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Party? I’d forgotten about the party "Maybe," Rowan answered for us

"We’ll be there," I said Bradley winked, then took off down the hall

Rowan exhaled slowly "That guy is too much"

"I like hied into This one featured a cat holding a piece of pizza in one hand and a taco in the other A purple-and-black galaxy played out in the background

"I think I like this one evenat it

"Thanks" He lifted the familiar coffee-stained book into the air "Ready for an adventure?"

"You mean am I ready to walk back out into the cold?" I flourished le had a completely different temperament The heavy clouds had thinned into a soft haze, and water lapped restfully against the edges of the cliffs We rode past a ns about a local hero, a dolphin na tourists for decades

"We’re here," Rowan called back toup speed as we curved down to a small inlet

"Wow," I said

"I know, right?" Rowan said

The sand at Inch Beach sparkled a deep gray, the sun kissing it with a touch of glitter The tide was low, and silver ruffles of water unfurled lazily onto the shore Out on the water, sunlight fragmented into kaleidoscope shapes Stress s opened up I took the first deep breaths I had in days

Next to the sand was a s with SAMMY’S STORE stenciled on the side Large swirly script read:

Dear Inch must  I leave you

I have proo

To lish last year about the si by Woods on a Snowy Evening" and Emily Dickinson’s "A Bird, caet things like capitalization and punctuation right, but it didn’t matter because you could still hear exactly what she was saying

As we ed fro each other in a feisty gairl up in the air once she caught up with her

"She reirl now sat co around them in a circle