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"I miss you too You can come home, Alice, whenever you want No pressure"

"I know But I have to help It shouldn’t be that long, I don’t think We’ll find Peter, and then co about the Finnish wilderness being co ed into flannel pajah his daly

"It’s just Jack," I told hi the phone a little way from my mouth

"Ezra’s there? Let me talk to hihed

"I take it he knoe’re in Finland then?" Ezra asked me, and I nodded sheepishly "Oh well He’d find out sooner or later"

"Look, Jack, I should get sos are going," I said Ezra rolled down the teal bedspread,ready for bed and I should probably do the sa, and he realized it so he stopped "Just call me soon, really soon And take care of yourself, okay?"

"I will," I pro urge to sob Hearing his voice only s worse My heart ached in my chest, and my body felt completely out of whack I hated that I could barely even survive being away froet off the phone because ofdown at my phone, and heard the rustle of blankets as he settled hiotten off the phone, I thought about calling Jack back It wouldn’t do any good to ainst it

"I know," I said Setting htstand, I crawled underneath the coversto call Mae?"

"Not until I know anything Jack can fill her in" He rolled onto his sto to be okay with all of this?"

"Yeah, I’ or not

Rolling over so my back was to him, I allowed a few silent tears to slide down , and eventually, his breathing had the regulated quality that comes with sleep Unfortunately, sleep wouldn’t be as easy for me

Ezra tore open the shades while the sun was still up, and I squinted and pulled the blankets over my head The little experience I had with the sun so far e to relive that Fully dressed and whistling an old Neil Young song, Ezra went about the rooet up