ʜɪꜱ ꜱᴍɪʀᴋ ɢʀᴏᴡꜱ ᴀɴ ɪɴᴄʜ. “ʏᴏᴜ’ʀᴇ ʟᴏᴏᴋɪɴɢ ᴀᴛ ᴍᴇ ʟɪᴋᴇ ʏᴏᴜ’ʀᴇ ʀᴇᴀᴅʏ ᴛᴏ ʜᴏᴘ ᴏɴ. ᴡʜʏ ᴅᴏ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛʜɪɴᴋ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪꜱ?” “ʏᴏᴜ—” ɪ ꜱᴛʀᴜɢɢʟᴇ ꜰᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ʀɪɢʜᴛ ᴡᴏʀᴅꜱ. “ʏᴏᴜ’ʀᴇ ʜɪᴛᴛɪɴɢ ᴏɴ ᴍᴇ. ʏᴏᴜ ʀᴇᴀʟɪᴢᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ, ʀɪɢʜᴛ?” “ɪ’ᴠᴇ ʙᴇᴇɴ ʜɪᴛᴛɪɴɢ ᴏɴ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀʟʟ ᴡᴇᴇᴋᴇɴᴅ. ᴛʜᴀɴᴋꜱ ꜰᴏʀ ꜰɪɴᴀʟʟʏ ɴᴏᴛɪᴄɪɴɢ.” “ɪ—ʏᴏᴜ—ᴡʜʏ ᴀʀᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ʜɪᴛᴛɪɴɢ ᴏɴ ᴍᴇ?” ɪ ꜱᴘᴜᴛᴛᴇʀ. “ᴢᴀᴄ, ᴡʜʏ ᴀʀᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ꜱᴛɪʟʟ ʜᴀʀᴅ?” ɪ ʀᴇᴀᴄʜ ꜰᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱʟᴇᴇᴘɪɴɢ ʙᴀɢ ᴡᴇ’ᴠᴇ ʙᴇᴇɴ ᴜꜱɪɴɢ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜʀᴏᴡ ɪᴛ ᴏᴠᴇʀ ʜɪꜱ ᴡᴀɪꜱᴛ. “ɪ’ᴍ ʜɪᴛᴛɪɴɢ ᴏɴ ʏᴏᴜ ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜꜱᴇ ɪ’ᴍ ᴀᴛᴛʀᴀᴄᴛᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ʏᴏᴜ,” ʜᴇ ᴀʀᴛɪᴄᴜʟᴀᴛᴇꜱ ᴄᴀʀᴇꜰᴜʟʟʏ…