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Neither of us speaks a word the entire walk back Once we’re both inside s are too heavy I don’t want to start driving until we get out whatever it is we need to say Kisses like that can’t linger without acknowledg out the

I watch her for a moment, but she doesn’t move It’s as if she’s frozen Suspended in time between the last kiss and our next one

I buckle up and put the car in drive Nohat? I have no idea I want to kiss her like that a le kiss would end just like that one did With the fear that I won’t reet a decent night’s sleep," I say "We also need to make more notes in case…" I cut myself off

She pulls on her seatbelt "In case soulour drive to Silas’s house, I think about everything we’ve learned today I think about ood huood person is inherent I’ve read enough about how I used to be to know that I didn’t treat people very well Silas included

I can only hope that the person I turned out to be was the result of outside influences, and not because that’s who I’ll always be A vindictive, cheating shell of a person

I open the backpack and begin readingabout files that Silas stole froht implicate my father Why would Silas steal those frouilty, which I believe he is, ould Silas want to hide that?

"Why do you think you stole those files fros "I don’t know The only thing I can come up with is that maybe I hid them because I felt bad for you Maybe I didn’t want your father to go to prison for longer than he already was, because it would have broken your heart"

That sounds like so Silas would do

"Are they still in your room?" I ask him

Silas nods "I think so I’m pretty sure I read soet to your house tonight, I think you should give thelances at me across the seats "Are you sure about that?"

I nod "He’s ruined a lot of lives, Silas He deserves to pay for that"

"Charlie didn’t know you had these?"