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"What?" That’s not how things went down He ditchedseen in public talking to me," he says "Every second you’re near me, your hit points drop Better watch it, or your lifeto drop to zero"

"I don’t even knohat that an effing Reid for too long"

"Says the boy who sits home alone with a bunch of snakes"

"Hey, you would know, spyain the screen "I already told you, that was a mistake"

His dark eyes are centie"

"If you say so"

"Enormous"

"I’ about?

His smile is slow and cocky

I pull back fro a blowtorch up toends ofit away before the blush spreads down ize for lad he bit your head off I hope you have to get a rabies shot"

"A, technically he’d have to get the rabies shot"

"I hate you so le, sarcastic chuckle, "I genuinely felt bad for you I really did, for all of two seconds Guess I was an idiot, because I can see now that nothing’s changed You’re still the saht? More concerned with appearances than anything real Maybe lying runs in your blood"

Chaotic e else I can’t identify Anger Thatwith unshed tears

Don’t you dare cry in front of hih "I"

He doesn’t finish, and it doesn’t matter I don’t care what Lennon Mackenzie thinks Not now, and not ever

"I thought I could co the calmest, most professional voice I can uess I rong All I ask is that if you and your parents have any respect for my mother--"

"Zorie--"

I raise my voice to talk over him "--that you’ll stay out of her business and letto destroy her life, it should be er who doesn’t care about her"

And with that, I walk out of the store

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"You have everything?" Moht of an’s supposed to pick me up in a few oodbye "Good lord, this is heavy"