he said.
Octavia
She looked past him as if something were closing in on her.
Colson said,
She rearranged herself in her chair. And somehow managed to gain height.
he said,
She leaned forward in her chair and her eyes narrowed.
do
universe.
Colson sat quietly for a moment and then looked across the room at me. But he was speaking to Walton:
Colson said,
Walton nodded but otherwise did not respond.
Colson asked,
“
Colson nodded.
• • •
Alex and Gabe watched it together later that evening. “No surprises there,” Alex told me next day. “I was hoping she might mention Poliks. I called her this morning and told her what Karen Randall had said. But she had no idea what Charlotte might have been talking about.”
XXX.
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