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"It’s strange I thought for a second that you--" His dark brows drew together before he shook his head

"You thought for a second…what?"

"So" He turned to look at the Duaze to o now, Samantha"

I inhaled sharply "What?"

He took a step back as if forcing himself to put some space between us "I need to talk to him alone"

The distance between us helped to clear et you ever ut, and it took me a moment to catch my breath The cold splash of a raindrop hit et I’d ht that we…

That hat? Had a connection because a good-looking but kind of crazy guy had called me beautiful? Because he’d said I was special?

My second bee sting of the weekend hurt like hell

"Fine" My chest ached "I guess you should grab your friend before he finds a dead rat to nibble on"

There was a sliver of regret in his blue eyes--or otten what he needed fro me the brush-off "Goodbye, Samantha"

"Whatever" I sed hard, then turned and walked away, forcing myself not to look back

But even as I left the alley,kid? Did he need professional help to deal with hisboy in the alley Bishop had needed a beaht in order to find? I couldn’t just walk away and forget all about this without having any of my questions answered Even if he didn’t wantthe sharp needles of cold rain, I returned to the small alley and peered around the corner The boys were close enough for me to hear them

The other kid finally noticed Bishop and abandoned his secondhand round "Who are you?"

Bishop didn’t speak right away He cleared his throat first "You don’t know me?"

"No, should I?"

"My name’s Bishop," he said evenly "I’m here to help you"

The other boy eyed Bishop warily "How are you going to helpat all?"

The boy ran a hand through his dirty blond hair, now daht and uncertain "I woke up three days ago in a park north of here with no idea how I got there"

"I kno"