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I fold ht of anyone screith Lila "What are you saying?"
She shrugs and s it clear she doesn’t believe the words "Maybe I have a stalker"
Maybe? Knohat to do to help cal, because I’ until I know you’re safe"
Lila
When Josh first died, rown apart The worst moments are when my entire family is in the sa me, I feel the e Post-it note on the oven meant to remind me to turn it off as he stirs ers with his in the living room and led me into the kitchen, I’ve found it ily so Taller Thicker His blue eyes are aged beyond his years, but when he shteen
"That’s it?" he asks
"Yeah," I respond I downloaded everything, except he’s not hu looks or a lecture about overactive i on the s last night, the sound of shoes against the pave toward me and the sound of his breath
The police didn’t take me seriously, but the way Lincoln’s shoulder blades tense, I can tell he believesliquid into ainto er accidently skih me that reaches the tips ofinto hypocrites," he answers
Those were o when my sort-of friend, Grace, tor smile and stare into each other’s eyes The world fades away and it’s just rant cup of hot chocolate in the palers I’d give anything for hi to do," I say "As to why you didn’t graduate"
He turns away and washes the pot in the sink "Let’s figure out your probleainst the pot "Are you stillHurt--yes Angry--"No" How can I be uy who drove ten hours to see me and returned after I rejected him? "So you believe me? That soination works that well"
He grabs a dish towel and dries off the pot before placing it back on the hook on the wall Lincoln’s so efficient, especially for a guy who "bends rules" With a scrape against the tile floor, he pulls out the chair next toests multiple run-ins over a period of time I think this is ether "A prank? Really?"
Lincoln relaxes into the chair, his long legs kicked out, an ar on the table I feel like a dwarf next to hi her than the hands of uys I’ve dated It’s not an iles from rock walls
I wonder if he’d ever let me watch him climb or if he’d teacharound Would he catchhands if I fell?
"You’re the CSI dictionary," he answers "Didn’t an episode talk about how stalkers have patterns or so fro, strong rock-cliaze to the floor It’s my favorite show ever, and I’ve written a few letters to his one shoulder "I caught a fes here and there"
I don’t knohy, but the fact that he showed interest in soiddiness I swirl the hot chocolate in lee "What makes you think it’s a prank?"
"You said it yourself If soone, and I’d bet someone thinks it would be funny to scare you"
My forehead furroith the idea that anyone would want to freak ain
"Because people can be stupid"
True Tired of thinking about it, I change the subject "Hot chocolate?"
"I nant It seeet all worked up"
Translation? He believes I’m about to crack My heart beats a little faster when I replay the i "Has she held the baby yet?"
Lincoln subtly shakes his head "I keep wondering how jacked up the kid will becoether"
The way his blue eyes darken into hurt causes a sharp pain in ainst his crossed arms Lincoln weaves his withat our co--and I s as I i my face
"How’s Echo?" he asks
"Good She’s in Kansas or Iowa or soer needs me now that she has "She’s with Noah"
"So she’s moved on," he says almost as a whisper
Froests Sadness envelops rieve for her brother Hell, I’ for Aires He was like "