
00:11:26,845 --> 00:11:26,965:
for
1939
00:11:26,965 --> 00:11:27,804:
me.”
I
1940
00:11:27,804 --> 00:11:28,014:
gave
1941
00:11:28,014 --> 00:11:28,105:
her
1942
00:11:28,105 --> 00:11:28,164:
a
1943
00:11:28,164 --> 00:11:28,524:
gimlet
1944
00:11:28,524 --> 00:11:29,514:
eye. “Why
1945
00:11:29,514 --> 00:11:29,634:
did
1946
00:11:29,634 --> 00:11:29,725:
you
1947
00:11:29,725 --> 00:11:29,934:
bring
1948
00:11:29,934 --> 00:11:30,355:
bondage
1949
00:11:30,355 --> 00:11:30,565:
gear
1950
00:11:30,565 --> 00:11:30,715:
to
1951
00:11:30,715 --> 00:11:30,774:
a
1952
00:11:30,774 --> 00:11:31,014:
real
1953
00:11:31,014 --> 00:11:31,315:
estate
1954
00:11:31,315 --> 00:11:31,794:
photoshoot,
1955
00:11:31,794 --> 00:11:32,184:
Chaula?”
1956
00:11:32,184 --> 00:11:32,274:
I
1957
00:11:32,274 --> 00:11:32,754:
demanded,
1958
00:11:32,754 --> 00:11:32,904:
my
1959
00:11:32,904 --> 00:11:33,115:
ears
1960
00:11:33,115 --> 00:11:33,384:
heating
1961
00:11:33,384 --> 00:11:34,434:
up.
“Well,
1962
00:11:34,434 --> 00:11:34,884:
y’know,
1963
00:11:34,884 --> 00:11:34,975:
in
1964
00:11:34,975 --> 00:11:35,215:
case
1965
00:11:35,215 --> 00:11:35,274:
I,
1966
00:11:35,274 --> 00:11:35,875:
er, got
1967
00:11:35,875 --> 00:11:36,384:
inspired
1968
00:11:36,384 --> 00:11:36,445:
to
1969
00:11:36,445 --> 00:11:36,595:
take
1970
00:11:36,595 --> 00:11:36,745:
some
1971
00:11:36,745 --> 00:11:37,075:
photos
1972
00:11:37,075 --> 00:11:37,134:
of
1973
00:11:37,134 --> 00:11:37,315:
you
1974
00:11:37,315 --> 00:11:37,434:
in
1975
00:11:37,434 --> 00:11:37,585:
your
1976
00:11:37,585 --> 00:11:38,004:
gear,”
1977
00:11:38,004 --> 00:11:38,304:
Chaula
1978
00:11:38,304 --> 00:11:38,725:
replied,
1979
00:11:38,725 --> 00:11:38,965:
looking
1980
00:11:38,965 --> 00:11:39,325:
equally
1981
00:11:39,325 --> 00:11:40,345:
embarrassed.
1982
00:11:40,345 --> 00:11:40,495:
At
1983
00:11:40,495 --> 00:11:40,615:
my
1984
00:11:40,615 --> 00:11:41,034:
continued
1985
00:11:41,034 --> 00:11:41,274:
dirty
1986
00:11:41,274 --> 00:11:41,485:
look,
1987
00:11:41,485 --> 00:11:41,695:
she
1988
00:11:41,695 --> 00:11:42,325:
added, “Come
1989
00:11:42,325 --> 00:11:42,565:
on,
1990
00:11:42,565 --> 00:11:42,835:
Pete.
1991
00:11:42,835 --> 00:11:42,924:
You
1992
00:11:42,924 --> 00:11:43,044:
know
1993
00:11:43,044 --> 00:11:43,284:
those
1994
00:11:43,284 --> 00:11:43,735:
photosets
1995
00:11:43,735 --> 00:11:43,945:
always
1996
00:11:43,945 --> 00:11:44,125:
sell
1997
00:11:44,125 --> 00:11:44,215:
the
1998
00:11:44,215 --> 00:11:45,264:
best!”
I
1999
00:11:45,264 --> 00:11:45,475:
just
2000
00:11:45,475 --> 00:11:45,684:
shook
2001
00:11:45,684 --> 00:11:45,835:
my
2002
00:11:45,835 --> 00:11:46,315:
head. “The
2003
00:11:46,315 --> 00:11:46,554:
things
2004
00:11:46,554 --> 00:11:46,615:
I
2005
00:11:46,615 --> 00:11:46,794:
do
2006
00:11:46,794 --> 00:11:46,945:
for
2007
00:11:46,945 --> 00:11:47,215:
hot,
2008
00:11:47,215 --> 00:11:47,664:
dangerous
2009
00:11:47,664 --> 00:11:48,684:
girlfriends.”
2010
00:11:48,684 --> 00:11:48,774:
I
2011
00:11:48,774 --> 00:11:49,014:
dug
2012
00:11:49,014 --> 00:11:49,254:
into
2013
00:11:49,254 --> 00:11:49,375:
her
2014
00:11:49,375 --> 00:11:49,705:
bag,
2015
00:11:49,705 --> 00:11:49,945:
pulling
2016
00:11:49,945 --> 00:11:50,095:
out
2017
00:11:50,095 --> 00:11:50,125:
a
2018
00:11:50,125 --> 00:11:50,335:
set
2019
00:11:50,335 --> 00:11:50,394:
of
2020
00:11:50,394 --> 00:11:50,725:
padded leather
2021
00:11:50,725 --> 00:11:50,995:
wrist
2022
00:11:50,995 --> 00:11:51,085:
and
2023
00:11:51,085 --> 00:11:51,325:
ankle
2024
00:11:51,325 --> 00:11:51,684:
cuffs,
2025
00:11:51,684 --> 00:11:51,745:
a
2026
00:11:51,745 --> 00:11:51,894:
few
2027
00:11:51,894 --> 00:11:52,195:
short
2028
00:11:52,195 --> 00:11:52,585:
chains,
2029
00:11:52,585 --> 00:11:52,674:
and
2030
00:11:52,674 --> 00:11:52,705:
a
2031
00:11:52,705 --> 00:11:52,945:
wire
2032
00:11:52,945 --> 00:11:53,245:
muzzle
2033
00:11:53,245 --> 00:11:54,144:
harness.
2034
00:11:54,144 --> 00:11:54,205:
I
2035
00:11:54,205 --> 00:11:54,384:
gave
2036
00:11:54,384 --> 00:11:54,475:
her
2037
00:11:54,475 --> 00:11:54,774:
another
2038
00:11:54,774 --> 00:11:54,985:
look
2039
00:11:54,985 --> 00:11:55,075:
as
2040
00:11:55,075 --> 00:11:55,134:
I
2041
00:11:55,134 --> 00:11:55,345:
held
2042
00:11:55,345 --> 00:11:55,434:
up
2043
00:11:55,434 --> 00:11:55,524:
the
2044
00:11:55,524 --> 00:11:55,825:
last
2045
00:11:55,825 --> 00:11:56,394:
item. “You
2046
00:11:56,394 --> 00:11:56,575:
know
2047
00:11:56,575 --> 00:11:56,664:
I
2048
00:11:56,664 --> 00:11:56,875:
hate
2049
00:11:56,875 --> 00:11:57,054:
this
2050
00:11:57,054 --> 00:11:57,235:
thing.”
2051
00:11:57,235 --> 00:11:57,294:
I
2052
00:11:57,294 --> 00:11:57,565:
told
2053
00:11:57,565 --> 00:11:58,044:
her.
“But
2054
00:11:58,044 --> 00:11:58,195:
you
2055
00:11:58,195 --> 00:11:58,345:
look
2056
00:11:58,345 --> 00:11:58,495:
so
2057
00:11:58,495 --> 00:11:58,945:
hot
2058
00:11:58,945 --> 00:11:59,095:
when
2059
00:11:59,095 --> 00:11:59,184:
you
2060
00:11:59,184 --> 00:11:59,424:
wear
2061
00:11:59,424 --> 00:12:03,085:
it,” Chaula pointed out.
“Yeah, yeah. Let me get you
2062
00:12:03,085 --> 00:12:03,294:
set
2063
00:12:03,294 --> 00:12:04,044:
up.”
2064
00:12:04,044 --> 00:12:04,131:
I
2065
00:12:04,131 --> 00:12:04,345:
wrapped
2066
00:12:04,345 --> 00:12:04,644:
chains
2067
00:12:04,644 --> 00:12:04,855:
around
2068
00:12:04,855 --> 00:12:04,945:
the
2069
00:12:04,945 --> 00:12:05,485:
bedposts,
2070
00:12:05,485 --> 00:12:05,759:
raising
2071
00:12:05,759 --> 00:12:06,144:
Chaula’s
2072
00:12:06,144 --> 00:12:06,414:
arms
2073
00:12:06,414 --> 00:12:06,534:
and
2074
00:12:06,534 --> 00:12:06,835:
wrapping
2075
00:12:06,835 --> 00:12:06,894:
the
2076
00:12:06,894 --> 00:12:07,134:
heavy
2077
00:12:07,134 --> 00:12:07,375:
leather
2078
00:12:07,375 --> 00:12:07,674:
cuffs
2079
00:12:07,674 --> 00:12:07,884:
around
2080
00:12:07,884 --> 00:12:07,945:
her
2081
00:12:07,945 --> 00:12:09,205:
wrists. They were sized
2082
00:12:09,205 --> 00:12:09,325:
for
2083
00:12:09,325 --> 00:12:09,534:
me,
2084
00:12:09,534 --> 00:12:09,684:
so
2085
00:12:09,684 --> 00:12:09,804:
they
2086
00:12:09,804 --> 00:12:10,014:
made
2087
00:12:10,014 --> 00:12:10,044:
a
2088
00:12:10,044 --> 00:12:10,345:
snug
2089
00:12:10,345 --> 00:12:10,524:
fit
2090
00:12:10,524 --> 00:12:10,644:
on
2091
00:12:10,644 --> 00:12:10,705:
her
2092
00:12:10,705 --> 00:12:11,184:
muscular
2093
00:12:11,184 --> 00:12:11,514:
arms,
2094
00:12:11,514 --> 00:12:11,605:
but
2095
00:12:11,605 --> 00:12:11,664:
at
2096
00:12:11,664 --> 00:12:11,815:
least
2097
00:12:11,815 --> 00:12:11,904:
there
2098
00:12:11,904 --> 00:12:12,024:
would
2099
00:12:12,024 --> 00:12:12,115:
be
2100
00:12:12,115 --> 00:12:12,235:
no
2101
00:12:12,235 --> 00:12:12,565:
chance
2102
00:12:12,565 --> 00:12:12,684:
of her
2103
00:12:12,684 --> 00:12:13,014:
slipping
2104
00:12:13,014 --> 00:12:14,154:
loose.
“Hey
2105
00:12:14,154 --> 00:12:14,365:
now,
2106
00:12:14,365 --> 00:12:14,485:
you
2107
00:12:14,485 --> 00:12:14,634:
don’t
2108
00:12:14,634 --> 00:12:14,815:
have
2109
00:12:14,815 --> 00:12:14,904:
to
2110
00:12:14,904 --> 00:12:15,174:
be doin’
2111
00:12:15,174 --> 00:12:15,294:
this,
2112
00:12:15,294 --> 00:12:15,835:
sugar,”
2113
00:12:15,835 --> 00:12:16,226:
Mirabelle
2114
00:12:16,226 --> 00:12:16,705:
insisted,
2115
00:12:16,705 --> 00:12:16,945:
giving
2116
00:12:16,945 --> 00:12:16,975:
a
2117
00:12:16,975 --> 00:12:17,455:
frustrated
2118
00:12:17,455 --> 00:12:17,634:
tug
2119
00:12:17,634 --> 00:12:17,754:
on
2120
00:12:17,754 --> 00:12:17,815:
the
2121
00:12:17,815 --> 00:12:18,657:
cuffs. “I
2122
00:12:18,657 --> 00:12:19,105:
promised
2123
00:12:19,105 --> 00:12:19,225:
I’d
2124
00:12:19,225 --> 00:12:19,585:
vacate
2125
00:12:19,585 --> 00:12:19,674:
the
2126
00:12:19,674 --> 00:12:20,184:
premises
2127
00:12:20,184 --> 00:12:20,424:
once
2128
00:12:20,424 --> 00:12:20,485:
I
2129
00:12:20,485 --> 00:12:20,695:
got
2130
00:12:20,695 --> 00:12:20,815:
what
2131
00:12:20,815 --> 00:12:20,875:
I
2132
00:12:20,875 --> 00:12:22,284:
wanted!”
“Nothing
2133
00:12:22,284 --> 00:12:24,115:
personal, but I’ve met too many ghosts with an
2134
00:12:24,115 --> 00:12:24,534:
agenda,”
2135
00:12:24,534 --> 00:12:24,654:
I
2136
00:12:24,654 --> 00:12:24,894:
told
2137
00:12:24,894 --> 00:12:27,414:
her. I unbuckled Chaula’s belt and tugged her cargo
2138
00:12:27,414 --> 00:12:28,164:
shorts down,
2139
00:12:28,164 --> 00:12:28,405:
giving
2140
00:12:28,405 --> 00:12:28,467:
her
2141
00:12:28,467 --> 00:12:28,794:
another
2142
00:12:28,794 --> 00:12:28,975:
look
2143
00:12:28,975 --> 00:12:29,095:
when
2144
00:12:29,095 --> 00:12:29,125:
I
2145
00:12:29,125 --> 00:12:29,335:
saw
2146
00:12:29,335 --> 00:12:29,424:
her
2147
00:12:29,424 --> 00:12:29,754:
panties
2148
00:12:29,754 --> 00:12:29,845:
were
2149
00:12:29,845 --> 00:12:31,254:
missing.
“What?
2150
00:12:31,254 --> 00:12:31,315:
I
2151
00:12:31,315 --> 00:12:31,644:
figured
2152
00:12:31,644 --> 00:12:31,674:
we
2153
00:12:31,674 --> 00:12:31,855:
might
2154
00:12:31,855 --> 00:12:31,975:
have
2155
00:12:31,975 --> 00:12:32,154:
time
2156
00:12:32,154 --> 00:12:32,304:
for
2157
00:12:32,304 --> 00:12:32,335:
a
2158
00:12:32,335 --> 00:12:32,544:
quick
2159
00:12:32,544 --> 00:12:32,695:
one
2160
00:12:32,695 --> 00:12:32,875:
once
2161
00:12:32,875 --> 00:12:32,965:
I
2162
00:12:32,965 --> 00:12:33,234:
finished
2163
00:12:33,234 --> 00:12:33,475:
taking
2164
00:12:33,475 --> 00:12:33,625:
my
2165
00:12:33,625 --> 00:12:33,924:
photos,”
2166
00:12:33,924 --> 00:12:34,266:
Chaula
2167
00:12:34,266 --> 00:12:34,615:
said,
2168
00:12:34,615 --> 00:12:34,884:
grinning
2169
00:12:34,884 --> 00:12:35,034:
up
2170
00:12:35,034 --> 00:12:35,125:
at
2171
00:12:35,125 --> 00:12:36,205:
me.
“Looks
2172
00:12:36,205 --> 00:12:36,325:
like
2173
00:12:36,325 --> 00:12:36,414:
you’re
2174
00:12:36,414 --> 00:12:36,625:
getting
2175
00:12:36,625 --> 00:12:36,745:
your
2176
00:12:36,745 --> 00:12:37,014:
wish,”
2177
00:12:37,014 --> 00:12:37,075:
I
2178
00:12:37,075 --> 00:12:37,554:
noted,
2179
00:12:37,554 --> 00:12:37,855:
moving
2180
00:12:37,855 --> 00:12:38,034:
down
2181
00:12:38,034 --> 00:12:38,125:
to
2182
00:12:38,125 --> 00:12:38,575:
secure her
2183
00:12:38,575 --> 00:12:39,726:
ankles.
2184
00:12:39,726 --> 00:12:39,894:
When
2185
00:12:39,894 --> 00:12:39,928:
I
2186
00:12:39,928 --> 00:12:40,105:
was
2187
00:12:40,105 --> 00:12:40,315:
done
2188
00:12:40,315 --> 00:12:40,465:
my
2189
00:12:40,465 --> 00:12:40,945:
muscular
2190
00:12:40,945 --> 00:12:41,424:
tigress
2191
00:12:41,424 --> 00:12:41,875:
girlfriend
2192
00:12:41,875 --> 00:12:42,024:
was
2193
00:12:42,024 --> 00:12:42,274:
bound
2194
00:12:42,274 --> 00:12:42,654:
spreadeagle
2195
00:12:42,654 --> 00:12:42,865:
on
2196
00:12:42,865 --> 00:12:42,955:
the
2197
00:12:42,955 --> 00:12:43,195:
bed,
2198
00:12:43,195 --> 00:12:43,434:
which
2199
00:12:43,434 --> 00:12:43,705:
creaked
2200
00:12:43,705 --> 00:12:43,794:
and
2201
00:12:43,794 --> 00:12:44,034:
moaned
2202
00:12:44,034 --> 00:12:44,095:
as
2203
00:12:44,095 --> 00:12:44,245:
she
2204
00:12:44,245 --> 00:12:44,544:
pulled at
2205
00:12:44,544 --> 00:12:44,664:
her
2206
00:12:44,664 --> 00:12:45,294:
restraints,
2207
00:12:45,294 --> 00:12:45,504:
making
2208
00:12:45,504 --> 00:12:45,684:
sure
2209
00:12:45,684 --> 00:12:45,804:
they
2210
00:12:45,804 --> 00:12:45,955:
would
2211
00:12:45,955 --> 00:12:47,154:
hold. “Okay,
2212
00:12:47,154 --> 00:12:47,605:
Mirabelle,
2213
00:12:47,605 --> 00:12:47,754:
you
2214
00:12:47,754 --> 00:12:47,904:
can
2215
00:12:47,904 --> 00:12:48,085:
take
2216
00:12:48,085 --> 00:12:48,325:
over
2217
00:12:48,325 --> 00:12:48,715:
for
2218
00:12:48,715 --> 00:12:49,134:
now,”
2219
00:12:49,134 --> 00:12:50,695:
I said.
Chaula
2220
00:12:50,695 --> 00:12:51,325:
blinked again, her eyes
2221
00:12:51,325 --> 00:12:51,595:
turning
2222
00:12:51,595 --> 00:12:51,924:
blue as
2223
00:12:51,924 --> 00:12:52,345:
Mirabelle
2224
00:12:52,345 --> 00:12:53,034:
looked at me,
2225
00:12:53,034 --> 00:12:53,485:
er,
2226
00:12:53,485 --> 00:12:54,475:
winsomely I guess was
2227
00:12:54,475 --> 00:12:54,534:
the
2228
00:12:54,534 --> 00:12:55,254:
word.
2229
00:12:55,254 --> 00:12:55,465:
Maybe
2230
00:12:55,465 --> 00:12:55,570:
it
2231
00:12:55,570 --> 00:12:55,735:
would
2232
00:12:55,735 --> 00:12:55,825:
have
2233
00:12:55,825 --> 00:12:56,034:
worked
2234
00:12:56,034 --> 00:12:56,245:
better
2235
00:12:56,245 --> 00:12:56,424:
on
2236
00:12:56,424 --> 00:12:56,845:
a vixen’s
2237
00:12:56,845 --> 00:12:57,625:
face.
2238
00:12:57,625 --> 00:12:57,715:
On
2239
00:12:57,715 --> 00:13:01,134:
a three-hundred-pound tigress it just looked ridiculous. “Come
2240
00:13:01,134 --> 00:13:01,465:
here,
2241
00:13:01,465 --> 00:13:07,075:
little chee,” she purred. “Mirabelle’s got some candy for you.”
I smiled at her, tugging Chaula’s t-shirt
2242
00:13:07,075 --> 00:13:08,215:
and bra up, exposing her
2243
00:13:08,215 --> 00:13:10,585:
breasts. I ran my paws down her bare sides,
2244
00:13:10,585 --> 00:13:10,975:
making
2245
00:13:10,975 --> 00:13:11,065:
the
2246
00:13:11,065 --> 00:13:11,394:
ghostly
2247
00:13:11,394 --> 00:13:11,784:
fox
2248
00:13:11,784 --> 00:13:11,965:
purr
2249
00:13:11,965 --> 00:13:12,144:
with
2250
00:13:12,144 --> 00:13:12,445:
delight
2251
00:13:12,445 --> 00:13:12,565:
as
2252
00:13:12,565 --> 00:13:12,654:
I
2253
00:13:12,654 --> 00:13:12,865:
leaned
2254
00:13:12,865 --> 00:13:13,105:
over
2255
00:13:13,105 --> 00:13:13,195:
and
2256
00:13:13,195 --> 00:13:13,434:
kissed
2257
00:13:13,434 --> 00:13:13,554:
her
2258
00:13:13,554 --> 00:13:14,634:
breasts. “Oh,
2259
00:13:14,634 --> 00:13:15,024:
sugar,”
2260
00:13:15,024 --> 00:13:15,205:
she
2261
00:13:15,205 --> 00:13:15,774:
breathed. “Where
2262
00:13:15,774 --> 00:13:15,865:
have
2263
00:13:15,865 --> 00:13:15,955:
you
2264
00:13:15,955 --> 00:13:16,195:
been
2265
00:13:16,195 --> 00:13:16,495:
all mah
2266
00:13:16,495 --> 00:13:18,955:
afterlife?”
“Busy
2267
00:13:18,955 --> 00:13:19,375:
learning how
2268
00:13:19,375 --> 00:13:19,495:
to
2269
00:13:19,495 --> 00:13:19,674:
do
2270
00:13:19,674 --> 00:13:19,884:
this,”
2271
00:13:19,884 --> 00:13:19,945:
I
2272
00:13:19,945 --> 00:13:20,184:
told
2273
00:13:20,184 --> 00:13:20,365:
her,
2274
00:13:20,365 --> 00:13:20,574:
laying
2275
00:13:20,574 --> 00:13:20,934:
kisses
2276
00:13:20,934 --> 00:13:21,175:
down
2277
00:13:21,175 --> 00:13:21,264:
to
2278
00:13:21,264 --> 00:13:21,654:
her belly
2279
00:13:21,654 --> 00:13:22,735:
button as my paws
2280
00:13:22,735 --> 00:13:23,095:
grasped
2281
00:13:23,095 --> 00:13:23,184:
and
2282
00:13:23,184 --> 00:13:23,455:
groped
2283
00:13:23,455 --> 00:13:23,544:
her
2284
00:13:23,544 --> 00:13:24,565:
breasts.
2285
00:13:24,565 --> 00:13:24,955:
Mirabelle
2286
00:13:24,955 --> 00:13:25,195:
made
2287
00:13:25,195 --> 00:13:25,345:
more
2288
00:13:25,345 --> 00:13:25,705:
pleased
2289
00:13:25,705 --> 00:13:26,184:
noises,
2290
00:13:26,184 --> 00:13:26,527:
pulling and
2291
00:13:26,527 --> 00:13:26,904:
straining
2292
00:13:26,904 --> 00:13:27,205:
against
2293
00:13:27,205 --> 00:13:27,294:
her
2294
00:13:27,294 --> 00:13:27,715:
cuffs as
2295
00:13:27,715 --> 00:13:27,803:
her
2296
00:13:27,803 --> 00:13:28,014:
body
2297
00:13:28,014 --> 00:13:28,375:
shifted
2298
00:13:28,375 --> 00:13:28,524:
on
2299
00:13:28,524 --> 00:13:28,585:
the
2300
00:13:28,585 --> 00:13:28,794:
bed
2301
00:13:28,794 --> 00:13:28,884:
in
2302
00:13:28,884 --> 00:13:30,144:
response.
“Oh,
2303
00:13:30,144 --> 00:13:30,355:
let
2304
00:13:30,355 --> 00:13:30,475:
me
2305
00:13:30,475 --> 00:13:30,595:
up
2306
00:13:30,595 --> 00:13:30,745:
so
2307
00:13:30,745 --> 00:13:30,804:
I
2308
00:13:30,804 --> 00:13:30,985:
can
2309
00:13:30,985 --> 00:13:31,226:
touch
2310
00:13:31,226 --> 00:13:31,283:
you
2311
00:13:31,283 --> 00:13:31,554:
back,”
2312
00:13:31,554 --> 00:13:31,735:
she
2313
00:13:31,735 --> 00:13:33,264:
moaned.
“Tempting,”
2314
00:13:33,264 --> 00:13:33,325:
I
2315
00:13:33,325 --> 00:13:33,745:
said,
2316
00:13:33,745 --> 00:13:34,075:
catching
2317
00:13:34,075 --> 00:13:34,164:
her
2318
00:13:34,164 --> 00:13:34,495:
nipples
2319
00:13:34,495 --> 00:13:34,705:
between
2320
00:13:34,705 --> 00:13:34,855:
my
2321
00:13:34,855 --> 00:13:35,304:
fingerpads
2322
00:13:35,304 --> 00:13:35,394:
and
2323
00:13:35,394 --> 00:13:35,695:
rolling
2324
00:13:35,695 --> 00:13:35,815:
them
2325
00:13:35,815 --> 00:13:35,995:
back
2326
00:13:35,995 --> 00:13:36,085:
and
2327
00:13:36,085 --> 00:13:36,414:
forth,
2328
00:13:36,414 --> 00:13:36,595:
which
2329
00:13:36,595 --> 00:13:36,774:
made
2330
00:13:36,774 --> 00:13:36,894:
her
2331
00:13:36,894 --> 00:13:37,075:
let
2332
00:13:37,075 --> 00:13:37,225:
out
2333
00:13:37,225 --> 00:13:37,284:
a
2334
00:13:37,284 --> 00:13:37,735:
delighted
2335
00:13:37,735 --> 00:13:38,784:
squeal. “But
2336
00:13:38,784 --> 00:13:39,085:
Chaula
2337
00:13:39,085 --> 00:13:39,325:
doesn’t
2338
00:13:39,325 --> 00:13:39,475:
let
2339
00:13:39,475 --> 00:13:39,565:
me
2340
00:13:39,565 --> 00:13:39,774:
play
2341
00:13:39,774 --> 00:13:40,014:
with her
2342
00:13:40,014 --> 00:13:40,225:
like
2343
00:13:40,225 --> 00:13:40,434:
this
2344
00:13:40,434 --> 00:13:40,644:
very
2345
00:13:40,644 --> 00:13:41,004:
often.
2346
00:13:41,004 --> 00:13:41,034:
I
2347
00:13:41,034 --> 00:13:41,274:
kinda
2348
00:13:41,274 --> 00:13:41,424:
like
2349
00:13:41,424 --> 00:13:41,575:
being
2350
00:13:41,575 --> 00:13:41,725:
on
2351
00:13:41,725 --> 00:13:41,934:
top
2352
00:13:41,934 --> 00:13:42,054:
for
2353
00:13:42,054 --> 00:13:43,014:
once.”
“I’ve
2354
00:13:43,014 --> 00:13:43,315:
nevah
2355
00:13:43,315 --> 00:13:43,495:
been
2356
00:13:43,495 --> 00:13:43,644:
on
2357
00:13:43,644 --> 00:13:43,884:
top,”
2358
00:13:43,884 --> 00:13:44,245:
Mirabelle
2359
00:13:44,245 --> 00:13:45,384:
said. “Everybody
2360
00:13:45,384 --> 00:13:45,684:
wanted
2361
00:13:45,684 --> 00:13:45,835:
the
2362
00:13:45,835 --> 00:13:46,164:
easy
2363
00:13:46,164 --> 00:13:46,465:
girl,
2364
00:13:46,465 --> 00:13:46,825:
nobody
2365
00:13:46,825 --> 00:13:47,065:
evah
2366
00:13:47,065 --> 00:13:47,274:
gave
2367
00:13:47,274 --> 00:13:47,394:
me
2368
00:13:47,394 --> 00:13:47,605:
what
2369
00:13:47,605 --> 00:13:47,965:
I
2370
00:13:47,965 --> 00:13:48,835:
wanted.”
2371
00:13:48,835 --> 00:13:48,985:
She
2372
00:13:48,985 --> 00:13:49,254:
pulled at
2373
00:13:49,254 --> 00:13:49,404:
her
2374
00:13:49,404 --> 00:13:49,674:
cuffs
2375
00:13:49,674 --> 00:13:50,004:
again,
2376
00:13:50,004 --> 00:13:50,215:
making
2377
00:13:50,215 --> 00:13:50,304:
the
2378
00:13:50,304 --> 00:13:50,514:
bed
2379
00:13:50,514 --> 00:13:50,762:
creak
2380
00:13:50,762 --> 00:13:51,865:
dangerously. “I
2381
00:13:51,865 --> 00:13:52,164:
finally
2382
00:13:52,164 --> 00:13:52,345:
think
2383
00:13:52,345 --> 00:13:56,304:
I’m gonna get what I’m due, and I end up spending the next hundred and more years stuck floating
2384
00:13:56,304 --> 00:13:56,424:
in
2385
00:13:56,424 --> 00:13:56,485:
a
2386
00:13:56,485 --> 00:13:56,965:
dusty,
2387
00:13:56,965 --> 00:13:57,264:
dark
2388
00:13:57,264 --> 00:13:57,835:
staircase
2389
00:13:57,835 --> 00:13:59,845:
for mah troubles!”
“Let me help you make
2390
00:13:59,845 --> 00:14:02,455:
up for lost time then,” I told her. My paws slid down her side to grab
2391
00:14:02,455 --> 00:14:02,575:
her
2392
00:14:02,575 --> 00:14:02,845:
ass,
2393
00:14:02,845 --> 00:14:02,965:
my
2394
00:14:02,965 --> 00:14:03,445:
fingers
2395
00:14:03,445 --> 00:14:03,745:
digging
2396
00:14:03,745 --> 00:14:03,894:
into
2397
00:14:03,894 --> 00:14:04,284:
Chaula’s
2398
00:14:04,284 --> 00:14:04,705:
muscular
2399
00:14:04,705 --> 00:14:05,034:
cheeks
2400
00:14:05,034 --> 00:14:05,125:
as
2401
00:14:05,125 --> 00:14:05,215:
I
2402
00:14:05,215 --> 00:14:05,394:
took
2403
00:14:05,394 --> 00:14:05,455:
a
2404
00:14:05,455 --> 00:14:05,725:
long
2405
00:14:05,725 --> 00:14:06,085:
lick
2406
00:14:06,085 --> 00:14:06,205:
up
2407
00:14:06,205 --> 00:14:06,325:
and
2408
00:14:06,325 --> 00:14:06,595:
down her
2409
00:14:06,595 --> 00:14:06,894:
pussy
2410
00:14:06,894 --> 00:14:09,294:
lips.
“Fu-fuuuuuck…”
2411
00:14:09,294 --> 00:14:09,804:
Mirabelle
2412
00:14:09,804 --> 00:14:10,195:
gasped,
2413
00:14:10,195 --> 00:14:10,315:
as
2414
00:14:10,315 --> 00:14:10,404:
I
2415
00:14:10,404 --> 00:14:10,705:
wiggled
2416
00:14:10,705 --> 00:14:10,794:
my
2417
00:14:10,794 --> 00:14:11,065:
tongue
2418
00:14:11,065 --> 00:14:11,304:
just
2419
00:14:11,304 --> 00:14:11,365:
a
2420
00:14:11,365 --> 00:14:11,664:
finger
2421
00:14:11,664 --> 00:14:12,144:
width
2422
00:14:12,144 --> 00:14:13,404:
inside her. “Y’all
2423
00:14:13,404 --> 00:14:13,495:
are
2424
00:14:13,495 --> 00:14:13,794:
teasing
2425
00:14:13,794 --> 00:14:13,914:
me
2426
00:14:13,914 --> 00:14:14,304:
something
2427
00:14:14,304 --> 00:14:15,835:
terrible.”
“That’s
2428
00:14:15,835 --> 00:14:16,105:
me,
2429
00:14:16,105 --> 00:14:16,225:
the
2430
00:14:16,225 --> 00:14:16,554:
terrible
2431
00:14:16,554 --> 00:14:16,855:
chee,”
2432
00:14:16,855 --> 00:14:16,945:
I
2433
00:14:16,945 --> 00:14:18,085:
sing-songed.
2434
00:14:18,085 --> 00:14:18,473:
Mirabelle
2435
00:14:18,473 --> 00:14:18,924:
giggled,
2436
00:14:18,924 --> 00:14:19,164:
an odd
2437
00:14:19,164 --> 00:14:19,434:
sound
2438
00:14:19,434 --> 00:14:19,705:
coming
2439
00:14:19,705 --> 00:14:20,095:
from
2440
00:14:20,095 --> 00:14:20,514:
Chaula’s
2441
00:14:20,514 --> 00:14:20,725:
deep
2442
00:14:20,725 --> 00:14:21,668:
chest.
“I…
2443
00:14:21,668 --> 00:14:22,105:
always
2444
00:14:22,105 --> 00:14:22,434:
felt…
2445
00:14:22,434 --> 00:14:22,735:
so
2446
00:14:22,735 --> 00:14:23,184:
small…,”
2447
00:14:23,184 --> 00:14:23,335:
she
2448
00:14:23,335 --> 00:14:23,784:
panted,
2449
00:14:23,784 --> 00:14:24,024:
as I
2450
00:14:24,024 --> 00:14:24,264:
kissed
2451
00:14:24,264 --> 00:14:24,355:
her
2452
00:14:24,355 --> 00:14:24,595:
fur
2453
00:14:24,595 --> 00:14:24,924:
covered
2454
00:14:24,924 --> 00:14:25,674:
pussy,
2455
00:14:25,674 --> 00:14:25,992:
slipping
2456
00:14:25,992 --> 00:14:26,125:
my
2457
00:14:26,125 --> 00:14:26,335:
tongue
2458
00:14:26,335 --> 00:14:26,664:
deeper
2459
00:14:26,664 --> 00:14:26,995:
inside
2460
00:14:26,995 --> 00:14:27,084:
to
2461
00:14:27,084 --> 00:14:28,404:
taste her. “Ohhhh,
2462
00:14:28,404 --> 00:14:28,674:
this
2463
00:14:28,674 --> 00:14:28,975:
body
2464
00:14:28,975 --> 00:14:29,245:
though.
2465
00:14:29,245 --> 00:14:29,634:
I could
2466
00:14:29,634 --> 00:14:29,965:
do
2467
00:14:29,965 --> 00:14:30,264:
things
2468
00:14:30,264 --> 00:14:30,387:
with
2469
00:14:30,387 --> 00:14:30,595:
this
2470
00:14:30,595 --> 00:14:31,465:
body.”
2471
00:14:31,465 --> 00:14:31,615:
She
2472
00:14:31,615 --> 00:14:31,945:
strained
2473
00:14:31,945 --> 00:14:32,184:
against
2474
00:14:32,184 --> 00:14:32,274:
the
2475
00:14:32,274 --> 00:14:32,485:
cuffs once
2476
00:14:32,485 --> 00:14:32,784:
again,
2477
00:14:32,784 --> 00:14:32,875:
and
2478
00:14:32,875 --> 00:14:32,965:
the
2479
00:14:32,965 --> 00:14:33,504:
fifty-year-old
2480
00:14:33,504 --> 00:14:33,745:
bed
2481
00:14:33,745 --> 00:14:33,985:
made
2482
00:14:33,985 --> 00:14:34,225:
more
2483
00:14:34,225 --> 00:14:34,644:
dangerous
2484
00:14:34,644 --> 00:14:34,975:
creaking
2485
00:14:34,975 --> 00:14:35,965:
noises. “Let
2486
00:14:35,965 --> 00:14:36,091:
me
2487
00:14:36,091 --> 00:14:36,219:
up,
2488
00:14:36,219 --> 00:14:36,625:
boy.
2489
00:14:36,625 --> 00:14:36,774:
Let
2490
00:14:36,774 --> 00:14:36,894:
me
2491
00:14:36,894 --> 00:14:37,284:
loose so
2492
00:14:37,284 --> 00:14:37,345:
I
2493
00:14:37,345 --> 00:14:37,524:
can
2494
00:14:37,524 --> 00:14:37,735:
show
2495
00:14:37,735 --> 00:14:37,855:
you
2496
00:14:37,855 --> 00:14:38,004:
what
2497
00:14:38,004 --> 00:14:38,065:
I
2498
00:14:38,065 --> 00:14:38,215:
can
2499
00:14:38,215 --> 00:14:39,235:
do!”
“No,
2500
00:14:39,235 --> 00:14:39,445:
no,
2501
00:14:39,445 --> 00:14:39,654:
no,”
2502
00:14:39,654 --> 00:14:39,745:
I
2503
00:14:39,745 --> 00:14:40,044:
said,
2504
00:14:40,044 --> 00:14:40,284:
lifting
2505
00:14:40,284 --> 00:14:40,434:
my
2506
00:14:40,434 --> 00:14:40,646:
face
2507
00:14:40,646 --> 00:14:40,735:
up
2508
00:14:40,735 --> 00:14:41,304:
briefly. “You
2509
00:14:41,304 --> 00:14:41,485:
made
2510
00:14:41,485 --> 00:14:41,544:
a
2511
00:14:41,544 --> 00:14:42,475:
promise!”
“I
2512
00:14:42,475 --> 00:14:42,684:
know,
2513
00:14:42,684 --> 00:14:42,835:
but
2514
00:14:42,835 --> 00:14:43,014:
I’ve
2515
00:14:43,014 --> 00:14:43,465:
always
2516
00:14:43,465 --> 00:14:43,644:
been
2517
00:14:43,644 --> 00:14:43,705:
a
2518
00:14:43,705 --> 00:14:44,004:
bad
2519
00:14:44,004 --> 00:14:44,394:
girl.
2520
00:14:44,394 --> 00:14:44,664:
Ask
2521
00:14:44,664 --> 00:14:45,115:
anyone!”
2522
00:14:45,115 --> 00:14:45,264:
she
2523
00:14:45,264 --> 00:14:46,195:
said.
2524
00:14:46,195 --> 00:14:46,254:
I
2525
00:14:46,254 --> 00:14:46,495:
moved
2526
00:14:46,495 --> 00:14:46,585:
to
2527
00:14:46,585 --> 00:14:47,034:
distract
2528
00:14:47,034 --> 00:14:47,125:
her,
2529
00:14:47,125 --> 00:14:49,075:
sliding up Chaula’s body to rub
2530
00:14:49,075 --> 00:14:49,195:
my
2531
00:14:49,195 --> 00:14:49,404:
sheath
2532
00:14:49,404 --> 00:14:49,674:
against
2533
00:14:49,674 --> 00:14:49,735:
her
2534
00:14:49,735 --> 00:14:50,095:
pussy,
2535
00:14:50,095 --> 00:14:50,245:
while
2536
00:14:50,245 --> 00:14:50,335:
I
2537
00:14:50,335 --> 00:14:50,544:
caught
2538
00:14:50,544 --> 00:14:50,664:
one
2539
00:14:50,664 --> 00:14:50,754:
of
2540
00:14:50,754 --> 00:14:50,845:
her
2541
00:14:50,845 --> 00:14:51,174:
nipples
2542
00:14:51,174 --> 00:14:51,475:
between
2543
00:14:51,475 --> 00:14:51,804:
my fangs
2544
00:14:51,804 --> 00:14:51,985:
and
2545
00:14:51,985 --> 00:14:52,315:
gave it a
2546
00:14:52,315 --> 00:14:53,154:
tug.
2547
00:14:53,154 --> 00:14:53,605:
She let out a
2548
00:14:53,605 --> 00:14:53,845:
deep
2549
00:14:53,845 --> 00:14:54,235:
throated,
2550
00:14:54,235 --> 00:14:54,534:
very
2551
00:14:54,534 --> 00:14:55,053:
tigerish
2552
00:14:55,053 --> 00:14:56,245:
growl. “Let
2553
00:14:56,245 --> 00:14:56,424:
me
2554
00:14:56,424 --> 00:14:56,605:
up,
2555
00:14:56,605 --> 00:14:56,815:
let
2556
00:14:56,815 --> 00:14:56,965:
me
2557
00:14:56,965 --> 00:14:57,384:
loose,”
2558
00:14:57,384 --> 00:14:57,804:
Mirabelle
2559
00:14:57,804 --> 00:14:58,225:
demanded
2560
00:14:58,225 --> 00:14:59,274:
again.
I
2561
00:14:59,274 --> 00:14:59,575:
buried
2562
00:14:59,575 --> 00:14:59,695:
my
2563
00:14:59,695 --> 00:14:59,995:
face
2564
00:14:59,995 --> 00:15:00,085:
in
2565
00:15:00,085 --> 00:15:00,144:
the
2566
00:15:00,144 --> 00:15:00,445:
fur
2567
00:15:00,445 --> 00:15:00,654:
where
2568
00:15:00,654 --> 00:15:00,865:
her
2569
00:15:00,865 --> 00:15:01,014:
neck
2570
00:15:01,014 --> 00:15:01,164:
met
2571
00:15:01,164 --> 00:15:01,254:
her
2572
00:15:01,254 --> 00:15:01,764:
shoulder,
2573
00:15:01,764 --> 00:15:02,125:
nuzzling
2574
00:15:02,125 --> 00:15:02,214:
and
2575
00:15:02,214 --> 00:15:02,544:
nibbling
2576
00:15:02,544 --> 00:15:02,695:
as
2577
00:15:02,695 --> 00:15:03,085:
Mirabelle
2578
00:15:03,085 --> 00:15:03,513:
continued
2579
00:15:03,513 --> 00:15:03,595:
to
2580
00:15:03,595 --> 00:15:04,075:
struggle,
2581
00:15:04,075 --> 00:15:04,375:
feeling
2582
00:15:04,375 --> 00:15:04,465:
my
2583
00:15:04,465 --> 00:15:04,735:
cock
2584
00:15:04,735 --> 00:15:05,215:
rise out of its
2585
00:15:05,215 --> 00:15:05,544:
sheath
2586
00:15:05,544 --> 00:15:05,695:
as
2587
00:15:05,695 --> 00:15:05,784:
I
2588
00:15:05,784 --> 00:15:05,995:
rubbed
2589
00:15:05,995 --> 00:15:06,085:
it
2590
00:15:06,085 --> 00:15:06,205:
up
2591
00:15:06,205 --> 00:15:06,294:
and
2592
00:15:06,294 --> 00:15:06,475:
down
2593
00:15:06,475 --> 00:15:06,565:
her
2594
00:15:06,565 --> 00:15:07,585:
pussy.
2595
00:15:07,585 --> 00:15:07,855:
After
2596
00:15:07,855 --> 00:15:07,884:
a
2597
00:15:07,884 --> 00:15:08,125:
moment
2598
00:15:08,125 --> 00:15:08,154:
I
2599
00:15:08,154 --> 00:15:08,548:
glanced
2600
00:15:08,548 --> 00:15:09,085:
up,
2601
00:15:09,085 --> 00:15:09,475:
alarmed
2602
00:15:09,475 --> 00:15:09,565:
to
2603
00:15:09,565 --> 00:15:09,684:
see
2604
00:15:09,684 --> 00:15:09,804:
the
2605
00:15:09,804 --> 00:15:10,134:
awful
2606
00:15:10,134 --> 00:15:10,434:
orange
2607
00:15:10,434 --> 00:15:10,945:
velour
2608
00:15:10,945 --> 00:15:11,485:
headboard
2609
00:15:11,485 --> 00:15:12,205:
bending
2610
00:15:12,205 --> 00:15:12,384:
as
2611
00:15:12,384 --> 00:15:13,355:
Mirabelle used Chaula’s
2612
00:15:13,355 --> 00:15:13,644:
strength
2613
00:15:13,644 --> 00:15:13,735:
to
2614
00:15:13,735 --> 00:15:13,884:
fight
2615
00:15:13,884 --> 00:15:14,004:
her
2616
00:15:14,004 --> 00:15:15,144:
bonds. “I
2617
00:15:15,144 --> 00:15:15,294:
think
2618
00:15:15,294 --> 00:15:15,414:
it’s
2619
00:15:15,414 --> 00:15:15,565:
time
2620
00:15:15,565 --> 00:15:15,654:
to
2621
00:15:15,654 --> 00:15:15,865:
finish
2622
00:15:15,865 --> 00:15:15,985:
you
2623
00:15:15,985 --> 00:15:16,134:
off,
2624
00:15:16,134 --> 00:15:16,674:
Mirabelle,”
2625
00:15:16,674 --> 00:15:17,845:
I warned her.
“Don’t….
2626
00:15:17,845 --> 00:15:18,085:
talk
2627
00:15:18,085 --> 00:15:18,174:
to
2628
00:15:18,174 --> 00:15:18,355:
me…
2629
00:15:18,355 --> 00:15:18,625:
about
2630
00:15:18,625 --> 00:15:18,903:
time…,”
2631
00:15:18,903 --> 00:15:19,134:
she
2632
00:15:19,134 --> 00:15:20,095:
panted,
2633
00:15:20,095 --> 00:15:20,485:
Chaula’s
2634
00:15:20,485 --> 00:15:20,695:
heavy
2635
00:15:20,695 --> 00:15:21,054:
breasts
2636
00:15:21,054 --> 00:15:21,325:
heaving
2637
00:15:21,325 --> 00:15:21,565:
up and
2638
00:15:21,565 --> 00:15:21,865:
down as
2639
00:15:21,865 --> 00:15:22,225:
Mirabelle
2640
00:15:22,225 --> 00:15:22,615:
continued
2641
00:15:22,615 --> 00:15:22,705:
to
2642
00:15:22,705 --> 00:15:23,634:
struggle.
2643
00:15:23,634 --> 00:15:23,725:
I
2644
00:15:23,725 --> 00:15:23,995:
pushed
2645
00:15:23,995 --> 00:15:24,445:
myself
2646
00:15:24,445 --> 00:15:24,684:
up
2647
00:15:24,684 --> 00:15:24,774:
and
2648
00:15:24,774 --> 00:15:25,075:
slid
2649
00:15:25,075 --> 00:15:25,345:
inside
2650
00:15:25,345 --> 00:15:25,434:
her
2651
00:15:25,434 --> 00:15:25,855:
pussy,
2652
00:15:25,855 --> 00:15:26,125:
riding
2653
00:15:26,125 --> 00:15:28,075:
in unison with her bucking body. “I want
2654
00:15:28,075 --> 00:15:28,284:
more
2655
00:15:28,284 --> 00:15:28,705:
time,”
2656
00:15:28,705 --> 00:15:28,945:
she
2657
00:15:28,945 --> 00:15:29,995:
growled.
2658
00:15:29,995 --> 00:15:30,475:
Underneath us
2659
00:15:30,475 --> 00:15:30,684:
some
2660
00:15:30,684 --> 00:15:30,865:
part
2661
00:15:30,865 --> 00:15:30,924:
of
2662
00:15:30,924 --> 00:15:30,985:
the
2663
00:15:30,985 --> 00:15:31,164:
bed
2664
00:15:31,164 --> 00:15:31,465:
started
2665
00:15:31,465 --> 00:15:32,154:
cracking,
2666
00:15:32,154 --> 00:15:32,304:
the
2667
00:15:32,304 --> 00:15:32,634:
sound
2668
00:15:32,634 --> 00:15:32,784:
of
2669
00:15:32,784 --> 00:15:33,205:
snapping
2670
00:15:33,205 --> 00:15:33,414:
wood
2671
00:15:33,414 --> 00:15:33,684:
filling
2672
00:15:33,684 --> 00:15:33,774:
the
2673
00:15:33,774 --> 00:15:34,105:
dark
2674
00:15:34,105 --> 00:15:35,065:
room.
“I’m
2675
00:15:35,065 --> 00:15:35,274:
sorry
2676
00:15:35,274 --> 00:15:35,365:
you
2677
00:15:35,365 --> 00:15:35,485:
had
2678
00:15:35,485 --> 00:15:35,575:
to
2679
00:15:35,575 --> 00:15:35,754:
wait
2680
00:15:35,754 --> 00:15:35,904:
so
2681
00:15:35,904 --> 00:15:36,085:
long,
2682
00:15:36,085 --> 00:15:36,475:
Mirabelle,”
2683
00:15:36,475 --> 00:15:36,585:
I
2684
00:15:36,585 --> 00:15:36,804:
told
2685
00:15:36,804 --> 00:15:36,955:
her,
2686
00:15:36,955 --> 00:15:37,315:
grasping
2687
00:15:37,315 --> 00:15:37,434:
her
2688
00:15:37,434 --> 00:15:37,825:
breasts
2689
00:15:37,825 --> 00:15:38,065:
as I
2690
00:15:38,065 --> 00:15:38,396:
kissed her
2691
00:15:38,396 --> 00:15:39,325:
cleavage.
“Oh,
2692
00:15:39,325 --> 00:15:39,504:
you
2693
00:15:39,504 --> 00:15:39,745:
don’t
2694
00:15:39,745 --> 00:15:40,375:
understand!”
2695
00:15:40,375 --> 00:15:40,585:
she
2696
00:15:40,585 --> 00:15:41,634:
wailed. “Oh!
2697
00:15:41,634 --> 00:15:41,725:
I
2698
00:15:41,725 --> 00:15:41,875:
don’t
2699
00:15:41,875 --> 00:15:47,875:
wanna go! Ohh! OHHHHH I wish I was in the land of cotton. Old time ways are not forgotten….!”
2700
00:15:47,875 --> 00:15:48,715:
she sang,
2701
00:15:48,715 --> 00:15:48,865:
as
2702
00:15:48,865 --> 00:15:48,955:
her
2703
00:15:48,955 --> 00:15:49,254:
pussy
2704
00:15:49,254 --> 00:15:49,524:
clamped
2705
00:15:49,524 --> 00:15:49,705:
around
2706
00:15:49,705 --> 00:15:49,825:
my
2707
00:15:49,825 --> 00:15:50,184:
shaft
2708
00:15:50,184 --> 00:15:50,274:
and
2709
00:15:50,274 --> 00:15:50,335:
we
2710
00:15:50,335 --> 00:15:50,725:
began to
2711
00:15:50,725 --> 00:15:52,764:
cum together. The bed screeched
2712
00:15:52,764 --> 00:15:52,855:
in
2713
00:15:52,855 --> 00:15:53,424:
protest as
2714
00:15:53,424 --> 00:15:53,815:
Mirabelle
2715
00:15:53,815 --> 00:15:54,085:
arched
2716
00:15:54,085 --> 00:15:54,174:
her
2717
00:15:54,174 --> 00:15:54,414:
back,
2718
00:15:54,414 --> 00:15:54,504:
and
2719
00:15:54,504 --> 00:15:54,595:
then
2720
00:15:54,595 --> 00:15:54,804:
she
2721
00:15:54,804 --> 00:15:54,985:
fell
2722
00:15:54,985 --> 00:15:55,195:
back
2723
00:15:55,195 --> 00:15:55,495:
against
2724
00:15:55,495 --> 00:15:55,554:
the
2725
00:15:55,554 --> 00:15:55,884:
mattress,
2726
00:15:55,884 --> 00:15:56,245:
panting
2727
00:15:56,245 --> 00:15:57,715:
hotly.
“Mirabelle?” I
2728
00:15:57,715 --> 00:15:58,134:
asked,
2729
00:15:58,134 --> 00:15:58,434:
rising
2730
00:15:58,434 --> 00:15:58,524:
up
2731
00:15:58,524 --> 00:15:58,705:
to
2732
00:15:58,705 --> 00:15:58,884:
look
2733
00:15:58,884 --> 00:15:59,004:
into
2734
00:15:59,004 --> 00:15:59,215:
her
2735
00:15:59,215 --> 00:15:59,934:
eyes. “You
2736
00:15:59,934 --> 00:16:00,205:
still
2737
00:16:00,205 --> 00:16:01,375:
there?”
She
2738
00:16:01,375 --> 00:16:01,615:
blinked
2739
00:16:01,615 --> 00:16:01,884:
several
2740
00:16:01,884 --> 00:16:02,245:
times,
2741
00:16:02,245 --> 00:16:02,335:
and
2742
00:16:02,335 --> 00:16:02,424:
then
2743
00:16:02,424 --> 00:16:02,784:
Chaula
2744
00:16:02,784 --> 00:16:03,054:
stared
2745
00:16:03,054 --> 00:16:03,205:
back
2746
00:16:03,205 --> 00:16:03,264:
at
2747
00:16:03,264 --> 00:16:03,654:
me,
2748
00:16:03,654 --> 00:16:04,195:
eyes
2749
00:16:04,195 --> 00:16:04,345:
her
2750
00:16:04,345 --> 00:16:04,764:
normal
2751
00:16:04,764 --> 00:16:05,184:
warm,
2752
00:16:05,184 --> 00:16:05,455:
deep
2753
00:16:05,455 --> 00:16:06,804:
brown. “She’s
2754
00:16:06,804 --> 00:16:07,105:
gone,
2755
00:16:07,105 --> 00:16:07,495:
Petey,”
2756
00:16:07,495 --> 00:16:07,705:
she
2757
00:16:07,705 --> 00:16:08,544:
breathed.
“You’re
2758
00:16:08,544 --> 00:16:09,085:
sure?”
2759
00:16:09,085 --> 00:16:09,205:
I
2760
00:16:09,205 --> 00:16:10,434:
asked.
“Sure,”
2761
00:16:10,434 --> 00:16:10,615:
she
2762
00:16:10,615 --> 00:16:11,215:
confirmed. “I’m
2763
00:16:11,215 --> 00:16:11,424:
all
2764
00:16:11,424 --> 00:16:11,725:
alone
2765
00:16:11,725 --> 00:16:11,815:
in
2766
00:16:11,815 --> 00:16:11,965:
here
2767
00:16:11,965 --> 00:16:12,565:
now.”
2768
00:16:12,565 --> 00:16:12,684:
Then
2769
00:16:12,684 --> 00:16:12,835:
she
2770
00:16:12,835 --> 00:16:13,524:
grinned. “Well,
2771
00:16:13,524 --> 00:16:13,764:
aside
2772
00:16:13,764 --> 00:16:13,914:
from
2773
00:16:13,914 --> 00:16:14,004:
your
2774
00:16:14,004 --> 00:16:15,264:
cock.”
“Oh,
2775
00:16:15,264 --> 00:16:15,504:
thank
2776
00:16:15,504 --> 00:16:15,715:
God,”
2777
00:16:15,715 --> 00:16:15,774:
I
2778
00:16:15,774 --> 00:16:16,014:
said,
2779
00:16:16,014 --> 00:16:16,434:
collapsing
2780
00:16:16,434 --> 00:16:16,524:
on
2781
00:16:16,524 --> 00:16:16,705:
top
2782
00:16:16,705 --> 00:16:16,825:
of
2783
00:16:16,825 --> 00:16:16,884:
her
2784
00:16:16,884 --> 00:16:17,274:
warm,
2785
00:16:17,274 --> 00:16:17,634:
furry,
2786
00:16:17,634 --> 00:16:17,934:
sweat
2787
00:16:17,934 --> 00:16:18,205:
soaked
2788
00:16:18,205 --> 00:16:18,923:
body. “I
2789
00:16:18,923 --> 00:16:19,794:
wasn’t sure
2790
00:16:19,794 --> 00:16:19,945:
what
2791
00:16:19,945 --> 00:16:20,184:
I could
2792
00:16:20,184 --> 00:16:20,304:
have
2793
00:16:20,304 --> 00:16:20,514:
done
2794
00:16:20,514 --> 00:16:20,605:
if
2795
00:16:20,605 --> 00:16:20,815:
she’d
2796
00:16:20,815 --> 00:16:21,115:
broken
2797
00:16:21,115 --> 00:16:22,250:
loose.”
“Yeah,
2798
00:16:22,250 --> 00:16:22,495:
she
2799
00:16:22,495 --> 00:16:22,975:
really
2800
00:16:22,975 --> 00:16:23,304:
wanted
2801
00:16:23,304 --> 00:16:23,485:
out,”
2802
00:16:23,485 --> 00:16:23,815:
Chaula
2803
00:16:23,815 --> 00:16:24,595:
agreed. “I
2804
00:16:24,595 --> 00:16:25,825:
feel kinda sorry for
2805
00:16:25,825 --> 00:16:25,914:
her. She
2806
00:16:25,914 --> 00:16:26,065:
just
2807
00:16:26,065 --> 00:16:26,215:
wanted
2808
00:16:26,215 --> 00:16:26,274:
to
2809
00:16:26,274 --> 00:16:26,455:
feel
2810
00:16:26,455 --> 00:16:26,815:
alive
2811
00:16:26,815 --> 00:16:27,085:
again,
2812
00:16:27,085 --> 00:16:27,144:
I
2813
00:16:27,144 --> 00:16:28,164:
think.”
2814
00:16:28,164 --> 00:16:28,404:
She
2815
00:16:28,404 --> 00:16:28,674:
purred
2816
00:16:28,674 --> 00:16:28,794:
as
2817
00:16:28,794 --> 00:16:28,855:
I
2818
00:16:28,855 --> 00:16:29,274:
moved up
2819
00:16:29,274 --> 00:16:29,455:
and our
2820
00:16:29,455 --> 00:16:29,784:
muzzles
2821
00:16:29,784 --> 00:16:29,934:
met
2822
00:16:29,934 --> 00:16:30,024:
in
2823
00:16:30,024 --> 00:16:30,085:
a
2824
00:16:30,085 --> 00:16:30,294:
deep
2825
00:16:30,294 --> 00:16:31,315:
kiss. “Mmmm,
2826
00:16:31,315 --> 00:16:31,434:
you
2827
00:16:31,434 --> 00:16:31,585:
can
2828
00:16:31,585 --> 00:16:31,705:
let
2829
00:16:31,705 --> 00:16:31,825:
me
2830
00:16:31,825 --> 00:16:32,095:
loose
2831
00:16:32,095 --> 00:16:32,304:
now,”
2832
00:16:32,304 --> 00:16:32,605:
Chaula
2833
00:16:32,605 --> 00:16:32,845:
said,
2834
00:16:32,845 --> 00:16:32,995:
as
2835
00:16:32,995 --> 00:16:33,085:
we
2836
00:16:33,085 --> 00:16:33,384:
finally
2837
00:16:33,384 --> 00:16:33,625:
broke
2838
00:16:33,625 --> 00:16:34,615:
off.
“I
2839
00:16:34,615 --> 00:16:34,914:
could
2840
00:16:34,914 --> 00:16:35,215:
yeah,”
2841
00:16:35,215 --> 00:16:35,304:
I
2842
00:16:35,304 --> 00:16:35,875:
said. “But
2843
00:16:35,875 --> 00:16:35,934:
I
2844
00:16:35,934 --> 00:16:36,085:
think
2845
00:16:36,085 --> 00:16:36,182:
you
2846
00:16:36,182 --> 00:16:36,384:
owe me
2847
00:16:36,384 --> 00:16:36,504:
for
2848
00:16:36,504 --> 00:16:36,804:
dragging
2849
00:16:36,804 --> 00:16:36,955:
me
2850
00:16:36,955 --> 00:16:37,014:
to
2851
00:16:37,014 --> 00:16:37,315:
another
2852
00:16:37,315 --> 00:16:37,615:
haunted
2853
00:16:37,615 --> 00:16:39,235:
house.”
“Pete,”
2854
00:16:39,235 --> 00:16:39,534:
she
2855
00:16:39,534 --> 00:16:40,164:
growled. “I
2856
00:16:40,164 --> 00:16:40,404:
didn’t
2857
00:16:40,404 --> 00:16:40,585:
know
2858
00:16:40,585 --> 00:16:40,644:
it
2859
00:16:40,644 --> 00:16:40,825:
was
2860
00:16:40,825 --> 00:16:41,184:
really
2861
00:16:41,184 --> 00:16:42,205:
haunted.”
“Uh, uh,”
2862
00:16:42,205 --> 00:16:42,774:
I
2863
00:16:42,774 --> 00:16:43,105:
said,
2864
00:16:43,105 --> 00:16:43,375:
booping
2865
00:16:43,375 --> 00:16:43,434:
her
2866
00:16:43,434 --> 00:16:44,004:
nose. “I’m
2867
00:16:44,004 --> 00:16:44,154:
not
2868
00:16:44,154 --> 00:16:44,365:
letting
2869
00:16:44,365 --> 00:16:44,455:
you
2870
00:16:44,455 --> 00:16:44,575:
up
2871
00:16:44,575 --> 00:16:44,815:
until
2872
00:16:44,815 --> 00:16:44,965:
you’ve
2873
00:16:44,965 --> 00:16:45,595:
apologized
2874
00:16:45,595 --> 00:16:47,904:
sincerely.”
“Sincerely,
2875
00:16:47,904 --> 00:16:48,204:
huh?”
2876
00:16:48,204 --> 00:16:48,384:
she
2877
00:16:48,384 --> 00:16:48,654:
shot
2878
00:16:48,654 --> 00:16:48,985:
back,
2879
00:16:48,985 --> 00:16:49,328:
pulling on
2880
00:16:49,328 --> 00:16:49,434:
her
2881
00:16:49,434 --> 00:16:49,735:
cuffs
2882
00:16:49,735 --> 00:16:49,823:
and
2883
00:16:49,823 --> 00:16:50,065:
letting
2884
00:16:50,065 --> 00:16:50,274:
loose
2885
00:16:50,274 --> 00:16:50,394:
with
2886
00:16:50,394 --> 00:16:50,455:
a
2887
00:16:50,455 --> 00:16:50,695:
deep
2888
00:16:50,695 --> 00:16:55,134:
throated growl.
When we met with her Uncle Taresh a few days later, we didn’t explain
2889
00:16:55,134 --> 00:16:55,284:
how
2890
00:16:55,284 --> 00:16:55,404:
the
2891
00:16:55,404 --> 00:16:55,615:
bed
2892
00:16:55,615 --> 00:16:55,735:
had
2893
00:16:55,735 --> 00:16:55,884:
been
2894
00:16:55,884 --> 00:17:01,465:
destroyed.
This
2895
00:17:01,465 --> 00:17:02,664:
was “Housing
2896
00:17:02,664 --> 00:17:03,445:
Crisis”
2897
00:17:03,445 --> 00:17:03,654:
by
2898
00:17:03,654 --> 00:17:05,184:
Royce Day,
2899
00:17:05,184 --> 00:17:05,454:
read
2900
00:17:05,454 --> 00:17:05,575:
for
2901
00:17:05,575 --> 00:17:05,724:
you
2902
00:17:05,724 --> 00:17:05,904:
by
2903
00:17:05,904 --> 00:17:06,085:
The
2904
00:17:06,085 --> 00:17:07,652:
Author. You
2905
00:17:07,652 --> 00:17:07,765:
can
2906
00:17:07,765 --> 00:17:08,125:
find
2907
00:17:08,125 --> 00:17:08,379:
more
2908
00:17:08,379 --> 00:17:08,845:
stories
2909
00:17:08,845 --> 00:17:08,964:
on
2910
00:17:08,964 --> 00:17:09,055:
the
2911
00:17:09,055 --> 00:17:09,535:
web
2912
00:17:09,535 --> 00:17:09,684:
at
2913
00:17:09,684 --> 00:17:11,365:
thevoice.dog,
2914
00:17:11,365 --> 00:17:11,694:
or
2915
00:17:11,694 --> 00:17:11,994:
find
2916
00:17:11,994 --> 00:17:12,055:
the
2917
00:17:12,055 --> 00:17:12,325:
show
2918
00:17:12,325 --> 00:17:12,625:
wherever
2919
00:17:12,625 --> 00:17:12,775:
you
2920
00:17:12,775 --> 00:17:13,075:
get
2921
00:17:13,075 --> 00:17:13,404:
your
2922
00:17:13,404 --> 00:17:15,265:
podcasts.
2923
00:17:15,265 --> 00:17:15,565:
Thank
2924
00:17:15,565 --> 00:17:15,654:
you
2925
00:17:15,654 --> 00:17:15,835:
for
2926
00:17:15,835 --> 00:17:16,914:
listening
2927
00:17:16,914 --> 00:17:17,005:
to
2928
00:17:17,005 --> 00:17:17,214:
The
2929
00:17:17,214 --> 00:17:17,755:
Ghost
2930
00:17:17,755 --> 00:17:17,904:
of
2931
00:17:17,904 --> 00:17:19,704:
Dog.