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"I spent oal oriented My nose stuck in a book Believing the world I lived in with h I think I still sort of believed that even after I e after I went to work for you You never irl in the city You took the time to teach me, to build up my self-esteem, to showin a job I love, having friends to hang out with and not just wacky relatives I could have a better future than I ever i to make me cry"

"Suck it up because I’ business classes, if I have the chance to go to work for you full-tirow and expand your business, then I’ll drop out of school tohed and discreetly wiped her tears "Okay, then You’re on board Before we dissect the contract options, I want to saywork I’m proud of, isn’t to become obsessed with this and workbalance in life is key"

"I never understood what that meant until the last couple of months, when I’ve actually built a life outside of school, books, and bad TV" Molly sh for chewing me out for my shit attitude"

"I just wish I could’ve done it without you being physically assaulted first"

"But you wouldn’t have s going with him?"

"Good He’s almost back to his norlad to hear that I know his instructors at the dojo were really concerned about hiuys broke up Every time I saw hi end of"

Her gaze zoomed to Molly "Of what? Did you know Master Black had started fighting again?"

"I didn’t know specifics, but all you had to do was look at hi was up"

"Why didn’t you tell ave her a defiant look "Because you didn’t ask me, Amery Not once You kneent to the dojo, and you never asked "

"And if I had?"

"I would’ve told you the truth He was a wreck You were a wreck"

"I was not," Amery protested

"Puh-lease" Molly rolled her eyes "Within hours of your breakup with Ronin, you ran away for an entire week You spent the next week in your loft eating ice crea while you watched edies"

She blushed

"You snapped out of it a little in week three The beginning of week four, you burst into tears when the cover you did for Cherry Starr went live on the book vendor sites, and you orthless the rest of that week"

It’d seee of herself Al in that Ronin hadn’t called her or chased her down had made her believe maybe she had been under some kind of spell