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PITD 9: Sammy
By the time Willis got to the car, Leigh was nowhere to be found. For a second, he felt a cold reeling sensation lick at his gut. Had she left? She had been really willing to let him take her to that ice cream shop. Had she changed her mind and then decided to leave? He had not known her long enough to know if she would take spontaneous actions like that but he really hoped she hadn't. Maybe she had been tired of standing in the sun and had gone to find shade somewhere.
Yes, that had to be it he thought, going around the length of his Chevy with hopes that he might get a glimpse of wherever she went to.
"Looking for someone?"
Willis almost jumped at the sound of her voice. He had not heard her come up behind him.
She really had quiet feet he was thinking now as he turned to face her. She was standing with her back to the sun, her face cast in the late afternoon shadows. The wind had blown her hair out of its ponytail so that it was now dancing f
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