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Sawyer laughed a little and gestured at the s behind him "I have an entire ocean h"

She stared down at the peeled orange in her hands, al herself to eat it When she finally took a bite of a wedge, she instantly regretted it Normally she loved the fruit, but now it tasted horrible, as if the juice were rie, unable to eat anywith it?" Sawyer asked, watching her shake her head in disgust

"No, I don’t think so" She wiped her et you soe

"No, that’s okay I don’t think I’ry after all"

"Are you sure?" Sawyer asked "Because I don’t have anything else to do, and I can make a pretty mean omelet"

"That’s okay," Ge away froo lie down"

"Okay," Sawyer said, sounding disappointed

He hadn’t been that excited to see her, but he still seeht not have the sairls had, but she was still a siren Without even trying, she could still enchant aback up the stairs Taking a bite of the orange had made her feel even worse than she’d felt before As soon as she got to her rooainst it

Her whole body was shaking, and taking in deep breaths of the salty air didn’t seem to help She wiped the cold sweat froer she could do this Eventually she’d have to feed

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Both Harper and Brian had really let the housework slide since Ges, so the house was in disarray Newspapers were strewn about the living room, and empty beer bottles covered the table next to Brian’s chair In the small laundry roo out the door, but that had been building up since before Ge their mess of a house, Harper chewed her lip She didn’t want to clean, and it wasn’t out of laziness It just felt sacrilegious soht to resu

The problem was that Harper didn’t knohere else to look, and real life didn’t stop just because Gee still needed to be taken out The lawn still needed to be o to work