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When the kiss slowed, I pushed myself away from him to slide under the comforter He watched every movement like he was afraid to ot up and kissed hts went off and seconds later he was back and flipping off the lights in the loft Pulling off his shirt, he let it fall to the floor before crawling back into the bed with ht, he wrapped his arain and pulled me close as we slowly drifted off to sleep

Chapter 11

Grey

August 13, 2014

I RAN INTO the safety of my parents’ house from the su offtoward the stairs Before I’d even hit the fourth step,in theback so I was staring at the ceiling "If it’s a bill, I don’t want it," I grumbled even as I turned around and headed into the kitchen, where h the e manila envelope, and I blew her an obnoxious kiss as I turned around to head toward the stairs again

"I’ for a run!"

"Okay Hoork?" she called out after me

"Fine," I lued to the envelope in my hands

My brow furrohen I didn’t find a return address, and even though my name and parents’ address was coe s A sense of dread slowly unfurled in houtthe envelope flap down

I pulled out a stack of papers and tucked the envelope underof dread intensified as the open space of the entryway seemed to close in on me

The top sheet of paper had the typed-out words: Don’t let hiet e have My head shook back and forth as I fanned through the rees, each one a printed-out picture of Ben and e at the end Like soe at the end and a dedication at the beginning All it was et?"

My head snapped up at the sound of htness in my throat twice before I could ask, "This was in the mail?"

"Yeah, honey, why? Are you okay?"