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We had aat his watch "When’s the last train?"

"Eleven-fifteen I’ll make it"

He stood "I’ll take you"

"Grand Central is perfectly safe," I argued, e I’d already put hiht

"125th is closer," his o there alone at night"

The path of least resistance was clearly to let Rafe accoht," I murmured I thanked his mother one more time for the lovely meal, and then I let Rafe lead ht his cousin Flori s as we passed by Her eyes were full of romantic theories about us

Oh, honey If she only knew the strange truth, she wouldn’t smile like that

Outside, it was chilly I pulled ht, Rafe put an arm aroundsexual about it Rafe was so… sturdy The way I used to be, too

I leaned in, if only for tonight

Twenty-One

Bella

Sunday evening, Lianne cah my bathroom door unannounced "Hey!" she said breathlessly "I have news"

"It’s dangerous to barge in here, you know," I said, tossing a book off ress"

"Uh-huh," she said, disan orgy, anyway"

That got my attention "What is?"

"Come here" She beckoned, then turned on her heel and headed back through the bathroom toward her own roole, which was illuht emitted by three computer monitors "Jesus What’s all this? You could run NASA from here"