The Art of Racing in the Rain Denny Start to Drink

A professional racecar driver, husband to Eve and begetter to Zoë. He picked Enzo out of a litter of puppies a yr before he met Eve. Denny works at a specialty European car shop that services cars in the Seattle area and races or teaches driving on the weekends. He is an extremely loyal and loving married man and father; he adores Eve and Zoë and strives to provide everything he can for them. Equally a commuter, he'southward very calculating and methodical virtually how he behaves on the track, and he'south an exceptional commuter in the rain. These qualities also extend to the person Denny is off the rail, equally he is methodical and persistent throughout his legal battles with Trish, Maxwell, and Annika. He fights tooth and nail to win custody of Zoë.

Denny Quotes in The Art of Racing in the Rain

The The Art of Racing in the Pelting quotes beneath are all either spoken by Denny or refer to Denny. For each quote, you tin can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:

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What Eve said was not out of line, every bit most dogs cannot aid themselves... but that sort of thing doesn't apply to me.

Page Number: 36

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That which you manifest is before you.

Related Characters: Denny (speaker)

Folio Number: 41

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I had always wanted to love Eve as Denny loved her, but I never had because I was agape. She was my rain. She was my unpredictable chemical element. She was my fright. Simply a racer should non exist afraid of rain; a racer should embrace the rain.

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Page Number: 44

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I've always institute keen pleasure in the narrative tease. Simply then, I'k a dramatist. For me, a skilful story is all nigh setting up expectations and delivering on them in an heady and surprising fashion.

Related Characters: Enzo (speaker), Denny

Page Number: 59

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"Sometimes I remember you lot actually sympathize me," he said. "It'southward like there'south a person inside there. Like you lot know everything."

I do, I said to myself. I do.

Related Characters: Enzo (speaker), Denny (speaker)

Page Number: 61

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I marveled at them both; how difficult it must be to be a person. To constantly subvert your desires. To worry about doing the correct thing, rather than doing what is virtually expedient.

Page Number: 122

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"Just I love you!" she howled, so she was in an all-out crying fit, her optics squeezed shut, her oral fissure contorted. "I love y'all!" she kept saying over and over. "I beloved you!"

Page Number: 145

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Racing is well-nigh field of study and intelligence, non about who has the heavier pes. The i who drives smart will always win in the stop.

Related Characters: Enzo (speaker), Denny

Page Number: 178

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I didn't care for the sensation, withal I realized information technology was perhaps a natural progression of my evolving soul, and therefore I tried my best to comprehend it.

Related Characters: Enzo (speaker), Denny

Page Number: 188

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He died that solar day considering his body had served its purpose. His soul had done what information technology came to practise, learned what it came to larn, and then was free to go out. And I knew, as Denny sped me toward the medico who would set up me, that if I had already achieved what I ready out to achieve here on earth, if I had already learned what I was meant to acquire, I would have left the curb i second later than I had, and I would have been killed instantly by that car.

Related Characters: Enzo (speaker), Denny

Page Number: 257

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Tears ran down Denny's mother's cheeks during the entire encounter, raindrops spotting Zoë'south flower-print dress.

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Denny Character Timeline in The Fine art of Racing in the Rain

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...is why he's currently lying on the floor in a puddle of urine, waiting for Denny (his possessor) to come up home and notice him. (full context)

...former, simply he says he doesn't really want to become any older. He believes that Denny would do whatsoever it took to keep Enzo alive, but Enzo doesn't desire to be... (full context)

The door opens and Enzo hears Denny telephone call for him. Usually, Enzo gets up despite the pain, simply he uses humanlike willpower... (full context)

Denny places Enzo in the bathtub and apologizes for being belatedly. Denny trails off, and Enzo... (total context)

Afterwards Enzo'southward bath, Denny sets Enzo up in front of the TV, and asks if he'd similar to watch... (total context)

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Enzo says that Denny is every bit skillful as Senna, merely nobody notices Denny because he has responsibilities: his daughter,... (full context)

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Afterward the record ends, Denny suggests he and Enzo get out. Denny helps Enzo stand up, and the two get out the... (total context)

Despite having set it upward, Enzo is surprised to hear Denny say this. Enzo knows it'south the right thing for all involved, since Denny has washed... (total context)

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...story leading upward to the events of the previous chapter. He starts by saying that Denny picked him out of a pile of other puppies in an Eastern Washington town called... (full context)

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...a mitt reached and grabbed him, and the man said "this ane." The man was Denny. He was slender but assertive, with short hair and a bristles. The lady of the... (full context)

Stepping out of the narrative of his puppyhood, Enzo talks about watching racing videos with Denny. Denny always says that when driving in the pelting, you must drive very gently, like... (total context)

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Denny moved Enzo into his apartment in Seattle, which overlooked Lake Washington. Enzo didn't enjoy living... (full context)

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Enzo watches Eve and Denny accept sex for the kickoff time, proverb that Eve said "the field is fertile—beware!" Denny... (total context)

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Enzo says that he tried to human action nonchalant because he knew how much Denny loved Eve, simply he wasn't embracing of her presence. In turn, Eve was less embracing... (total context)

Enzo says he watches too much Tv set. Denny turns it on in the morning when he leaves, and warns Enzo non to watch... (full context)

At showtime, Enzo resents how Eve changes his and Denny'due south lives, specially the attention Denny pays to her body. She is everything Enzo isn't—human being, well-groomed... (full context)

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Not long later Eve moves in with Denny and Enzo, she and Denny are married in a small ceremony that Enzo gets to... (full context)

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...holds his face against her belly to feel the kicking. Enzo knows that Eve and Denny made what was inside of her, and at the time, Enzo wished the baby would... (full context)

On the solar day the babe arrives, Enzo is two years old. Denny is in Daytona for the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona race. Enzo explains that endurance... (full context)

...centre and knows she is. Sobbing, Eve says to Enzo that she knows she told Denny to get, only she wishes he were here with her. Eve asks Enzo if he'll... (total context)

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Denny returns from Daytona the next mean solar day, unhappy. His mood changes when he holds the baby,... (full context)

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...equally they believe that information technology's irresponsible to requite birth outside of a hospital. However, once Denny returns dwelling, they shift their negative attention to him. Maxwell gloats, saying that it's a... (full context)

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Enzo isn't sure what's going on. Denny is distraught, and afterwards when Mike comes over for a beer, Enzo learns why. Denny... (full context)

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Later Eve became pregnant, Denny took a job behind the counter at a fancy auto shop that only worked on... (full context)

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Several months afterward Zoë is born, Eve goes back to piece of work. Denny offers to stay habitation and intendance for Zoë but Eve insists on putting Zoë in... (full context)

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One solar day, Denny checks the conditions on the boob tube in the morning time and forgets to plow the TV... (full context)

Denny asks Enzo what he's watching, as though he'southward asking Eve or Zoë. Eve and Zoë... (full context)

...watching Sesame Street with Zoë, simply until this solar day, he'd never watched Television set by himself. Denny offers to leave the TV on during the day, but tells Enzo that he has... (total context)

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...education, Enzo loses count of the weeks and is surprised when Zoë's 2nd birthday arrives. Denny and Eve throw a party at their apartment, and Zoë calls Enzo her large brother.... (full context)

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Later the political party is over, Denny has one last surprise birthday nowadays. He shows Zoë a photo that she shows lilliputian... (full context)

Every day when Denny comes home from work, he greets Eve and Zoë and and so takes Enzo outside to... (total context)

One summer weekend, Denny and Enzo sit down down in front end of the Television receiver to study a tape of an... (full context)

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As the pelting begins, Denny starts passing other cars that aren't using rain tires and are therefore struggling. Eve, standing... (full context)

Denny softly says, "that which you manifest is before y'all." Noting Eve's defoliation at the phrase,... (full context)

Denny continues, saying that if he makes the auto do something, he can predict what will... (full context)

Denny says zip more as he and Enzo keep watching, but Enzo mulls over what Denny... (full context)

A few years later, the family experiences a very scary event. Denny had secured a seat for a race at Watkins Glen, NY. Before in the spring... (full context)

When Denny leaves for New York, everyone at home is excited to watch the race on Speed... (total context)

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...in an ideal earth, mistakes happen, and drivers must react sometimes. When reacting, according to Denny, a motorcar is only equally proficient as its tires, and if the tires lose traction... (full context)

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...the house alone. He thinks that Eve is sick and it's affecting her judgment, and Denny will be home after two nights. As a domestic dog, Enzo says he knows how to... (total context)

The next afternoon, Enzo hears Denny'southward taxi pull upward exterior. As Denny enters the house, he steps right onto the squishy... (full context)

...in the hallway and Eve rushes to comfort her. Zoë cries, "my animals," and Eve, Denny, and Zoë go downwards the hall to Zoë'south room. Enzo doesn't follow, as he doesn't... (full context)

Denny's towering anger fills the room, and he rises up and strikes Enzo on the head,... (full context)

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Later that evening, Enzo finds Denny on the porch drinking difficult liquor. Enzo approaches cautiously, just Denny pats the stride next... (full context)

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Enzo, chock with anticipation, says he loves when Denny talks like this, dragging out the drama. Enzo loves the narrative tease, since he's a... (full context)

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Denny continues, saying that the offer means coming upward with sponsorship money and then spending about... (total context)

Denny says he tin can't believe Eve left Enzo for days, even if she did have a... (full context)

Blathering and drunk, Denny tells Enzo he loves him. Enzo feels the love and feels proud for surviving, laying... (full context)

...with weeks or days of normalcy in between. The nature of her illness is beyond Denny. Enzo says the screaming fits and anguish are things but dogs and women empathize, because... (full context)

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Denny begs Eve to see a md and go medication, merely she refuses. Denny doesn't sympathise,... (full context)

Enzo understands Denny's frustration at his inability to exercise anything, likening it to existence locked in a soundproof... (full context)

Denny cuts back hours at work and then he tin take over the running of the household,... (full context)

Enzo says that Denny simply delegated his love-giving of Eve to Enzo. When Eve experienced episodes, Denny would take... (full context)

Through the winter, Eve loses weight and becomes drawn and pale. Despite Denny'south concern, Eve continues to refuse to see a physician. 1 evening after dinner, Enzo notes... (full context)

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...they moved into their house, Enzo had a crow experience that made them hate him. Denny always picks upwardly Enzo's excrement in little bags and leaves the smaller bags in a... (full context)

...staring at Enzo, taunting him to come up out. Enzo didn't and the crows left. When Denny got dwelling from piece of work he questioned the mess on the deck, and Enzo says that... (full context)

Enzo says the clues were there—Denny spent the wintertime obsessively playing a racing video game, racing just on American circuits. He... (full context)

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...something that'southward already happened affect what's happening now. He wags his tail enthusiastically, happy that Denny is being selfish and looking out for himself, like a good driver needs to practice. (full context)

Denny asks Enzo to expect over the girls, hugs Zoë, and kisses Eve. As he turns... (full context)

The first 2 races go well for Zoë, Eve, and Enzo, but poorly for Denny, who finishes 24th and 30th. Denny is frustrated, proverb over dinner one night that information technology's... (full context)

...and smells anxiety, fearfulness, and acrimony coming from the dining room. The argument escalates as Denny offers to make Zoë a hot dog, Eve refuses, and Zoë begins to weep. Furious,... (full context)

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...tries to cut it open up, the knife slices into her left hand. Eve screams and Denny rushes to help her. He tells her she'll demand stitches at the hospital, and Eve... (total context)

Enzo leads Zoë to the living room where she turns on a kids' evidence. When Denny and Eve appear a few minutes later, they sit down with Zoë and picket. When... (full context)

The following weekend when Denny is abroad racing, Eve, Zoë, and Enzo go to stay with Trish and Maxwell. Eve's... (full context)

As soon as they get in, Trish and Maxwell start ragging on Denny to Eve. They stand in the kitchen drinking, and Maxwell asks Eve what she's going... (full context)

Bound and early summer pass speedily as Denny experiences victory after victory. People start coming over for dinner, and more than than just Mike—racing... (total context)

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...with no explanation, although her mitt injury continues to give her trouble. She regularly alerts Denny about the needs of her "fertile field," and the two are regularly intimate and happy... (full context)

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However, things before long brainstorm going downhill: Denny gets caught in the start plow of a race in Phoenix, and the impairment done... (total context)

One day Denny and Eve sit on the porch while Enzo soaks up the sun and Zoë plays... (full context)

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...she'southward afraid that the racket and excitement might requite her a bad reaction. She asks Denny if he understands, and he says he does. Enzo says he does too. He says... (full context)

Denny suggests they use a turkey baster, and Eve starts laughing uncontrollably. He continues, saying he... (full context)

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They arrive at the Slippery Slabs, a series of flat slick rocks in the creek. Denny, Eve, and Zoë strip to their swimsuits, and since Zoë is old enough to navigate... (full context)

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...on the rock twice. Eve is still and Zoë sits, not knowing what to do. Denny runs to them. They get in to the hospital by early evening. (full context)

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...she'due south okay, but she obviously isn't. Her words slur and she keeps nodding off, and Denny keeps waking her up. Eve, Denny, and Zoë get into the hospital and leave Enzo... (full context)

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Hours later, Denny returns and lets Enzo out of the auto. Denny apologizes for leaving Enzo and pulls... (full context)

Denny and Enzo sit on the curb. Enzo knows Denny is upset and sits with him... (total context)

Mike asks how bad it is, and Denny says the doctors might just become in and go the "mass" because it's causing Eve's... (full context)

Denny gives Mike the keys to his firm, telling him where Enzo's food is and how... (total context)

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Denny looks up at Mike and says this is why Eve didn't desire to go to... (full context)

Eve stays in the hospital for weeks. Denny cares for Enzo and Zoë, and visits Eve regularly, and these tasks take up all... (total context)

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...their regimented schedule, Maxwell and Trish offering to have Zoë for a weekend to give Denny a pause, and Eve supports the idea. Denny is hesitant only agrees. He and Enzo... (full context)

Subsequently dinner, Denny stands up, takes Enzo outside, and then says he has to go see Eve, telling... (total context)

...Day weekend arrives and Zoë is very excited to start kindergarten. On the first 24-hour interval, Denny and Enzo walk her downward the street to the bus end and wait with other... (total context)

1 evening at the hospital, Enzo listens to Denny, Maxwell, and Trish talk while Zoë works on a book of mazes. Trish and Maxwell... (full context)

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The post-obit Saturday, Denny, Zoë, and Enzo get to Trish and Maxwell'south business firm. The living room now has a... (full context)

Denny calls from the back door that Eve is here, and Zoë and Enzo come inside.... (total context)

Wandering into the kitchen, Enzo finds Denny conferencing again with Trish and Maxwell. The Twins say that they think Zoë should stay... (full context)

Later on dinner, Denny takes Zoë outside to talk and tells her that Eve would similar information technology if she... (full context)

Afterwards that night, Enzo finds Denny sitting with Eve, maxim that he wants to stay too. Eve says no, and Denny... (full context)

For the offset few weeks, Denny visits Eve and Zoë nightly, but past Thanksgiving, he only visits twice per calendar week. Denny... (full context)

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...Zoë to a school near their dwelling house, since commuting is a burden for them, but Denny refuses. Maxwell counters by offering to pay for individual school, just Denny remains firm, and... (full context)

Occasionally, Denny keeps Zoë overnight during the week and he and Enzo get to walk her to... (full context)

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In Feb, Denny, Zoë, and Enzo have a trip to a motel in north-central Washington owned by a... (full context)

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Effectually the fire pit one night, Enzo notices that Denny has an admirer, Annika. She is a young teenager whom Denny evidently met years ago,... (full context)

...since it hasn't overcome arduousness to exercise and so. Finishing, Enzo says that to truly tell Denny'southward story, equally Denny is a true champion, he must include his missteps and failings. (total context)

Near the end of the week, the weather reports become unpleasant, and Denny decides he needs to go out early on. Annika, coincidentally, decides she too needs to get out early,... (full context)

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The drive is horrendous. Roads are airtight and Denny is forced to have detours. After seven hours, Denny asks Annika to phone call her parents... (full context)

...of a lab." Still on the phone, Annika tells her parents that she'll stay with Denny that night. Denny is dislocated, only doesn't object. Enzo tells the reader he doesn't know... (full context)

Subsequently they arrive home, Denny puts Zoë to bed, changes his clothes, and pulls out a beer. Annika asks to... (full context)

Enzo says he has to believe that what Annika did was without Denny's consent. Finally, thinking of how he failed to protect Zoë'southward toys from the zebra, Enzo... (full context)

Annika darkens and says she thought Denny liked her. Denny implores her to put her robe on, telling her he'll take her... (full context)

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...a while later, puts on her own clothes in the bath, and sits down with Denny. He offers to have her dwelling, but she says she already called her father to... (full context)

...of dying while she and Zoë remain with Trish and Maxwell, but Enzo says that Denny is assuasive himself ane diversion. He received a task offer to bulldoze cars for a... (full context)

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The runway is beautiful, new, and well maintained. Afterward they arrive, Denny and Enzo get out to jog on the track and Denny explains that he'south looking... (full context)

Denny and Enzo cruise onto the track and take several irksome laps as Denny studies the... (full context)

On the first of May, Denny and Enzo are invited to Trish and Maxwell'southward for dinner. Eve is absent, and Enzo... (full context)

Returning to the living room, Enzo waits with Denny until Eve comes out of the bath, assisted by a nurse. Eve is radiant, dressed... (full context)

Eve sits on the sofa while Denny gets Zoë ready for bed. Eve calls Enzo to her and scratches his ears. She... (full context)

...around her accepted her diagnosis, there was no way to finish information technology from coming truthful. Denny and Enzo exit, and rather than sleep in the car, Enzo watches Seattle go past... (total context)

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The adjacent morning, Denny and Enzo, unaware of Eve'southward passing, caput to a dog park to play fetch. Every bit... (full context)

Enzo, for the starting time time and the concluding time in his life, runs abroad from Denny. He runs through the park debate, looking for untamed wilderness as he experiences waves of... (total context)

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...the park was selfish, it was possibly the most merciful thing he could've washed for Denny given what they were going to notice once they arrived at Trish and Maxwell'due south house.... (total context)

Denny comes out of the house and embraces Zoë. Trish says that she and Maxwell will... (total context)

Denny and Enzo are perplexed, and Denny tells Trish and Maxwell they can't have custody. Trish... (total context)

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Zoë returns to the adults and crawls into Denny'south lap. Enzo watches Denny's confront change, and Denny tells Zoë to pack her things, telling... (full context)

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Maxwell, shaking with acrimony, starts asking Denny how he'due south going to intendance for Zoë, and asks if she gets sick if Denny... (full context)

The next 24-hour interval, Zoë insists on going to school. Denny and Enzo drive her to school and and so continue to a coffee store. Denny purchases... (full context)

The human tells Denny that this consultation volition cost him an oil change, and so asks for the paperwork.... (full context)

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The man instructs Denny to call Trish and Maxwell and direct all correspondence to him as Denny'south lawyer. He... (full context)

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The man, whom Denny calls Mark, says that oil changes won't cut it. Denny replies that this is his... (full context)

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Mark suggests Denny take time off, but Denny refuses, saying he needs to work and keep moving, and... (full context)

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...into the foyer every bit well. Mike is at the counter and the officers ask for Denny, telling Mike they accept a warrant for his arrest. Mike, very uncomfortable, tells them Denny... (full context)

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Denny introduces himself and politely asks the officers what they want and asks to see the... (full context)

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Mike asks what Denny is being arrested for, and the officers wait for Denny to respond. Denny finally says... (total context)

Enzo explains to the reader that what happened to Denny concerning the custody accommodate and the criminal rape charges weren't witnessed by Enzo directly. He... (full context)

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Enzo begins to relate his story. He says the police took Denny to a small windowed room inside an function, only like on Police and Order. After... (total context)

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Then, Mark Fein flare-up in, started shouting, and bailed out Denny. On the street, Mark demanded to know what the charge was about, and Denny replied... (total context)

...encephalon information on body position and emotions, and restricting information is foolish. Enzo says that Denny'southward hands shook oftentimes after Eve's death, and it was unsettling to them both. (total context)

Later that night, Mike and Tony bring Enzo to Denny'south house. Denny tells them he doesn't desire to talk about what'due south happening, and can't anyhow.... (full context)

Heading into the kitchen, Enzo worries that Denny lied and they practice have a gas oven, but Denny goes to the cupboard and... (full context)

Later, Denny appears in the doorway and tells Enzo he put the booze abroad. He returns to... (full context)

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...life. Eve has just been expressionless a few days, only since she died Enzo and Denny have been inside doing nothing. Denny and Enzo leave for a walk and Enzo thinks... (full context)

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Enzo and Denny walk n and once they reach the park, Denny unclips Enzo's ternion and lets him... (full context)

...he notices Zoë. He says the calorie-free switch in his caput came on, and that Denny had dressed for the upshot. They arroyo the milling group, simply as they become shut,... (full context)

One of Eve'southward brothers calls Denny a child molester, and Denny doesn't budge. Zoë reaches them and jumps into Denny's arms.... (full context)

Trish whispers to Denny that he must've been very lonely to take advantage of a xv-year-sometime, and Denny abruptly... (full context)

Returning to the nowadays, Denny takes Enzo to the vet where he is diagnosed with hip dysplasia and prescribed anti-inflammatory... (full context)

Due to the criminal charges against Denny, Trish and Maxwell are granted a temporary restraining order that means Denny isn't allowed to... (total context)

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...for Enzo'due south whereabouts, leading Trish and Maxwell to panic when Zoë asks to see him. Denny tells Mark that for the story, Enzo is staying with Mike and Tony, and Mike... (full context)

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When Mike brings Enzo back to Denny on Sabbatum evening, Denny eagerly pesters Mike for updates on Zoë. Mike tells Denny she'due south... (total context)

Enzo addresses the reader and says that Denny was offered several jobs throughout the summer that he was unable to accept since he... (total context)

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One weekend that summer, Denny finds a instruction task in Spokane, and Mike arranges for Enzo to spend the weekend... (full context)

Enzo, stunned, thinks that despite their clever tricks, they don't sympathize Denny's persistence. He continues to smoke and decides that Trish and Maxwell are now the Evil... (full context)

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When September arrives, Denny'southward courtroom appointment arrives with it. Denny leaves in the forenoon wearing a suit and returns... (full context)

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Afterward thinking for a moment, Zoë asks if it was her grandparents who accused Denny. She stares into her basin of water ice foam and says that she made Trish and... (total context)

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Later, the doorbell rings and Mark Fein is there to option up Zoë. Mark reminds Denny that this is a victory and lays out the custody arrangement, where Denny gets Zoë... (full context)

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...finally understands that the trial that mean solar day had been but about Zoë's custody and non Denny's criminal charges, and that the trial had been put off while all the lawyers took... (total context)

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Denny abides by the custody arrangement and takes Zoë to museums, zoos, and the aquarium, and... (full context)

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One day at the karts, the teen on duty asks Denny if he's going to take Zoë to Spanaway, an outdoor get-kart class, telling Denny that... (full context)

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Enzo notes that Denny has a cloak-and-dagger. He says that while Trish and Maxwell may restrict Denny's access to... (total context)

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Leap has come, and Enzo is with Denny at an outdoor buffet, coming together with Mark Fein. Enzo sleeps and notes that the passersby... (full context)

Enzo addresses the reader and says that Mark Fein suggested to Denny that if he quit his claim to Zoë, the criminal charges would disappear. Marking said... (full context)

Enzo relates an experience watching one of Denny'due south races long agone, where, on the second to concluding lap, Denny was in 3rd, just... (full context)

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Not long after Denny pays his account with Marking Fein, Mark is appointed to be a excursion judge. Enzo... (full context)

...of mind attracted the car to him. It'due south snowing in the evening as he and Denny walk home from Volunteer Park, and Enzo is unsettled by the snowfall. Denny allows Enzo... (full context)

...is for wanting to become a homo when he was but hit by a car. Denny tries to settle Enzo and speak with the driver, a shaken teenager. Denny asks the... (full context)

As Enzo lies in the backseat of Denny'southward machine on the mode to the vet that night, it occurs to him that Ayrton... (full context)

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...asleep. When he wakes, groggy, he hears things similar "dysplasia," "chronic arthritis," and "pain threshold." Denny carries him to the foyer, where he continues to empathize merely snippets of conversation, especially... (full context)

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The tech calls for Denny and tells him his card has been declined. Denny offers another card, which besides doesn't... (full context)

At home, Denny sits on his bed with Enzo and tells Enzo that he tin't continue going. He... (full context)

A few weeks later, Denny and Enzo go to Mike and Tony's house. Tony is out, but Mike and Denny... (full context)

...inside all of u.s.a. and is our fears and the worst parts of humans. Every bit Denny moves the pen towards the documents, Enzo says he knows it'due south not really Denny signing.... (full context)

...he's still on, snatches the papers off the tabular array and proceeds to lead Mike and Denny on a low-speed chase through the house. They finally corner him in the living room,... (full context)

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At this, Mike and Denny finally express mirth. Enzo goes to Denny, and Mike suggests calling Mr. Lawrence for another copy,... (full context)

When they get home, Denny bathes Enzo and and so puts on one of Enzo'southward favorite races, the 1984 Grand Prix... (full context)

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...hips had healed poorly later being hit by the car, only vowing to not toll Denny whatever more money, he ignored the hurting as much every bit he could. Denny had been... (full context)

One mean solar day about the terminate of July, while Denny is out on the track with a pupil, a red Ferrari pulls up to the... (full context)

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Denny and Luca, after a absurd-downwardly lap, return to the paddock and the students fawn over... (total context)

Luca drives away, and Don appears to inquire Denny how information technology went. He tells Denny that Luca's been interested in him for years and... (full context)

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...having more than trouble with his hips and has developed a mild case of urinary incontinence. Denny begins coming home on his lunch break to have Enzo out, telling Enzo that the... (full context)

Suddenly, Denny and Enzo stop equally they detect Annika, at present 17 or 18, sitting at a café... (full context)

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As they reach Annika'due south table, Denny acts surprised and greets her. Annika, likewise acting surprised, greets Denny and Enzo. Enzo greets... (full context)

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Denny apologizes and implores Annika to not take Zoë away from him, and and so he and... (full context)

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An elderly couple stands in Denny'south doorway, and Enzo tells the reader that he doesn't recognize them at all. Denny embraces... (full context)

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The adult female whispers in the human being's ear, and the homo says to Denny that his mother would similar to apply the washroom. Denny offers to evidence her, merely... (full context)

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Enzo addresses the reader and says that if he'd known he was meeting Denny's parents, he would've greeted them differently. Enzo says that they stayed for iii days, and... (full context)

On the final night of their visit, Denny'due south father easily Denny an envelope and tells Denny to open it. Denny asks what it... (full context)

Thanks to Mike'due south prodding questions, Enzo learns the story of Denny'due south parents over the side by side few days. His mother began going bullheaded when Denny was a... (full context)

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Denny'southward parents hadn't paid for the testing plan in France or contributed to his sponsorship for... (full context)

...on the second solar day they selected the jury. Both days, Mike and Tony arrived at Denny's apartment in the morning, Mike to escort Denny to courtroom while Tony stayed behind to... (full context)

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On the third forenoon, Tony, Mike, and Denny are all tense, as this was the twenty-four hour period that would make up one's mind Denny's future. Enzo says... (total context)

...to enquire, and continues that when Annika was washed, nobody in the courtroom except for Denny was sure he hadn't assaulted Annika. (full context)

Pausing, Enzo then says that Denny did naught to Annika, but that it was articulate that she loved Denny and offered... (total context)

Enzo wakes to hear Denny's voice proverb it's over. Denny continues and says that Annika recanted. Mike hugs Denny, and... (full context)

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The following day, Mr. Lawrence calls to tell Denny that Trish and Maxwell have dropped their custody suit, just requested 48 hours with Zoë... (total context)

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As Denny works, the phone rings, and he answers it on speaker. Enzo hears Luca Pantoni's voice.... (full context)

Later a moment of silence, Denny asks Luca why he's fabricated such a generous offer. Luca tells Denny that when his... (total context)

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The forenoon of Zoë's arrival, Enzo hears Denny in the kitchen making breakfast. Enzo thinks about death, and thinks that while many think... (total context)

When Enzo reaches the kitchen Denny asks him how he'southward feeling, and Enzo silently replies that he feels similar shit. Denny... (full context)

Enzo goes to Denny and Denny scratches Enzo's ears. Enzo's legs buckle and he falls. Denny turns off the... (full context)

...said that a domestic dog volition exist reincarnated as a man. Enzo says he's gear up, but Denny will be very sad. Denny tells Enzo that if he needs to go, he tin can... (total context)

Denny tells Enzo he loves him, and Enzo takes a few steps into the field. He... (full context)

The man and his child walk toward Denny and Zoë. The man says they're Denny'southward biggest fans and that his son worships Denny.... (full context)

The human looks at the programme and asks what Denny wrote, and Denny replies that it's his telephone number, and when the boy, Enzo, is... (full context)

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