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"Can you swim?"

"Yes" But I don’t move Instead, I sort of lock up as Oz treads water for both of us

He smooths some strands of hair stuck to esture One that I like, but aot you Okay?"

Oz kicks hard for dry land, dragging me with him "You jumped toward the rocks You scared the shit out of aze over h me so quickly that I shake Razor-sharp rocks less than a foot froer that you can’t see below the surface

"Isn’t it always the things that you can’t see that hurt you?" Ias he pulls both of us out of the water He i and blood steadily flows froash"

"Thanks"

"You’re welco to bleed Don’t ’s not broken before you try to walk, but first we need to stop the bleeding"

Oz strides over to the small shack of a cabin and undoes a combination lock He disappears inside then returns with a first-aid kit A curse leaves his e He works it over h theif this or that hurts, and after a few minutes declares that he doesn’t believe the bone is broken

"How do you kno to do this?" I ask

Oz closes the now eht uard at the local pool and you know I referee peewee football She’ll be pissed when she hears that no one has refreshed the supplies There’s been talk of bad bacteria in the lakes When we get back to Olivia’s pour some antiseptic over it"

A part of me sinks with so many revelations Several weeks here and I’ve never asked what Izzy does or if Oz has had any other part-time jobs I’ve made assumptions Lots of assumptions and I need to stop "I’m sorry"

"I should have told you which way to ju about you"

Oz’s eyes uilt to fester "I am sorry"