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Wednesday, 16. June 2010

She looked back toward the rear of the...

By lauckolf, 10:29
She looked back toward the rear of the greenhouses, toward the trash heaps Clary came out and listened, too "Do you hear it?" "Yes," said Clary She peered toward the crying noise Her strong hand gripped Lina's shoulder for a moment"You'd better go," she said"I'll take care of this "But what is it?" "Never mind But Lina wanted to seeOnce Clary had walked away, she ducked behind the toolshedFrom there she watched The noise came closerOut beyond the trash heaps, a figure appearedIt was a man, running and stumbling, his chloe paddington handbag arms floppingHe looked as if he was about to fall over, as if he could hardly pick up his feetIn fact, as he came closer he did fallHe tripped over a 62 hose and crumpled to the ground as if his bones had dissolved Clary stooped down and said something to him in a voice too low for Lina to hear The man was pantingWhen he turned over and sat up, Lina saw that his face was scratched and his eyes wide open in frightHis sobs had turned into hiccupsIt was Sadge Merrall, one of the clerks in the Supply DepotHe was a quiet, white chanel purse long-faced man who always looked worried Clary helped him to his feetThe two of them came slowly toward the greenhouse, and as they got closer Lina could hear what the man was sayingHe spoke very fast in a weak, trembly voice, hardly stopping for breathwas sure I could do itI said to myself, Just one step after another, that's all, one step after anotherI knew it would be darkWho doesn't know that? But I thought, Well, dark can't hurt youI'll just keep going, I thought He stumbled and sagged against Clary"Careful," Clary saidThey chanel cambon tote reached the door of the greenhouse, and Clary struggled to open itWithout thinking, Lina darted out from behind the toolshed and opened it for herClary shot her a quick frown but said nothing Sadge didn't stop talkingBut then the farther I went the darker it was, and you can't just keep walking into black dark, can you? It's like a wall in front of youI kept turning around to look at the lights of the 63 city, because that's all there was to see, and then I'd say to myself, Don't look back, keep movingBut I kept tripping and torebki louis vuitton falling The ground is rough out there, I scraped my hands He held up one hand and stared at the red scratches on it, which oozed drops of blood They got him into Clary's office and sat him down in her chair "Be brave, I said to myselfI kept going and going, but then all of a sudden I thought, Anything could be out here! There could be a pit a thousand feet deep right in front of mesomething that bitesrats as big as garbage bins And I had to get out of thereSo I turned around and I ran "Never mind," said Clary"You're all right white chloe bag n