neverhadshemetwithsuchacreaturewhowouldneverlosecontrolhoweverstressed，stifled，throttled，strangled，gripped，clutchedorcontained

sotherewasareasonwhyhewasbelievedtobeasuperhumanandreceivedallthesehospitalities

shehadthoughtshewouldpourallherhatreduponthismanbecauseofwherehecamefrom.....butshedidn't.andnowshehadsomethingelseonhermindotherthantohate

shewantedtofindouteverythingaboutthisman.lookingathimpunctuatethesoldierswithneedles，hearinghiughandjokeandwonderingwhathewasreallythinkingabout.......werekillingher

sheknewshehadfalleninlovewiththisman.shedarednotseehimintheface.shedidn'twanttotalkabouthiminfrontofthepeersincasetheymightdiscoverorsuspectherdeepestsecrets

thedailyroutinemeetingcouldhavestartedwithouther，shesaidtoherself，thishadhappenedbefore，astherewasalwayssomethingunexpectedhappening，suchas，theweightsfellofftheshelfandmissedhittingsomebody'shead，orthesteelbarflewacrosstheroomoverherandbrokesomeoneelse'sarm.ifluckhadbeenagainsther，shecouldhavediedatleasttwice

whyshouldasealorciaagenttrytokillher——ascientistwhoshowedgreatconcernonthem?thepossibilityofbeingmurderedwasbeyondherwildestimagination......ifoneofthemwasreallydeterminedtoconductmurder，therewasnoescapeofher.astokilling，theywereallpros，includingluohimself

gracereturnedtoherroomtogethergloves，andthelightuponherheadsuddenlywentdead.shechewedherlips，feelinguneasyandalittlefrightened，andwalkedoutasifchasedbyanunseenghost

shepassedthesurveints'，andstoppedatthedoortothejail，wheresheheardagreatchaos.thenoisewassoloudandurgent，shewonderedwhetheranybodyhaddiedinsuchanearlymorning

indeed，therewas

acorpsewaslyingatthecenteroftheboxingring.sherecognizedthisguy，amexicanboywhoalwayughedasloudashecould.hehadbeenfriendlytoherandaddressedher“mam”.hehadbeenthemostactive，orrathernaughtyoneandkeptgettinghimselfintroubleallthetime

andnowhewasdead.thebearjuniorhadpunchedhimsohardthathefelluponadumbbellthathadbeenidentallyleftatthecorner.whyshouldanyoneleaveadumbbellintheboxingring？

drluohurriedtocheckthepoorguyandmournedoverthebody.maybe，gracethought，itwasanillusionthatshediscoveredsomethingstrongerthanjustpityonjar'sface.....maythatberelief?

whatisactuallyhappeneinghere，anyway?shewondered，whohadknockedonmydoor?andwhywasthelightoffjustovermyhead?