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"Hello?" Harper answered the phone, and that’s when Daniel finally rolled back, allowing her to sit up "Ge’s fine," Gemma said "I just woke up, and you weren’t here Alex said you had an errand to do or so back?"

"Um, I’ll be back in a few minutes" Harper stood up and walked away fro Did you need anything?"

"No, I just…" Gemma paused "I wanted to uess"

"Yeah, I understand," Harper said "I’ll be hoh, and we can talk ood," Gemma said, and she did sound a little relieved "I’ll see you soon"

Harper hung up the phone and stood with her back to Daniel for a ht at the botto out of his boat When she turned back around to face hi her

"If I don’t talk to you anymore, I want you to know that it’s not because I don’t like you," Harper said carefully "Because it’s pretty obvious that I do"

He lowered his eyes then, probably knowing that whatever was coood

"I can’t have you as a part of my life, because I need to take care of my sister," Harper said "And I do like you, so I don’t want you to end up getting your heart ripped out"

"When you say you don’t want me to have my heart ripped out, do you mean that metaphorically or literally?" Daniel asked

"Maybe both," she admitted "’Bye, Daniel And thank you in advance for understanding"

He gave her a small wave before she turned and darted out of the boat She had to cliet back to the dock, and she practically fell in the water again, but there was no way she was asking for his help

Once she was safely on the dock, she walked quickly back to her car, nearly jogging, and the entire tiht not to cry