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Now I’ll be the bestirl I love includes me when she talks about her future

I open the box inOlivia’s ashes

Yeah, there are certain lies in life we convince ourselves we have to believe and those are the ones that lead us to self-destruction But as we grow, as we mature, we learn how to search for the truth We learn that our lives are not determined by fate, but by our own free will

Olivia said I’d knohat to do with her ashes when I found peace and she was right I open the bag and let the wind carry her ree and into the valley below "I’ve finally learned how to let go, Olivia I’ve finally learned how to let you and Mo into consue A feipes of irl in the world pops onto the screen

"Did you do it?" she asks, and concern mars her hazel eyes "Did you release her ashes?"

I nod "Thanks for being here with me"

"Anytime Do you want to talk about her?"

I’ve done that--told Breanna stories about Olivia, but the past isn’t where I desire to be I belong to the present and even maybe my future "Are you still interested in those northeastern colleges?"

Breanna gathers her hair away from her face while she nods "I’ll be home this summer"

She’s worried about distance, but I’m not "I talked to the board We think it’s time the Terror and the security company expand, and those places you mentioned--New York, Massachusetts--sound like areas that need someone like me to plant a new chapter"

She shrieks with joy "Please tell "

"Never" Breanna may never understand howlike this with you"

Breanna blinks like she’s on the verge of tears, and hating that I can’t hold her, I press forith conversation "Help me narron the field of where the Terror are headed I have a lot of work to do and only a few months to do it"

She wipes her eyes, sucks in a breath and begins telling ether in