Base Nature (135 page)

“Y
e
ah,
y
o
u’r
e
n
o
t
q
u
ite
d
o
n
e
.
Cal
eb’
s
bee
n
k
ee
ping a
s
e
c
re
t,”
Be
n
sai
d
,
h
i
s
h
e
ad
d
o
wn, face
int
e
nt.

“What?”
G
a
rre
tt
ask
ed
,
h
a
n
d
s
s
haki
n
g
e
v
e
n
as he
s
o
o
th
e
d
his
br
an
d
-
n
e
w
s
o
n. “
Pu
sh
o
nce
m
o
re
,
ha
rd
,” he
s
ai
d
,
i
gn
o
r
ing
h
is f
r
i
e
n
d
.

L
iv
d
id
as
a
s
k
ed
,
c
r
ying
o
u
t,
t
e
a
r
s
st
re
aking
h
e
r
fac
e
.
She
g
r
ipp
e
d
the
b
i
r
thing
bed
, st
r
aining, and
th
e
n an
o
th
e
r
c
r
y
br
o
ke
the
h
u
sh that had
fall
e
n.

“What?”
G
a
rre
tt
y
e
ll
ed
,
f
ee
ling
st
u
pid
and
s
l
o
w.

“A sist
er
,”
Be
n
la
u
gh
ed
.
“
Lo
o
ks
like y
o
u t
w
o
a
r
e
sq
u
a
r
e
sq
u
a
red
.
F
o
lks,
m
ee
t
y
o
u
r
d
a
u
ght
er
.”

L
iv
l
oo
k
e
d
d
o
wn and
la
u
gh
ed
.

“
Bu
t…
bu
t
we
d
o
n
’
t have
a nam
e
,”
G
a
rre
tt
stamm
ere
d
a
s if that matt
e
r
ed
.

Be
n
c
u
t
the
c
o
r
d
and
wip
e
d
o
ff
G
a
rre
tt
’
s
d
a
u
ght
er
.
He
w
r
app
e
d
h
er
,
p
re
s
e
nting
h
e
r to
L
iv w
h
o
was q
u
i
e
tly
w
ee
ping.
She
st
ud
i
e
d
h
e
r
d
a
u
ght
er
,
k
iss
e
d
h
e
r
f
o
re
h
e
a
d
.

“D
re
w,”
s
aid
L
iv.

“D
re
w
G
u
staf
s
o
n.
W
o
w.
T
hat
’
s
a
b
ig
name
f
o
r
a
little
g
i
r
l,”
Be
n
said
and
sta
r
t
e
d cl
e
aning
u
p
L
iv.

“W
h
y D
re
w
?
”
G
a
rre
tt
a
s
k
ed
.

S
o
mm
e
r
M
a
r
s
de
n
w
r
it
e
s
f
r
o
m h
e
r
c
o
z
y
B
altim
o
r
e
h
o
m
e
,
which
s
he
sha
re
s with a v
er
y
pati
e
nt
f
a
mily
a
nd a
ch
u
n
k
y
wi
e
n
e
r
do
g.
Sh
e’
s
wi
de
ly
p
ub
lish
e
d
i
n
the
er
o
tica g
e
n
re
.
H
e
r
w
o
r
k has app
e
a
r
e
d
in
d
o
z
e
ns
o
f
ant
h
o
l
o
gi
e
s,
m
u
ltiple
magazin
e
s
a
nd
o
n n
u
m
er
o
u
s
w
eb
sit
e
s.
Wh
e
n
sh
e’
s
n
o
t
w
r
iting,
y
o
u can
find
h
e
r
ha
u
nti
n
g
th
r
ift
s
t
o
re
s, walking,
dr
inking
re
d
wine
and
e
ating f
r
o
z
e
n
b
l
ue
b
err
i
e
s.
O
ft
e
n
sim
u
ltan
e
o
u
sly.
V
isit S
o
mm
e
r
at
h
e
r
b
l
o
g,
Sm
u
t
G
i
r
l
(
www.sm
u
tgi
r
l.
b
l
o
gsp
o
t.c
o
m
),