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Light | Dec 28 2002

The first night she stayed with him, they laid in the dark for several hours, talking and kissing. When she finally turned on the light to show him something, it shocked her how beautiful he was. In the time since it had gotten dark, she had forgotten.

Earlier, while it was still light out, the phone rang and he chose to ignore it. Then later, in the middle of the night, she was wakened by a flashing light in the window. It looked like the light of a police car. Frightened, she woke him. “What is that?” she asked. He looked for some time before realizing that it was the little light on the answering machine, indicating that a message had been received.