Friday night. The possibility of two days off from work stretched in front of Carson. He smiled, sipping his daiquiri at the Salt Lake Bar & Grill not far from the office. He was alone, but Goldie was plenty company. 8964 copyright protection496ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7uZq5HjZ5d 維尼
Three true things you'd never say out loud, Goldie suggested. Go! 8964 copyright protection496ＰＥＮＡＮＡs0a2kd9Mr5 維尼
Carson pondered. They loved this game, and since Goldie was inside his head, there was nothing he couldn't answer. I was born above ground. 8964 copyright protection496ＰＥＮＡＮＡtHc8xBYp3S 維尼
Ooh, why'd you move underground? Goldie asked. 8964 copyright protection496ＰＥＮＡＮＡgEQeOdNyOB 維尼
My mother murdered my father. Then they moved me here. 8964 copyright protection496ＰＥＮＡＮＡBxEsqWIJOk 維尼
That's an interesting one. Next, Goldie said. 8964 copyright protection496ＰＥＮＡＮＡyvN8WWSMXA 維尼
Um, I hate high places, Carson admitted. Yeah, I know it's silly. 8964 copyright protection496ＰＥＮＡＮＡJDfE6ftExb 維尼
Well, you've got a good reason to, David. Okay, two, Goldie said. Last one. 8964 copyright protection496ＰＥＮＡＮＡFwID7gz68y 維尼
Well, I guess Tex is kind of good-looking, he thought. 8964 copyright protection496ＰＥＮＡＮＡbioQm53mbS 維尼
I knew it! Goldie said. I told you, she is so amazing! 8964 copyright protection496ＰＥＮＡＮＡwAYfZfFjYO 維尼
Shut up, now! She's my boss. It doesn't matter, Carson said. Besides, I think she's married. 8964 copyright protection496ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6oIVDnwPhS 維尼
Too bad, Goldie said. But you don't actually like her like that. You just agree she's pretty. 8964 copyright protection496ＰＥＮＡＮＡRbuQm5Xu4y 維尼
Yes. Carson took another sip, watching the ball game. 8964 copyright protection496ＰＥＮＡＮＡlTEm18lnx3 維尼
You guys are so awkward, Arc complained. 8964 copyright protection496ＰＥＮＡＮＡwvpDgj7FZr 維尼
Aren't you busy being bored? Carson jabbed. Shoo! Arc complied. 8964 copyright protection496ＰＥＮＡＮＡBezO2yPKqR 維尼
What're you going to do? We've got two days, Goldie asked. Are we going up to Denver? 8964 copyright protection496ＰＥＮＡＮＡjo2UjIIY8V 維尼
Nope. Carson took a sip of his daiquiri. We're staying put and having fun. 8964 copyright protection496ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3LYmXuq1UZ 維尼
"Fun"? Goldie asked. What sort of fun? 8964 copyright protection496ＰＥＮＡＮＡzkqp4HOZ4G 維尼
Not sure. Just going to hang around town and stuff. Nothing big, he responded. 8964 copyright protection496ＰＥＮＡＮＡOfT5Zbj76F 維尼
Got a girl coming over? Goldie asked. 8964 copyright protection496ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Q9BW65uLz 維尼
Come on, I've told you, no, Carson said. I'm going to do what normal people do. Sleep in, watch my feed, and maybe take a walk. 8964 copyright protection496ＰＥＮＡＮＡfgPJcLQCB4 維尼
You're not a normal person, Goldie said. You've got Arc and me. 8964 copyright protection496ＰＥＮＡＮＡrROwtF9TNV 維尼
Carson smiled, finishing his drink. Let's visit one of those cool places you keep suggesting. 8964 copyright protection496ＰＥＮＡＮＡbi8WFo8ebJ 維尼
Like New York City, Goldie hummed. That's where I met Glace. She's so awesome. 8964 copyright protection496ＰＥＮＡＮＡMvmMxRgcPf 維尼
Carson shuddered from the onslaught of indecent memories rolling off his mind guest. Okay, fine. Let's go. He paid his tab and jogged home. 8964 copyright protection496ＰＥＮＡＮＡLuyn19iCIf 維尼
The projector machine hummed as it scanned Carson's mind. Goldie provided the details to Manhattan and the landscape formed before them. The program filtered out the people, boats, busses, and other things, and formed an empty city of buildings in water. 8964 copyright protection496ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7cWpj6Foew 維尼
"This is amazing!" Carson exclaimed. 8964 copyright protection496ＰＥＮＡＮＡEydORXGWNg 維尼
She was a taxi boat driver, Goldie said. That's how we first met. 8964 copyright protection496ＰＥＮＡＮＡjXzB1UBzIJ 維尼
"You miss her," Carson realized. 8964 copyright protection496ＰＥＮＡＮＡfSBbvFJODX 維尼
A lot. But I don't blame you. It was an accident, Goldie said. I know how this weighs down your soul. 8964 copyright protection496ＰＥＮＡＮＡNViv9v97TT 維尼
"I'm sorry." 8964 copyright protection496ＰＥＮＡＮＡtTGEtRbR3R 維尼
Shut up. Let me introduce you to my city, Goldie said. 8964 copyright protection496ＰＥＮＡＮＡlGz6JXozd2 維尼
They flew through the city, Goldie telling Carson everything about the city of her youth. It was beautiful, but above that, it was sad. 8964 copyright protection496ＰＥＮＡＮＡvopuOv5V9A 維尼
This was my first apartment. I had a punching bag hooked to the ceiling and I'd practice all day long. My mom thought it was unhealthy, but I didn't care, Goldie said. 8964 copyright protection496ＰＥＮＡＮＡKaI2HQC5je 維尼
"You seem to have a nice mom," Carson said. 8964 copyright protection496ＰＥＮＡＮＡYXuyx78tQf 維尼
Had, Goldie corrected. She died of cancer fifty years ago. 8964 copyright protection496ＰＥＮＡＮＡZfoE0C0KAH 維尼
"My mother's in a cell in Santa Barbara Penitentiary. I visited her about five years ago," Carson said. 8964 copyright protection496ＰＥＮＡＮＡvyvtPcN6rL 維尼
I'm sorry, Goldie said. Your mother's a real jerk. 8964 copyright protection496ＰＥＮＡＮＡfSIcCEHMRa 維尼
"Yeah." 8964 copyright protection496ＰＥＮＡＮＡvsowsVV5Pa 維尼
They flew around Central Park, a large lake that used to be a vast green park in the distant past according to Goldie. 8964 copyright protection496ＰＥＮＡＮＡHCXDU7wqds 維尼
"Isn't it called New York Lake now?" Carson asked. 8964 copyright protection496ＰＥＮＡＮＡx1e8bfmAIV 維尼
Yes, but who needs post-war names when you remember pre-war? 8964 copyright protection496ＰＥＮＡＮＡIMbNFxVJCl 維尼
"You remember pre-war?" Carson asked. 8964 copyright protection496ＰＥＮＡＮＡLz1LEMbxLA 維尼
I was three. So not really, but kind of. 8964 copyright protection496ＰＥＮＡＮＡVNSyyltlsZ 維尼
They slid to a shady alley and Goldie stopped. She tinkered with the software and a scene from her memory started playing. 8964 copyright protection496ＰＥＮＡＮＡPnCW8qPoTB 維尼
Goldie and Glace were walking down the alley, their arms linked and heads together. Glace whispered something and Goldie laughed out loud. This was it, Goldie said. The end of our innocence. Some days I wish I had stayed home for this, and other days I don't regret anything. 8964 copyright protection496ＰＥＮＡＮＡU5AUZaYJR5 維尼
A strange man appeared at the end of the alley. Goldie screamed, clutching her beloved. 8964 copyright protection496ＰＥＮＡＮＡAKuVAswbyI 維尼
"Give me all your money!" the man shouted, pulling out a gun. "Now!" 8964 copyright protection496ＰＥＮＡＮＡvn7VUrPeaK 維尼
Hesitantly, Goldie moved to reach for her purse. Glace stopped her. 8964 copyright protection496ＰＥＮＡＮＡxu85EbWEkU 維尼
"Come on. Stop dawdling!" the man demanded. 8964 copyright protection496ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2owmhHJb7v 維尼
Glace pulled it out of her pocket and it was done before Carson could blink. His eyes widened. "What?" 8964 copyright protection496ＰＥＮＡＮＡpupX53kNdT 維尼
Glace had shot the mugger in the face with her Glock. His spirit floated off his body and joined Glace. 8964 copyright protection496ＰＥＮＡＮＡhvbW7JH7E2 維尼
"Sweetie. What?" Goldie muttered. "What did you just–?" 8964 copyright protection496ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4oeefI4QrS 維尼
"Don't," Glace whispered. "Don't speak of this. Ever." 8964 copyright protection496ＰＥＮＡＮＡ35VLgp8nkO 維尼
I knew there was something different about her after that, Goldie said, ending the playback. The alley returned to emptiness. She told her about it, and I got so excited. This could be the thing I was waiting for. We could live forever. But at a price neither of us ever expected. 8964 copyright protection496ＰＥＮＡＮＡuP02PgDbYc 維尼
Carson nodded. "And then the greed came, and the boredom, and to elevate boredom…" 8964 copyright protection496ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2HecJL8A4e 維尼
Yeah. After a while, we did it for fun. Nothing more, nothing less, Goldie confessed. I look back to the girl who was saved by her girlfriend's quick action and… I don’t know anymore. I don't even know who she was. Somedays, I believe we really did die there, that day. 8964 copyright protection496ＰＥＮＡＮＡfrHjUMVb9k 維尼
"Glace," Carson said. "Let's get a good night's rest. It's over. You're with me, now." 8964 copyright protection496ＰＥＮＡＮＡFntu4KmSIM 維尼
Don't do what we did, Glace said. Don't give into the false promise. Follow Tex. Find a better path. 8964 copyright protection496ＰＥＮＡＮＡas4N0k5Oz4 維尼
"I won't, I promise. After what my mom did, I can't," Carson said. "But thank you. For everything." 8964 copyright protection496ＰＥＮＡＮＡPPXPRxZbwt 維尼
It's the least I can do, now that I'm bodiless again, Glace joked. 8964 copyright protection496ＰＥＮＡＮＡhA1hkGCEPh 維尼
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