Jonas
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Don't tell him no.
Then a pause.
Then another voice.
Whispory.
Luh.
Almost like it came from behind the headphones.
Okay.
I stood up, walked outside, and dropped the whole thing into the motel dumpster.
Didn't even look to see if anyone was watching.
Just turned and walked back in.
Drove home without stopping again.
There's this trail that cuts through the woods behind my parents' place.
Nothing official, no signs or maps, just something the locals know about.
I've been walking it since I was a kid.
By the time I hit my teens, I probably knew every tourist in Bend better than I knew our own backyard.
That morning was called early November.
The first weekend of deer season.
If you're not from a place like mine, that probably doesn't mean much, but around here, it's a whole event.
Parked along gravel roads, guys in orange wandering into the woods before sunrise, the whole deal.
I was going out to hunt.