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"I thought you couldn’t turn if you were dead," he said but didn’t open his eyes

"I don’t knohy it worked, but it did" Mae walked closer to him, and he didn’twe could do was turn you, so he did And then we took you back home and took care of you and loved you"

She put her hand on his chest, and he let her, but he was visibly shaken His heart beat erratically, and the color drained from his face

"Why didn’t you tell me this before?" Jack asked as evenly as he could

"The last thing you re and frightening enough in the beginning," she said "We didn’t want to add to it, so we let you believe that the girls had done it"

"So you lied to one icy "You lied to ht that was a better alternative?"

"No, we just… I didn’t kno to tell you," Mae floundered

"Whatever" He pushed her hand off him and stormed out of her bedroom I went after him because I felt I should, but I had no idea how I could help hi after him She tried to touch his arm, and he jerked it back fro!"

"It changes everything!" Jackroom before he whirled on her "You killed h his hair, and he couldn’t process what she told him "And you covered it up! How could you lie toto , and it wasn’t lying!" Mae looked away fro with tears "We just let you believe what you wanted"

"Bullshit!" Jack yelled "You let me believe what you wanted me to believe! You didn’t want to tell me that you had almost left me for dead! And if Ezra had been there, instead of Peter, you would have! He never would’ve let you turndown the stairs at precisely the wrong ti able to feel everything Jack felt He had his ar up He’d always thought they’d been so ht that they saved him, when really, he had just been a casualty

"Why didn’t you ever tell er on Ezra "Youhas been a lie" He gave Mae a disparaging look, and she shied away from it Apparently, he didn’t approve of the way she told Jack

Cautiously, I took a step towards him Jack wasn’t mad at me in particular, but he felt kindaroo roo Milo had smartly decided to stay behind in Mae’s room to hide