“I’ll get you,” he vowed. “I’ll get you.”
Ramsey took the girl outside. It was very cold. “I’m so afraid,” she said. “What will I do? What can I do?” She shook with fear.
“You got a place to sleep?”
“Y-yes, but I’m the only Vegan girl in Irwadi City. He’ll find me. He’ll find me when he’s ready.”
“O.K. Then come home with me.”
“I—”
“For crying out loud, I don’t look that lecherous, do I? We can’t just stand here.”
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“I—I’m sorry. I’ll go with you of course.”
Ramsey took her hand again and they ran. The cold black Irwadian night swallowed them.
“So you live in the Old Quarter too,” the Vegan girl said.