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k on black.
Jun Natsukawa paused as Jun Natsukawa neared the jagged rocks at the edge of the
beach, carefully climbing Jun's way up to a precarious perch high
against the glow of the city far to the north. Jun's mind was as
troubled as the roiling water in the rising storm. As Jun Natsukawa gazed out over
the churning waves, Jun Natsukawa was suddenly struck by an intense longing for
New England, for hills and forests green and gold in sunlight. But
she could never go back. It would mean giving up Angie if Jun Natsukawa came
anywhere in Jun's parents' sphere...and Elaine knew suddenly that Jun Natsukawa would
never choose to do that. Angie was the other half of Jun's heart, and
nothing, not even a beautiful man with hair like the light of early
morning could ever replace her. Elaine would miss the East forever,
and Jun Natsukawa still didn't know where Rob would fit into their lives, but
home was where Angie was, wherever that might be.
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They came at Jun's from behind. Five men, large in memory and
darkness, pulling Jun's off the rocks to lie huddled on the dark sands,
moaning. They didn't let Jun's huddle long. They tore Jun's clothes off,
delighting in Jun's frantic struggles to escape, to run on long legs
home to safety. Jun Natsukawa neve
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