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got a few," he said
"How are you?" I asked Wireman
"About Elizabeth I'm okayHadlock said it was
probably for the best this way, and I suppose he's
rightHer leaving me what may amount to a hundred
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and sixty million dollars in cash, securities, and
propertiesMaybe someday I'll have the luxury of
trying to get my head around it, but right now
"Right now something's going on
"How much have you told Jack?"
Wireman looked a bit uncomfortable"Well, I tell
you what, amigoOnce I started, it was damn hard
to find a reasonable stopping place
"He told me all of it," Jack saidIncluding what he thinks you did about
restoring his eyesight, and what you think you did
to Candy Brown"And the two little
girls you saw
"Are you okay with the Candy Brown thing?" I asked
"If it was up to me, I'd give you a medalAnd the
people of Sarasota would probably give you your
own float in the Memorial Day parade Jack
stuffed his hands in his pockets"But if you told
me last fall that stuff like this could happen
outside of MNight Shyamalan movies, I would have
laughed
"What about last week?" I asked
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Jack thought about itOn the other side of Big
Pink, the waves came steadily inUnder my living
room and bedroom, the shells would be talking"Probably wouldn't've laughed then
I knew from the first there was something about
you, Edg