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51571	Goulart, Ron	Subject to Change			.txt	text/plain	3868	464	101	On one corner Pendleton stopped and took a deep breath, Pendleton crossed the street and turned down the alley the old man had Pendleton liked the pre-quake apartment house Beth lived in. "It's because I'm so intense," Beth said, near her bedroom door. Pendleton let himself into Beth's darkening apartment. Pendleton opened the bedroom door and turned on the lights. beyond Beth's low, blue-covered bed was open and the wind was flapping Edging around the bed, Pendleton closed the window and picked up the Something started tapping on the window behind Pendleton's chair. Pendleton spun and saw the cat scoot through the open bedroom door. and anyway Beth would want to get in when she got home. Pendleton took Beth's shoulders. Beth shrugged her shoulders until Pendleton let go. Pendleton slammed Beth's door and went out into the clear night. Pendleton called Beth's name over and over, but she wouldn't come back.	./cache/51571.txt	./txt/51571.txt