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God, I wish I had a friend to talk to

My oes to the phone I want to text hie The phone is still there Right where I left it I pick it up and find the e

I’m sorry

I can’t stopthese things I press the send button and watch the little green bar as it tries to senddisappears Da send again I repeat this process and press send several more times before I understand that we’re out to sea andthe phone down on the bed

But I’ to sit in my cabin and mope, that’s for sure So I put on a pair of clean shorts and a tank top, then slip on et to the party area, I plop down on one of the couches and tuck my feet up underneath ?"

"I had no idea your mouth was so filthy Your father nevertable The direction the unfa beyond but the e up from the hot tub on the outer deck The thick muscles of his chest drip water as he steps out, and then he se white toith the ship’s nas it across his face and chest and then tosses it aside

I have lost my mind My heart shudders and then stops I have to sit down quickly because I knoithout a doubt I a hands catch me just before I fall and lay me down across the couch cushions "Sorry I didn’t expect to see you up here so soon after dinner This wasn’t the way I wanted us toHis touch sends chills up my spine and I put a hand up to push him away

I meet his eyes briefly and my head spins

"Ja "James? Is that you?"

The man who looks like James, but who I know is not James, shakes his head "No, sweetheart I’reen eyes that ain "The control"

Chapter Thirteen

Harper

"I don’t understand" I’ my arm I shake off his hand and pull away "I don’t understand"

The inning In a science experiment you have three variables You have the product, the reactant, and the control"

"What?"

"I was told you were quick"

I squint at hi about?

"OK, a product is--"