This story takes place in 1985 and begins in the citadel in Iowa. It is nine years after Migina's story.

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"puppy love"

With a grunt, Fallon kicked the record stand. The arm jumped, the needle skipped, and the syrupymusic died.

"Hey!" Laura jerked up from her magazine, chocolate eyes narrowed. "What the hell was that?"

Fallon readied to kick the stand again, but she leapt to her feet and pushed him back. "You'll scratch ...