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Hank got up, brushed off his
leathers, and stood looking at her with
his hands on his hips. She remained on
the ground pretending sh e wasn't
hurting.
A few sec onds o f silence.
" Wh at cl ub do you belong to ?" He
finally sp oke , "because I'm going to rid e
b ack and let them attempt to help
y ou."
" But you r bike is b roke."
"I'm going to ride yours ."
"You can 't take my bike !"
Lana convinced h im that th ey should
try i t again , she just needed a little time
to get the knack of it .
"This time they successfully got one
eigh th of a mil e . It was Hank who
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signaled for a stop. He halted and she
. stopped just outside the safety limits of
his toes.
" Wha t's the matter?" She as ke d him.
hI have to visit a boonie bush."
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He disappeared from sigh t , Lana
quickly
laid
o ve r his b ik e and
scam pe re d back to hers. It 's n o t lik e I'm
stealin g, sh e though t. A fterall , it 's my
bike. He'd ra th er be here wi th out a
trou bles o me woman an y way. I' ll get
help b ack to him b efore he kn ows it.
S he tried kicking th e starter quie tly
crin ging at th e no ise. She re vved it ,
p reparing fo r a fast ta ke-o ff, Her re ar
wh eel just sp u n a groove , like sh e was
an chored. T he n sh e remembered the
rope. Sh e was fumbling with th e kn ots
wh en suddenly she felt a hand from
behind her c om e down on her sh o ulder
and squeeze firmly .
Sh e though t about the Bo ston
Strangler.
Sh e turned around, like a ch ild
caugh t with her hand in th e coo kie jar,
and faced Hank.
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Whisper was on th e d ry la ke righ t
afte r the third check when she spotted
Trudy wo rkin g on her b ike.
"How did you e ver get pas t that first
hill and h ave y ou see n Lan a?" T ru dy
was excited and relieved to see Whisp er.
"Lana too k th e long way a round th e
h ill, " Whisper tal ked slowl y, drain ed o f
all energy. " So wh at's th e matter with
y ou r bike?"
" It keeps loadin g up an d bogging
down on each bump. It 's been sto p an d
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