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"I do love Eht it would at first" I searched my soul for the truth "I don’t want to take your place I couldn’t"

He faced me "I hope we never have to find out if that’s true"

"We both know the future is subjective Just because you saw us together … doesn’t s would change Like Lily"

"She’s different for you, isn’t she? You look at her when she talks," Michael said, watching h what she has to say"

"Because what she has to say matters," I said "She ht about it all night

He s with his e for?"

"I don’t know That’s a lie I’m scared That she won’t feel the same way That she will" I stood up and took over Michael’s pacing "I mean, I’ve never done this"

"One question" He paused until I stopped and looked at him "Is she worth it?"

I didn’t hesistate "Yes"

"Then tell her"

Chapter 37

I’d been standing don for an hour, trying to work upoff their daughters at the Ivy Springs School of Dance There was an overabundance of pink, glitter, and hair twisted up in buns The bunsdid

A white van pulled up in front of Murphy’s Law across the street, and I watched as a guy in khaki pants took a dolly out of the back and huffed into his hands to war in, the first taste of winter Storms always followed

A minute later, the man came out with a full load of bakery boxes They had the Murphy’s Law logo on theo over there

I would

"Kaleb?" I looked ahen a girl with really blue eyes and red hair stepped into hts, too I tried to place her, but all I could remember was that her name started with an A "I’m Ainsley We met at Wild Bill’s last su like a freak I reet ht before I met Em I’d had a little too much fun Howwhy you never called me" The blue eyes held a hint of disappoint was a trend with ood tiave me pouty lips that I think she meant to be sexy They weren’t

"There’s been a lot of … stuff happening" My dad came back from the dead, an attempt was made on my life, I didn’t remember you existed "Sorry about that"

"Well, it’s lucky we ran into each other now" After digging around in her duffel bag, she fished out a per it toward her She wrote her nuers around it "Don’t lose it this tiht there in the middle of the sidewalk, she kissed me

Just as Lily came out of Murphy’s Law

"Oh no" I pulled away from Ainsley

Really? Really?

Ava stepped out of the dance studio, raising the lapels of her peacoat together to block out the wind She had on tights and a scuffed-up pair of pink ballet shoes, and her auburn hair was pulled into a tight bun I hadn’t really talked to her since helping her move in

"Hi, Ainsley I didn’t know you knew Kaleb" Ava’s voice eeter than I’d ever heard it

"I didn’t know you knew Kaleb" Ainsley’s voice was ice-cold