WEBVTT - Chapter 4: Drive Slow, Walk Fast

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<v Speaker 1>You were listening to Strawberry Spring, based on a short

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<v Speaker 1>story by Stephen King to Henry, I've missed you. Without you,

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<v Speaker 1>there could be no knee. My knife is sharp and

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<v Speaker 1>I'm glad to be getting back to work. I hope

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<v Speaker 1>you don't mind, but I needed your car to move.

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<v Speaker 1>Some things considered this an invitation. It's time to get reacquainted.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's just keep this between us for now. Congratulations on

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<v Speaker 1>the baby. M pay to Sharon n. It's just a

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<v Speaker 1>word of warning out there tonight. The fog is rolled

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<v Speaker 1>in once again on this view the full spring, So

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<v Speaker 1>drive slow, walk fast, don't forget to listen this weekend

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<v Speaker 1>when we count down and congratulate the biggest hits of

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<v Speaker 1>the six here on w s k X. Up next

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<v Speaker 1>the later from What am I gonna do? Why is

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<v Speaker 1>spring heel Jack targeting me? Now? Do I take this

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<v Speaker 1>to the police. I can't make the same mistake twice, Henry,

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<v Speaker 1>Are you okay? Huh? Yeah? Sorry? I thought I heard you.

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<v Speaker 1>Ye Oh, I tripped over some boxes. I'll be right in.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sorry about before. It's just my hormones. I'm really

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<v Speaker 1>on edge. I get it. You're carrying our baby. Get

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<v Speaker 1>some rest, Okay, I won't be late. I love you.

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<v Speaker 1>He knows where I live. Nose Reach is pregnant. How

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<v Speaker 1>long has he been watching? I can't let him getting

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<v Speaker 1>near Rachel or the baby. We must miss something eight

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<v Speaker 1>years ago and now I have to think about what

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<v Speaker 1>happened that could have led us to him. Good morning,

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<v Speaker 1>New Sharon. If you haven't looked outside yet, don't bother.

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<v Speaker 1>We're about to break in another record for rain on

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<v Speaker 1>this day, March one. Mark that one down in your calendars,

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<v Speaker 1>because it's not every day we break records in New Sharon.

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<v Speaker 1>We mostly just break herds. I guess you could say

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<v Speaker 1>we're just a bunch of lady killers. And remember to

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<v Speaker 1>keep a lookout for spring heel Jack. He's still out there.

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<v Speaker 1>Stay safe, my friends, Stay safe. The rain hit hard

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<v Speaker 1>that week the quad filled with money run off. It

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<v Speaker 1>was heavy and thick, like a marsh in the middle

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<v Speaker 1>of the campus. Not that it mattered much. We're in

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<v Speaker 1>a state of perpetual lockdown. Curfew is still in effect,

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<v Speaker 1>and to make matters worse, Captain Spencer had a new idea,

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<v Speaker 1>one that wouldn't sit well with too many people. Spring

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<v Speaker 1>Break can't get here fast enough. I can barely find

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<v Speaker 1>time to study with everything that's going on. I have

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<v Speaker 1>of a journalist face or famine. You figure out what

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<v Speaker 1>you're doing after graduation. I'm not sure yet, still thinking

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<v Speaker 1>New York, Boston, maybe d S. I need to come

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<v Speaker 1>up with a plan. How about you? Same here depends

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<v Speaker 1>on if Rachel decides to go to grad school. I

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<v Speaker 1>just need one great story, and I will write my

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<v Speaker 1>ticket part in the pun. If I know you, you

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<v Speaker 1>think this could be that story. I don't think. That

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't occur to me. I guess one good story can

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<v Speaker 1>make all the difference. One great story. The question is

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<v Speaker 1>how does it all end? Chelsea? Can you wait until

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<v Speaker 1>I say it's okay to come in? No, you're gonna

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<v Speaker 1>want to hear this. My dad, the captain of Pigs,

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<v Speaker 1>is about to do something big. What another curfew? No, curf,

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<v Speaker 1>you ain't got nothing on this. He's going to put

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<v Speaker 1>undercover pigs on campus. What do you mean, young old

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<v Speaker 1>undercover cops. We won't know who they are. He's going

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<v Speaker 1>to have a bunch. They look like students, teachers, janitor,

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<v Speaker 1>do you name it? Walking around here hoping to catch

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<v Speaker 1>spring Hill Jack in the act. How's that going to work.

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<v Speaker 1>Our civil liberties are being threatened if we don't even

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<v Speaker 1>know who the cops are. I know he doesn't care.

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<v Speaker 1>He just wants to stop the killer. This is crazy.

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<v Speaker 1>You don't know the half of it. The blue boys

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<v Speaker 1>are getting pulled off, so now there will be less

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<v Speaker 1>uniformed cops. We have to write this up. I'll take

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<v Speaker 1>this one, Henry, keep your ears open, Chelsea. Yeah, good work.

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<v Speaker 1>Now both of you get out. I have worked to

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<v Speaker 1>do and published a brutal takedown of Captain Spencer on

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<v Speaker 1>the New Sharon Police Department. She was nothing of not emphatic.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not quite sure her take meant as much sense

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<v Speaker 1>to me as it did to her. I sort of

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<v Speaker 1>thought it made sense to have undercover police on campus.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, if you can't tell who the students are,

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<v Speaker 1>then neither could Jack. And after all, wasn't that the goal.

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't quite know what Anne was railing against back then.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not so sure she did either. I left the

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<v Speaker 1>paper and headed home. There never seemed to be enough

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<v Speaker 1>time to study. The sun was starting to set. The

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<v Speaker 1>fog rolled in like clockwork. It drifted between the tree

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<v Speaker 1>line buildings, hiding them from the view, as if it

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<v Speaker 1>played a magical hide go seek. It was soft and white,

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<v Speaker 1>like pillowy clouds, in substantial but ever present. At the

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<v Speaker 1>same time, the fog was dancing, frightening. It was covered

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<v Speaker 1>for a killer spring heel Jack was a man. No

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<v Speaker 1>one seemed to doubt that the murders were brutal, and

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<v Speaker 1>if Rachel was right, sexual in nature. But the fog

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<v Speaker 1>was his accomplice, And to me it seemed like a woman.

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<v Speaker 1>She was beautiful, but in a way even more dangerous

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<v Speaker 1>than springing oh Jack. She was covering his tracks. It

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<v Speaker 1>was as if our school was caught between them, the

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<v Speaker 1>third wheel and a deadly lover's trying part of the

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<v Speaker 1>marriage consummated in blood. I sat and smoked, watching the

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<v Speaker 1>path lights come on in the looming darkness. At the

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<v Speaker 1>end of my cigarette, the red hot cyndric load reflecting

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<v Speaker 1>off the fog with an orange hue that almost felt comforting. Almost.

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<v Speaker 1>I wondered if it was all over. Two killing spreeze

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<v Speaker 1>have expiration dates. Two girls were dead. Maybe that was

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<v Speaker 1>the end of it. I finished my cigarette and hit

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<v Speaker 1>it home. Hey Henry, Hey Kevin, what's up? Do you

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<v Speaker 1>want a beer? You got anything? Stronger. Not at the moment.

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<v Speaker 1>Then if you have one hand, yeah, sure, why not

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<v Speaker 1>offer up a toast? But I can't think of anything

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<v Speaker 1>worth toasting too with the mom it's a little warm

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<v Speaker 1>in here. Mind if I open a window, suit yourself.

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<v Speaker 1>It's gonna snow soon. And is that the radio weather

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<v Speaker 1>report talking or you me? Who needs a weather man?

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<v Speaker 1>Just take a look outside. I don't see anything. Look

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<v Speaker 1>at the sky, and snow is about to move in.

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<v Speaker 1>Light bounces off the clouds. The sky turns just a

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<v Speaker 1>little pink. Can you see it? I guess a little

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<v Speaker 1>I've never noticed before. You call it yourself a journalist.

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<v Speaker 1>Sailors used to say red skies at night, sailors delight

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<v Speaker 1>red sky at warning. Sailors take warning. Warnings seem to

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<v Speaker 1>be able. We could use a little more of right

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<v Speaker 1>about that thing? You know? It's so strange, not a

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<v Speaker 1>single lonely soul walking the campus. It's like they wouldn't

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<v Speaker 1>be caught dead on the streets. Seriously, what poor choice

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<v Speaker 1>of words you could say that. I think it's the weather.

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<v Speaker 1>It has a mind of its own. Hey, Henry, have

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<v Speaker 1>you ever heard of strawberry spring? I'm not sure? Maybe

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<v Speaker 1>a long time ago. Something grandmother's talk about right, like

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<v Speaker 1>a wive's tale. Strawberry spring is like Indian summer, only

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<v Speaker 1>way less common. How so well, you get a good

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<v Speaker 1>Indian summer in this part of the country once every

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<v Speaker 1>two to three years. Weather like we're having, it's only

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<v Speaker 1>supposed to come every eight years. It's a false spring,

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<v Speaker 1>a lying spring, like Indian summer is a false summer.

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<v Speaker 1>I never thought of it that way. Before you got

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<v Speaker 1>another smoke. My grandmother used to say, Strawberry spring means

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<v Speaker 1>the worst norther of winter was still on the way,

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<v Speaker 1>and the longer last the heart of the storm. Ah.

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<v Speaker 1>Folk tales never believe a word of it. But the

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<v Speaker 1>spring heeled Jack. What about him? It makes me nervous?

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<v Speaker 1>What about you? Doesn't it concern you? He could be anyone? Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>he could. At that the whole world is a bit

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<v Speaker 1>strange except for the and me. And I'm not so

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<v Speaker 1>sure about the Hey, you want to go over to

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<v Speaker 1>the Union and shoot some pool. I don't have any cash.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, I'll float you a tense spot. I can't history.

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<v Speaker 1>Mid terms are coming up. I'm gonna stay and go

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<v Speaker 1>over some notes. Suit yourself. Hey, Henry, you know what

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<v Speaker 1>they say, No, keV, I don't. What's that Those who

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<v Speaker 1>ignore the past are doomed to repeat it? Last chance? Sorry,

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<v Speaker 1>but not tonight. If I get done early enough, I

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<v Speaker 1>might try to sneak across campus and see Rachel O Rebel.

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<v Speaker 1>Better be careful. You don't want to get caught out

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<v Speaker 1>after dark. Never gonna happen. I could walk through this

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<v Speaker 1>campus blindfolded, and you've never seen me. I hope you're right.

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<v Speaker 1>I watched Kevin out the window. The faint cherry red

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<v Speaker 1>fireball on the end of the cigarette disappeared into the fog.

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<v Speaker 1>For a long time after he was gone, I stared

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<v Speaker 1>out the window. I don't know why. I could barely

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<v Speaker 1>see my hand in front of my face. I sat

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<v Speaker 1>on the ledge with a book in my lap. I

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<v Speaker 1>never turned a page. Part of me new who something

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<v Speaker 1>was still out there walking in the shadows where the

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<v Speaker 1>fog was now in charge. It took about an hour

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<v Speaker 1>of staring at the words on the page before I

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<v Speaker 1>figured if I was gonna waste time, I might as

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<v Speaker 1>well waste it with rachel m hmm. I didn't put

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<v Speaker 1>too much stock in anything Kevin said. He was like

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<v Speaker 1>a dime store philosopher, But I'll be damned if he

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<v Speaker 1>didn't predict a significant snowfall. The pink sky turned gray

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<v Speaker 1>as the snow fell. Little flurries of white dots drifted down.

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<v Speaker 1>I caught a couple of snowflakes on my tongue. I

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<v Speaker 1>hadn't done that in years. Last time was probably when

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<v Speaker 1>my mom and brother was still alive. For a brief

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<v Speaker 1>shining moment, I smiled. I really smiled. Been any eternity

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<v Speaker 1>since I smiled? The world was turned upside down and

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<v Speaker 1>we were all powerless to turn it back over. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know how long I stood out of the snow.

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<v Speaker 1>I lost track of time. By the time I looked

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<v Speaker 1>at my watch, hours had passed. I finally wandered up

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<v Speaker 1>to Rachel's place. Thankfully her lights were still on. M H,

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<v Speaker 1>does it have a recurred to you? Call first? No?

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<v Speaker 1>You know mid terms are coming up. Don't you have

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<v Speaker 1>to study? I do, but you know what? It can wait?

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<v Speaker 1>Come outside with me. It's snowing. I don't even have

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<v Speaker 1>to jack it on. Well, then hurry up and get

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<v Speaker 1>one who knows how long this is gonna last. Ye,

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<v Speaker 1>I can hardly see a thing where everything I don't know,

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<v Speaker 1>but let's find a big enough place to make some snowing.

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<v Speaker 1>No angels, it's gone into you. You tell me you're

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<v Speaker 1>the psychiatrist. I'd say for some reason, you're trying to

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<v Speaker 1>rediscover your inner child. That sounds good to me. Here,

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<v Speaker 1>spread your arms in your legs. I've never done what

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<v Speaker 1>you've seriously never made a snow angel. Snake comes surprised you.

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<v Speaker 1>But you don't have a lot of snowstorms in the South. Okay, well,

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<v Speaker 1>no better time than the present. That should be good. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>let's get up. We'll see how we did here. Let

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<v Speaker 1>me help you. Oh no, come on, let's see where

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<v Speaker 1>it's coming from. I see the lights. Come on this way,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm coming. It looks worse than it is that the

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<v Speaker 1>lights are reflected on the fog. Totally ships aground six.

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<v Speaker 1>Pay move your flashlight. I can't see. Stay back, both

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<v Speaker 1>of you. This is an active crime scene. What happened

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<v Speaker 1>there was another murder? I need you both to back

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<v Speaker 1>off the way. Captain Spencer really missed this. Look how

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<v Speaker 1>many cops are here and someone was murdered and it's

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<v Speaker 1>a hard to see fog that I count? How do

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<v Speaker 1>these sucking cops. Yeah, and that one in uniform. That

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<v Speaker 1>means they were all patrolling and Jack was able to strike.

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<v Speaker 1>It was crazy. All I could keep thinking was what

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<v Speaker 1>Kevin said to me. Strawberry spring was a false spring,

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<v Speaker 1>a line spring. The fog aided an embedded spring heeled Jack.

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<v Speaker 1>There was so much chaos, too many cops dressed like

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<v Speaker 1>college students. We didn't have a hard time inching our

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<v Speaker 1>way towards the crime scene. Follow me and walk towards

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<v Speaker 1>The cops just act like, hey, you need a light? Thanks?

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<v Speaker 1>I love the scene. Huh? Sure is? I haven't seen

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<v Speaker 1>anything like it? Did you see the first crime scene

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<v Speaker 1>I was on that night? There's nothing like this. Did

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<v Speaker 1>you see what the sick best It did to this one?

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<v Speaker 1>Gild all right propped her up behind the wheel of

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<v Speaker 1>her sixty Corvette? What do you mean? Propped her up?

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<v Speaker 1>Propped up against the wheel? Do you have a choice?

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<v Speaker 1>Why not? Because that top half was all that was

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<v Speaker 1>left of her. We found part of her body in

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<v Speaker 1>the back seat and the rest of her in the trunk.

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<v Speaker 1>That's the least of it. The sick bestard right across

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<v Speaker 1>the windshield and a blood What are you write? Cash

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<v Speaker 1>me if you can. He's challenging us. Have you identified

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<v Speaker 1>the victim? Yeah, she had a school idea on her

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<v Speaker 1>poor thing. Her name was adle Purpose. I have to go, hey,

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<v Speaker 1>are you okay? No, I'm not okay. What the hell

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<v Speaker 1>is going on here? We gotta muster into something because

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<v Speaker 1>it's inhuman I know. Can you stay with me, Charry?

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<v Speaker 1>Of course, I'll make you some team. Can I use

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<v Speaker 1>your phone? You're gonna call at this alarys to in

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<v Speaker 1>the morning. I have to call Anne. Nobody knows about

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<v Speaker 1>this yet. We get ahead of it and get an

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<v Speaker 1>afternoon edition out. And you're worried about calling Anne at

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<v Speaker 1>a time like this. You know what, why don't you

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<v Speaker 1>go tell her in person? Get out? Wait what, Rachel,

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<v Speaker 1>This doesn't make any sense. You spend every waking moment

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<v Speaker 1>with her, So why don't you go to her and

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<v Speaker 1>tell her all about Adele Perkins, the poor girl who

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<v Speaker 1>was cut in half, disembodied and left in her car

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<v Speaker 1>in the middle of campus. You're being irrational. This is

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<v Speaker 1>what we do. We have a breaking story. We follow.

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<v Speaker 1>It is what you do. What we are you referring to?

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<v Speaker 1>Don't get all psychoanalytical army right now? Why not Henry.

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<v Speaker 1>There's a killer out there. He's murdered three girls. No

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<v Speaker 1>one knows who he is, why he's doing it. You've

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<v Speaker 1>turned it into some kind of game. You're wondering around

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<v Speaker 1>at all hours of the night. You claim you can't

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<v Speaker 1>sleep since when for the last two years we've been dating,

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<v Speaker 1>you've slept like a baby. I'm not the crazy one.

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<v Speaker 1>What are you doing out there in the fog? Do

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<v Speaker 1>you think you're gonna catch this guy singlehandedly? This spring

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<v Speaker 1>Hill jack is cutting women in half? Do you really

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<v Speaker 1>think you're five ft ten one d sixty pound frame

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<v Speaker 1>is a match for this guy. I'm not I'm not

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<v Speaker 1>trying to catch anyone, aren't you. Maybe you're trying to

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<v Speaker 1>catch Anne? You've lost your mind? Good I I get

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<v Speaker 1>better that way. Look, I know you're under a ton

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<v Speaker 1>of pressure with mid term so I am not doing

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<v Speaker 1>this right now. You have a story to break, Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>good Anne, A good night. It was a short walk

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<v Speaker 1>to Hand's place, so I figured i'd listen to the

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<v Speaker 1>radio for some company work by Wilson Pickett. These days,

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<v Speaker 1>I wouldn't be called dead outside in the midnight hour.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sure that's not what Wilson had mine, but he

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<v Speaker 1>was waiting until no one else was around to hold

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<v Speaker 1>or do things. Kind of takes on a whole new

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<v Speaker 1>meaning with spring yield, jack on the loose. Something to

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<v Speaker 1>think about anyway, if you have any requests, give me

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<v Speaker 1>called the station. I'm up until you go to sleep.

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<v Speaker 1>Rachel was being irrationally. I didn't have feelings for Anne,

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<v Speaker 1>but with everything going on, everyone was at their breaking point.

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<v Speaker 1>Adele Perkins was the third girl to be killed inside

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<v Speaker 1>of a week. As I walked through town, past apartments

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<v Speaker 1>and the houses, I couldn't help but think. Everyone has

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<v Speaker 1>a sleep, they're peaceful, but in just a few short

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<v Speaker 1>hours they're gonna wake up and find out another girl

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<v Speaker 1>is dead. H Jesus, Henry, what are you doing here?

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<v Speaker 1>It's almost three in the morning. Rachel and I had

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<v Speaker 1>a fight. Can I come in? If you do how

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<v Speaker 1>to fight? Why don't you go home? Because you're the

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<v Speaker 1>reason we got into a fight. I told her I

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<v Speaker 1>had to talk to you. I don't get it. And

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<v Speaker 1>there's been another murder. We were out tonight and stumbled

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<v Speaker 1>on the police right after it happened. But the police,

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<v Speaker 1>they were out undercover. You should have seen it, or

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<v Speaker 1>maybe you shouldn't have. But it's the worst one yet.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh my god, Henry, he knew the police were going

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<v Speaker 1>to be undercover. How stupid. If they're wandering around campus

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<v Speaker 1>looking like students, he looks just like them. Maybe nobody

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<v Speaker 1>knows who the cops are. But it's an even better

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<v Speaker 1>way for ring heeled jack to move in between students.

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<v Speaker 1>What a mess you're Captain Spencer didn't take any of

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<v Speaker 1>that into consideration. Do we know who the victim was?

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<v Speaker 1>Adele Perkins? Did you know her? Oh? Did you? I

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<v Speaker 1>felt terrible. I didn't know her, but someone was going

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<v Speaker 1>to know her. Someone was going to be devastated. The

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<v Speaker 1>police weren't any closer and finding the killer. Maybe Rachel

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<v Speaker 1>was right. Maybe subconsciously, I couldn't sleep because I was

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<v Speaker 1>trying to catch the guy. By mid afternoon, we got

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<v Speaker 1>the school. Adele Perkins was twenty one junor. She worked

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<v Speaker 1>at the union from six to eleven at night, facing drunk,

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<v Speaker 1>frad guys and starving students who barely had enough money

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<v Speaker 1>to eat, let alone tip. The union was just across

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<v Speaker 1>the street from the library, so I'd have to imagine

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<v Speaker 1>for the last three nights she had it pretty easy

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<v Speaker 1>curfew was in place. The crowds had dwindled down to

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<v Speaker 1>hungry cops on the night shift and a random teacher

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<v Speaker 1>to picking up food for the drive home from campus.

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<v Speaker 1>We didn't have a lot to go on to tell

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<v Speaker 1>Adele's story, but none of that mattered. The story wasn't

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<v Speaker 1>about the victims anymore. Now it was about the killer

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<v Speaker 1>springing Jack. The campus was never going to be the

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<v Speaker 1>same again. Neither was I. If there was any doubt,

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<v Speaker 1>that all vanished into thin air when the letter arrived

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<v Speaker 1>late the next day, and I haven't slept. What's so

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<v Speaker 1>important that it couldn't wane until later? Henry? This came

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<v Speaker 1>about an hour or now. That's a tress to you?

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<v Speaker 1>Is that written? And yes? He wrote? In blood? What's

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<v Speaker 1>that say? Dear Henry? I keep reading your stories about me.

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<v Speaker 1>The police tried to fool me last night. I had

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<v Speaker 1>to laugh when they tried to pretend to be one

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<v Speaker 1>of us. Who do they think they're kidding? You? And

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<v Speaker 1>I knew better. I have my type and she's everywhere.

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<v Speaker 1>Last night's distraction worked out well. She barely had time

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<v Speaker 1>to scream, how can they catch me? Now? I love

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<v Speaker 1>my work and can't wait to start again. Pay close attention.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm about to start a new game. I thought that

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<v Speaker 1>writing and blood would be hard. It turns out it

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<v Speaker 1>coagulates fast, but not fast enough for my next number.

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<v Speaker 1>I'll send it to the police as a memento. Do

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<v Speaker 1>me a favor. Hold on to this letter until I'm done.

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<v Speaker 1>We don't want to ruin the surprise. My night's so

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<v Speaker 1>nice and sharp. I want to get to work right away.

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<v Speaker 1>Good luck. PS. I like the name spring heel Jack.

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<v Speaker 1>It's very pointed. I hope it sticks. Get it? Ha

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<v Speaker 1>ha ha? Do you have any water in here? Hey?

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<v Speaker 1>What's going on? Not? Now? He's been he's been reading

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<v Speaker 1>my editorials. He knows who I am. Hold on a minute,

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<v Speaker 1>How do we know it's not a hoax? How do

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<v Speaker 1>we know it's not? Can I see it? Is it real? Blood?

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<v Speaker 1>Could it be right? I don't know. I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>anything right now? All right? All I know is we

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<v Speaker 1>should call the cops. Now, let's just think about it.

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<v Speaker 1>If it is real, you have a direct connection to

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<v Speaker 1>spring heel Jack. That could be the difference between breaking

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<v Speaker 1>the story and someone else getting it. We have no idea.

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<v Speaker 1>If there are clues here that could help he said

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<v Speaker 1>to wait. What if you turn it over and everyone

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<v Speaker 1>goes nuts again? What if that's what he's counting on?

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<v Speaker 1>Another distraction. Let's get something to eat before it gets

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<v Speaker 1>too late. We're still on lockdown. We can talk about

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<v Speaker 1>it over dinner. This could be a key pe of evidence,

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<v Speaker 1>but it could be a prank either way. We have

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<v Speaker 1>some time before I could start Let's go Why so

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<v Speaker 1>hush hush. We have some things to discuss. We can't

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<v Speaker 1>talk about it yet. Nothing personal. We'll talk tomorrow. Oh okay,

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<v Speaker 1>I'll just keep getting inside info and passing it off

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<v Speaker 1>to you guys. Thanks, passers, see you tomorrow. Hey, who

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<v Speaker 1>goes there? Hey Officer Findley, can you just give me

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<v Speaker 1>some space? Chelsea Spencer? Is that? Yes, it's me. You

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<v Speaker 1>need to get home. It's already after curfew. Yeah, I

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<v Speaker 1>think I know what time it is. What are you

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<v Speaker 1>going to do? Tell my father? Why don't I escort you? Huh?

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<v Speaker 1>I'm the last thing I wanted to be seen with

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<v Speaker 1>some gig who works for my father. Thanks, but no, thanks,

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<v Speaker 1>I'll take my chances. Awesome. Hey, I told you I

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<v Speaker 1>don't want to please escort. Seriously, my dad is not

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<v Speaker 1>going to be impressed that some horrified security guard walked

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<v Speaker 1>his daughter home for all I know your spring Hill Jack. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>this isn't funny. My dad is the police captain. When

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<v Speaker 1>he finds out you're messing with me, She's gonna mess

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<v Speaker 1>with you. I'm serious. Will you please stop? You know what?

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<v Speaker 1>Fuck you? I'm going home. You can allo means you want,

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