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file:///E|/Funny%20&%20Weird%20Shit/75%20-%20Stephen%20King%20Books/Stephen%20King%20-%20Pet%20Sematary.htmon one foot and immediately stepped out to leave the goodies assigned to the Creed household. Theillusionwas perfect unless you happened to notice that they were both left feet. . . and Louis doubted if Ellie wasthat analytical.“Louis Creed, I love you,” Rachel said and kissed him.“You married a winner, baby,” Louis said, smiling sincerely. “Stick with me and I’ll make you a star.”They started for the stairs. He pointed at the card table Ellie had set up in front of the TV. There wereoatmeal cookies and two Ring-Dings on it. Also a can of Micheloeb. FOR YOU, SANNA, the note saidin Ellie’s large, sticklike printing. “You want a cookie or a Ring-Ding?”“Ring-Ding,” she said and ate half of it. Louis popped the tab on the beer.“A beer this late is going to give me acid indigestion,” he said.“Crap,” she said good-humoredly. “Come on, Doe.”Louis put down the can of beer and suddenly grasped the pocket of his robe as if he had forgottensomething—although he had been aware of that small packet of weight all evening long.“Here,” he said. “For you. You can open it now. It’s after midnight. Merry Christmas, babe.”She turned the little box, wrapped up in silver paper and tied with wide satiny-blue ribbon, in her hands.“Louis, what is it?”He shrugged. “Soap. Shampoo sample. I forget, exactly.”She opened it on the stairs, saw the Tiffany box, and squealed. She pulled out the cotton batting and thenjust stood there, her mouth slightly agape.“Well?” he asked anxiously. He had never bought her a real piece of jewelry before, and he wasnervous. “Do you like it?”She took it out, draped the fine gold chain over her tented fingers, and held the tiny sapphire up to thehail light. It twirled lazily, seeming to shoot off cool blue rays.“Oh Louis, it’s so damn beautiful—” He saw she was crying a little and felt both touched and alarmed.file:///E|/Funny%20&%20Weird%20Shit/75%20-%20St...20Books/Stephen%20King%20-%20Pet%20Sematary.htm (149 of 333)7/28/2005 9:21:49 PM