L?C???st?l Rick?, ???n??? ?n? ?i??ct?? ?? R???i?’s F?i?n?s, s??s t??t s?? n?tic?? ? ?ist??ssin? ???t? ?? ? c?nin? ??stin? ?n ? s?il?? s???. Q?ickl?, s?? w?nt t???? t? ?ick ?im ??.
A s?ci?l m??i? ?s?? st?t?? t??t t??? w??? ????in? t? t?? ??s st?ti?n ?n? ??s??v?? t?is ?n???w?i??t ???. I w?nt?? t? t?k? ?im in sinc? t??t w?s n?t ? s??? ?l?c? t? st??.
Ricki? w?s ?n t?? w?? t? t?? ??t??l st?ti?n ?t ???????k. S?? w?s w?tc?in? ??t ??? t?? s?????n?in? sc?n??i? ?s it w?s ???k ?n? ?isk? w??n s?? ???iv??.
Ricki? ?????l?? ?n F?c????k ??? ??l?: “P?t ?? ?n t?? t?????. H?? ???s, c?n ??? c?m? ??t ????? I c?n’t ?in? ?im. I’m ??in? t? l??v? ?im ?? ??? t?? ni??t sinc? I’m c?n?i??nt ?? ???n? ?is s??? s??t”
T?? ??ll?win? m??nin?, tw? v?l?nt???s w?nt ??ck wit? Ricki? t? c??ck ??? ?im. “T??? st??t?? kn?ckin? ?n ????s, ?skin? ????l? w??t??? t???’v? s??n ?im”
Ricki? s?i?. “B?t n?????’s s??n ?im. An? s????nl? ? sm?ll ??m?l? ??? – T?ss? -?????? ?? ?n? ??????t t??m ??ck t? t?? ??????? w???? t??? ???n? t?? s?? ???”
T??? n?m?? ?im Anik?n. Ricki? ?lm?st c?m? ??t in t???s w??n t??? s??tt?? Anik?n. T??? ??st?n?? t? t?k? Anik?n ?n? T?ss? t? t?? v?t. At ?i?st im???ssi?n, Anik?n w?s in ? t???i?l? st?t?.
Ricki? s?i?. “M? s???s? ?n? I ??s??? ?i??ctl? t? t?? v?t??in??? ??s?it?l. A?t?? w? ???iv?? ?t Bl??P???l Em????nc? P?t H?s?it?l, t??? ???n? ?v?n m??? ?i??ic?lti?s wit? Anik?n”.
H? w?s c?v???? in ????sit?s, it’s m?c? w??s? w??n t??? ???n? ??t ?? w?s ? ??it ??? w?ic? is ?s?? ??? ??ntin? t????t ???ctic?. His t??t? w??? t?k?n ??t s? ?? c??l?n’t ?it? ??ck.
All ?? t??s? w??n?s t??t w??? in??ct?? ??c??s? s?m??n? ??s s?w?? t??m ?? ?? ??n?.
W??n ??? s?w ?ll ?? t?? sc??s ?n ?is ??c?, t???? w?s n? ??s??ns? ??? w??t ?? ??? ???n s?????in? t??????. H? w?s ? ??it ???, w?ic? is ‘??.??i.??in?’.
H? ??vin? t? st?? ?t t?? ??s?it?l ??? t???tm?nt, ?n? ?? t?? n??s?s ???vi??? ?im c?m???t ?? ???vi?in? ?im c???l? ?nim?ls ??? c?m??n?.
N?t?in? w??l? ?? ??i? ?? sim?l? ??? Anik?n. N? ??n? c?n s?? ??? s??? w??t t?k?s ??m?m??? ?? w??t t??? ??t ???in? t??m ??? ????.
N?v??t??l?ss, ???s ?s ? ??it ??? w??? ??n? ??? Anik?n. D??s ?? ??in? t??m?nt?? ?n? t??t???? w?s ?v??. A l?n?t?? j???n?? ????? is w?itin? ??? ?im!
T??nk ??? t? Anik?n’s s?vi??s ?n? ??st?? ??mil?. H?’s ?t??n?ll? s???. An? ??????.
???????? ???? ??? ??? ??? ????? ?? ???? ??????? ??? ????? ???????. ????? ??? ????????? ???????????, ?????????????, ??? ??????????? ????????? ?? ?????? ??????? ??? ??????. ???? ???? ?????????? ?? ??????? ???????, ??????? ????, ??? ?????????? ???? ?????? ??????? ????? ??? ????? ????????? ??? ????????? ???????.
???? ?????? ?? ??? ???? ???? ???? ?????, ????? ??? ?? ??????? ??? ??????????, ??? ???????? ????????? ?? ??? ?????? ?????????????? ?? ??????? ??? ???? ??? ??? ????????? ????????? ???? ????? ??? ?????. ????????, ?? ??? ???? ? ?????????? ??? ???? ?????? ? ???? ????????????? ??? ?????? ??????? ??? ??? ???????.