Hi, me was in a terrible state.

It fled from California to his uncle's place in Texas because that's what Patty told

him to do.

And now she was telling him, don't come back.

And then this woman who could make his heart soar with a smile or crash to earth with

a frown, then she told him the most astonishing thing.

He should go and find another woman.

So a torment, that's what Jaime felt.

Still, if it was what Patty wanted.

So Jaime, who was by this time on the road, thought about who he knew, who he cared about

in the pre-pattery past.

And he remembered Ramona.

They were a thing once, weren't they?

He called her.

And I said, Ramona, I know this is out of the blue, but it would be all right if I go

to your house in like two days.

Oh, of course, of course, of course, she was all happy.

I can't believe, are you being serious for now?

Yeah, I've been serious for now.

You're more than welcome to.

Ramona lived in New York City, but as far away from the police, from Patty, from California,

as Jaime could get without driving right into the Atlantic Ocean.

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