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6 "It’s almost time"

I waited, ready to catch her if she fell My Pagan was always up to so her alive than I did co her It was rare that she cried But then, I never allowed so If a frown appeared on her perfect face, I found a way toher climb up a tree was difficult Every small slip of her foot caused me a moment of panic

Just as I’d feared her foot slipped and this ti up to the tree until I stood directly under her, I held outout of this tree It would be the third tiot you," I assured her as I stared down at her tightly closed eyes Her eyelids blinked rapidly before opening and gazing up at me The confusion in her eyes when she saas always so painful I hated that she couldn’t reether

"Uh," she mumbled in confusion as she shifted her eyes fro up there? That was too high" I told her this every ti Maybe one day it would stick

"Um, I uh did you catch me?" she asked in that familiar surprised voice

"Yeah Why else do you think you’re not lying on the ground with a few broken bones?" I asked trying not to laugh She didn’t like it when I laughed at her It was as if she knew she wasout on so out of the loop

When she began to wiggle in my arms, I stood her up carefully The curious expression on her face soothed some of the ache in my chest She remembered me… at least her heart did I could see it in her eyes She was trying so hard to open up those memories

"Where’d you come from?"

She always asked h and came over to see if you needed help"

"Do I know you?" she asked watching n of a clue

"I wish you did but you don’t Not yet It isn’t time" I bit back my words I shouldn’t have said that I needed to be s I said to her Even if she would forget me by the end of the day

"What do you et your butt over here if you’re going to get a sneak peek at et here" Her friend, Wyatt, called to her from the street He wouldn’t be able to see me That would confuse her It was time I left, for now