There,inadingyroadsideesediner,satReya.

        Sheworeafloral-printdresspletelyunlikeherusualstyle,hunchedoverasteamingbowlofbeefnoodlesasifshehadeninweeks.

        Theentirepolicedepartmenthadbeenteariyapartforher,psteringmissingpostersoneveryer,andhereshewas,slurpingnoodleslikeitwasanyordinaryafternoon.

        Junshovedthedooropen.Theownerbarelylookedupfromwipingtables."Sitwherever."

        JunwalkedstraightovertoReya''''stable.

        "Reya,"hehissed,keepinghisvoicelow,"wherethehellhaveyoubeen?Doyouhaveanyideahowworriedyourdadis?He''''slosinghismind."

        Theowner''''sheadlifted,gossippracticallywrittenacrosshisface,ragfrozenmid-wipe.

        Reyadidn''''tevenpause.TheKFChadbeenajoke—barelyaizer—anddigestingtwomen''''sessencehadleftherravenous.Noodlesdangledfromherlipsasshegesturedzilyattheseatacrossfromher.

        Jundraggedoutachairandsatacrossfromher.Theownershuffledover,tossedhimastickyminatedmenu.

        HewasabouttowaveitawaywhenReyagncedup,cheeksbulgingwithnoodles.

        "Anotherbowl,"Shemumbledaroundamouthful,brothdrippingdownher.

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