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    Bathepresent

    "Reya,you''''''''reoutinthewindagaindressedlikethat.Ifyoucatchacold,Idon''''''''thavetimetotakeyoutothehospital."

    Adeep,metallicvoice,roughenedbyyearsbutsoftehaffe,driftedupfromthecourtyardbelow.

    Reyaleanedoverthewrought-ironbalyrailingandpeereddown.

    TherestoodLu,hiswhiteathletiktopgingtohissweat-slickedskin,thefabricsheerwhereitg,outliningthehardridgesofhischestandshoulders.

    Evenatforty,themanwasstilcatch,thoughnooneseemediedincatghim.

    Reya''''''''slipscurvedintoadimpledsmileasshewaved."Go,Dad."

    Lu''''''''sthinlipsquirkedupwardashetookinthesightofher—longhairtossinglikeseaweedinthewind,makingherlooklikeasirenpoisedonhercliff,