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Our lips are a few inches apart and I’ve drea in tiether Emily shyly turns her head away We haven’t kissed properly since our night inlike that would require time alone

We’ve been under Eli’s watchful eye since she arrived two days ago It doesn’t help that I’ her with everyone in the club Never realized e experienced before will never happen again Ehter, sister and friend

"So when you start school are you still going to work for the security company?" she asks casually, as if the answer doesn’tfor the security coun I understand why Eun’s not currently on me as I only carry it when I’m on a run Since Emily arrived, I’ve kept it in the safe in the clubhouse, but I’ve caught her searching for it when le her to face me "Even if I had the money for school, I’d still work for them Not full-time, but when they needed me This isn’t just a job It’s a fah I’s "I know It worries uys"

Eh that I can walk beside her and hold her hand She’s worried about the Riot Things have been quiet with them Maybe it will stay that way Maybe it won’t Either way it won’t change hoe live our lives

The forest gives way and we stu A shack with four walls and a roof Emily opens the door and recoils "There’re spiders in there"

I’d bet there’s a few snakes, too "It’s usedIt’s also where a member can lay low if he should need it I can’t say it’s been used like that since Eli got in trouble"

E off the outside of the shack "I don’t get it Honeysuckle Ridge Honeysuckle Ridge That’s all Olivia talked about What was so a it?"

The bag on ain and lead her away from the shack "Come on"

It’s a short trip, but this time there is no path I have to help Emily over a fallen tree and I walk in front so I can push down the overgrowth, but it springs up as soon as I lift hlight the open stretch of grass "This is Honeysuckle Ridge"

Emily sucks in a breath as her eyes drink in the world around her "Wow"

Wow is right Below us is the world Thick trees A view of the river Far off in the distance I could point out h school, the steeple to the church on Main Street Even farther on the left I could show her the general area of Olivia’s cabin and the long stretch that led us to Olivia’s, then ht us here: Thunder Road