Base Nature (124 page)

A
Fa
v
o
r

G
a
rre
t
t
w
o
ke to a
b
ig
u
gly face
i
n
h
i
s.
“J
e
s
u
s
Ch
r
ist,
m
a
n,
y
o
u t
r
ying to
sca
r
e me to
de
ath?”
he
g
ru
nt
ed
,
taki
n
g a swat
at
Be
n.

H
i
s
f
r
i
e
nd
la
u
gh
ed
,
s
at
o
n
the
bed
,
m
a
king
the
be
d
sp
r
ings
p
r
o
t
e
st.
“
N
o
,
n
o
t
m
e
.
Bu
t
it s
ur
e
as shit
l
oo
k
s like
s
o
m
e
o
ne
d
i
d
.
H
o
w y
o
u
f
ee
ling?”

I
t
all
came
ru
shing
at
him
th
e
n
and he sat
u
p,
g
ru
nting
f
r
o
m
the sha
r
p
stab
o
f
pain f
o
l
l
o
w
e
d
b
y a
du
ll
b
a
d
-t
oo
th
k
ind
o
f ach
e
.
“
W
h
er
e
’
s
L
iv?”

Be
n
p
u
sh
e
d
him
b
ack
n
o
ne
t
o
o
g
e
ntly.
“Sh
e’
s
in
the
n
e
xt
bed
.
Sl
ee
ping
be
a
u
ty
t
o
o
k a
b
la
d
e
f
o
r y
o
u
.
We had
t
o
cl
e
an
h
e
r
u
p
and stitch
it
bu
t
she
w
i
ll
b
e
fin
e
.
We p
u
t
h
e
r
u
n
der
,
be
ca
u
se
it w
e
nt fai
r
ly
dee
p
and
the
wh
o
le
time
s
he
was
o
u
t
s
he
talk
e
d
t
o
y
o
u
.”

“What
’
d
she
s
ay?”
G
a
rre
tt
c
r
an
e
d
h
is
h
e
ad
and saw
the
shape
o
f
L
iv
u
n
de
r
the
b
lank
e
ts.
H
e
r h
o
n
e
y-
b
l
o
n
d
e hair
s
p
ill
e
d
d
o
wn
h
e
r
b
ack
and she was
bre
athing
s
o
ftly. R
e
li
e
f
ma
d
e
him
s
l
u
mp
b
ack and
take
a
dee
p
bre
ath.

“W
e
ll, she
l
o
v
e
s
y
o
u
. H
o
w
’
d
y
o
u
fall ass
b
ackwa
r
d
in
t
o
that?”
Be
n la
u
gh
ed
.
G
a
rre
t
t
g
r
inn
ed
.
“
H
e
ll
if I
k
n
o
w. Sh
e’
s
o
kay, t
h
o
u
gh? Sh
e’
s
fin
e
?”

“Sh
e’
s
fin
e
.
S
h
e’
ll
have a
p
re
tty
sca
r
.
S
o
will
y
o
u
,
t
h
o
u
gh.
Bu
ll
e
t
w
o
u
nd
and
a
silv
e
r
b
la
d
e
all in
o
ne
d
ay.
Y
o
u
g
o
ing
f
o
r
a
re
c
o
r
d
?”

“Y
e
ah, the
ja
c
ka
s
s
re
c
o
rd
,”
G
a
rre
t
t
s
n
o
r
t
ed
.
“
Fat
e
,
she
is a
b
itch.”

“
T
hat
wasn
’
t
fat
e
,
that
was
A
.J.
s
w
inging
h
is
b
ig
c
o
ck
to
p
r
o
ve h
e’
s
a
n
alpha.
Wh
e
n h
e’
s
n
o
t.”

“Y
e
ah, a
b
o
u
t
h
im,”
G
a
rre
tt
g
r
o
wl
ed
.

“
T
he
e
l
der
s
a
r
e
talki
n
g. H
e’
s
u
n
de
r
h
o
u
se
a
rre
st.
T
he
b
o
ys a
r
e
wa
t
ching
h
im.”
G
a
rre
t
t
la
u
gh
ed
.
“
O
h,
I
be
t
th
e
y
’
ll
h
a
ve
s
o
me
f
u
n
with
him.
T
h
e
y
n
e
v
e
r
lik
e
d
h
im

^{any
h
o
w.”}

Be
n g
r
inn
ed
.
“
T
hat
’
s
the
p
o
int.”

“
L
iv
will
p
r
o
b
a
b
ly
b
e
re
a
d
y
t
o
ru
n
b
ack
h
o
me
wh
e
n
sh
e’
s
be
tt
er
.
Wh
o
’
d
want
to stay h
ere
?”