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She put one hand over her mouth to keep quiet as tears spilled down her cheeks, and she put her other hand on the shelf to steady herself Her whole body shook as she cried, but she ed to stay relatively silent

"Hello?" a voice said behind her

She turned her head to the side, hiding her face as best she could from whoever stood behind her

"U back tears "If you need help finding a book, check with her"

"Harper, I don’t need help finding a book," he said She glanced back over her shoulder to see Daniel

"Daniel" She turned away from him and rushed to wipe her face as inconspicuously as possible "Of course you would come here now" He didn’t need to see her all snot-nosed and sobbing

"Are you okay?" he asked

"Yes, I’rabbed the books, and stood up, realizing that she probably looked the best she could hope for, and turned to face hi?" he asked, his voice ith concern

She lowered her eyes, refusing to look up at hi her He moved even closer to her, so he was ed the books to her chest and stared down at her feet

"I’ froet back to it," she said

"I know you’re working, and I wouldn’t bother you if it wasn’t io so with Daniel right now only ca Geo soive in to the warth of his arms To have hi but hiotten about the ache inside, all the pain she felt about losing her sister and disappointing her family

And that was exactly why she shook her head She wanted to use Daniel as an escape, and that wasn’t fair to him or to her She needed to deal with thesounded far ood idea," Harper said

She wanted to lift her head, to steal a look at his expression, but she settled for looking up from his battered Converse shoes to his torso He wore a T-shirt today, the dark black lines of his tattoo traveling out from underneath his sleeve down to his elbow