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Elise exhaled sadly "I’m really sorry about what happened to your father I hope you know that"

Noas his ti? What they did to him, how he died, isn’t the half of it"

She wasn’t surprised as he hand-and-footed it over to the fire and put o," Elisethe hearth

"Yeah" Abruptly, he looked over his shoulder "It’s not because I don’t want you"

"Good"

But theback to where they had been She believed hih, when he said he still--

"Can I see you to at her

"Yes Where?"

"Here" He poked at the burning logs, a shower of sparks raining down on his bare forear session tooing into the library or anything, right?"

"That’s right What time?"

"I’ll let you know Probably four? We’ll still have some time"

"I’ll be here then I can just wait for you? If you trust me here alone--"

"I’d trust you with my life"

The fact that he said that absently really h and through, more than the fire did

"Then we have a date"

"Is that what it is," he drawled "What else would you call it?" She started to get dressed, stu to be the first to say, I can’t wait to see you again"

When she was finally back in what she’d been wearing, she stood up with her coat "Good day, Axe If you think of me, you can text me, you know No pressure I just want to put that out there because I think you ot to his feet, and as he stretched his back, there were a series of snaps and pops--and yes, she adht T-shirt he had on "Let me walk you out"

They were silent as they left the rooht her and redirected her to the front door, not the one off the kitchen