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He finished cutting the fruit, and he went to the cupboard to get out a serving platter Once he brought it back to the island, he arranged the fruit Bobby s the masterpiece that Milo had created

The bedroom door to Mae and Ezra’s room slammed loudly, followed by quick footsteps, and Mae repeatedly saying the word no She appeared in the kitchen, looking haggard Her cheeks and eyes were red fro, and her honey curls were pulled back in a very lared at us

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Ezra followed close behind Mae, looking better than he had in days He didn’t appear as upset as her, but his expression was grim When he reached out for her, she pulled away from him

"Where have you been?" Mae demanded, her war, but he gulped it dohole andhappen?" Jack asked carefully

"Just answer the da us all jump Her hands were balled up at her sides, and stray curls stuck to her tear stained cheeks "You think you all can just coo as you please This isn’t a hotel We are a faized uncertainly I looked to Ezra for help, but he was too busy watching her to give us any hint about what the hell was going on

"Yeah, we’re really sorry," Milo said, more sincerely than I did

"We didn’t mean to not tell you," Jack said "We just left in kind of a hurry, I guess"

"Where did you go that was so iaze on Jack because he had offered thehis arlanced at me, but I shook my head I didn’t want any part of her hysteria

"We just, uh, went to the club to look-" He’d barely gotten out the word "club" before her eyes widened and she cut him off

"The club? Not the va as risky and dangerous as that without even letting hast, and Jack looked at his feet, so she turned to the rest of us "What were you thinking? Do you all have a death wish? Just because you can live forever doesn’tthere after Jane," I said quietly, hoping to appease her some

"If you all want to die, I can’t save you!" She threw her hands up in the air "I can’t save anybody!"