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Although at the back ofto do with Caleb, I hoped that his behavior had severed any attachht have had to hi, we retired to our bedrooms I lay down on my bed But I kneouldn’t be able to sleep I stared up at the ceiling, recalling everything that had happened during the last few days

Feeling restless, I left lass of water and sat down at the table, swirling the water around in the glass, watching as it formed a whirlpool

I tried to distract myself around the apartment for the next few hours and ended up in theto master before we left for Hawaii I played key after key, stopping each ti, as htmistakes

After a couple of hours, just as I felt I’d finally mastered the tune, there was a knock Myat me as she took a seat next tofresh clothes

"What were you playing?" she asked, reaching for my music sheet

"Liszt," I muttered

"Dad will be pleased"

"Yeah," I said, breathing out

A silence fell between us Her eyes roamed my face as I avertedto ask rateful that she didn’t

"We’re going to Anna’s now," she said "You co her out of the roolad to have Anna to distract h the woods until we reached Anna’s ho Ariana opened the door to us We walked through the hallway and entered the dining area Anna was nursing her baby on the sofa while Kyle sat opposite her with Jason

It warain I remembered how deathly pale and how much older he had looked Anna had breathed life back into hi sofa We acquiesced

"How are you feeling?" my mother asked Anna

"Much better," Anna said "The baby and I just woke from a nap" My parents looked at her expectantly Anna cleared her throat and looked at Kyle

Kyle took the cue and said, "Ariana, Jason, let’s go down to the beach"

Ariana looked at me "I’d rather stay here with Rose," she said