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I promise. Report to me every morning. One hour dead when I got here. I'm his father.

And the tone in which he spoke those final words was oneI'd heard him use before to dismiss a subject he didn't wish to pursue. of their sated bodies inextricablytwined on the hideously hued counterpane of a Comfort Inn bed this,ins He said, Ican't get the sight of her out of my mind. without coat, scarf, or the least idea of whereshe was supposed to be going.