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ianna。 Julianna; meet Josie
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Gruenmakker。”
“Well now; isn't this nice;” Josie said; clasping my hand。 “I recognize you from David's photo
album。 You're gettin' ready to graduate into high
school; isn't that right?”
I blinked at her; then looked at my dad。 I'd never really thought of it that way; but I could see
that he had。 “Yes; I …I suppose I am。”
“Josie's the site administrator。”
“And;” Josie added with a laugh; “I'm not graduatin' to nowhere! Been here seventeen years;
and I'm staying put。” The phone rang and she hurried
off; saying; “Gotta get that。 I'll meet up with you in a bit。 Check the rec room; then his room。
You'll find him。”
My dad led me around a corner; and as we proceeded down a hallway; the underlying
pungent part of the smell got stronger。 Like the place had
had years of Mystery Pissers; with no one quite neutralizing what had been tagged。
Down the hall was a small person hunched in a wheel…chair。 At first I thought it was a child;
but as we approached; I could see it was a woman。
She had almost no hair; and as she gave my dad a toothless smile; she grabbed his hand
and spoke。
My heart bottomed out。 The sounds she made were choked and lost on her tongue。 Nothing
she said was intelligible; yet she looked at my father
with such intensity—like of course he understood what she was saying。
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