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"Because he told ," Brandon answered as he popped the combination lock

"Wait, you saw him?" I asked

He looked up from the stack of o"

"How does he look? Is he okay?" A thousand questions raced through my mind, but those were the most important

"He looks like his face went a few rounds with an MMA fighter, but he’s okay And funny, he asked me those exact questions about you"

"They wouldn’t even tell e of unwanted jealousy turned my words harsh

"Well, your last naoing to be okay, Leah We just have to find this per to that, but if he wants to keep his filh the box"

His phone rang, and he cursed "Shit Looks like Dad knows Leah, look through those files again and see if he stuck it in the wrong folder He swears it was in there I have to take this"

He stepped out onto the balcony with his phone, and I pulled out the box, e its contents onto the dark blue comforter There were files for each of our locations that looked exactly like the one Bobby had held while ere in the park yesterday, the sah earlier I looked through every one froh Abu Dhabi One ht my eye, so I opened the flap

Please let him have misfiled it

I pulled out the stack of papers and thuh His birth certificate, his enrollment papers for Study at Sea, his contract with his father For being as reckless as he was, Paxton had a better sense of organization than I gave hihosted nainst the white paper

Sorown into this incredible love that pulsed so powerfully in ht of it

A torn picture fell out of the stack as I lifted it, landing inwas etched, "Don’t lose sight of the endgame"

I flipped it over, andwith bile as it rose

No No No way Not possible

But that was Rachel My Rachel…

Paxton’s Rachel

His thuht ear, and hiseven , like the woman he held was the sun in the sky

He looked at her like he looked atthat I could al, the strain as it finally snapped and broke apart