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I did not . The front of his pants spilled open, and he spilled out. It took me three tries to say, You carrying? You mean a gun? Yeah. Yes, he's hurt.

He turned his head, found that he needed a better angle, and used Jean-Claude's thigh like a pillow, to raise his face up enough to look at me comfortably. I passed through the long, silky curtains that formed the walls of the living room. Anita, look at me. A pale line of arm, one hand pointing skyward, as if it was propped on something I couldn't see.