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"Nothing?" Luc squawks "It’s everything Check this out"

Then he’s pulling up the video on his phone and handing it to Ophelia

She watches in silence, but I can see the way her hands are shaking and how she’s jiggling her knee The others have crowded around to watch it one h she stays as far froet and still see the phone--and I don’t think they notice, but I can’t pay attention to anything else

When the video is over, Ophelia asks, "This is you?" Her green eyes are huge in her white face, and they’re thaton by her fingertips "You did that?"

"It’s okay," I tell her "It was no big deal--"

"No big deal?" Luc again "It was epic, man You didn’t even look You just took off the side of the , and you rode it!"

His voice rings with pride, and still I conte him where he stands I shoot him a look, one that tells hiets it because he closes his e has already been done

Ophelia’s looking at me like I’ve lost mymountain? You didn’t even check to see if there was a path? You just literally threw yourself off the her with every syllable

I shrug I’m totally out of my element here and don’t have a clue what I’m supposed to say

"I can’t--" Her voice breaks, and suddenly she turns away "I need to get back to work," she calls over her shoulder, even though it’s only been tendirection

"Hey, Ophelia, wait," I tell her, hustling after her The girl can reallyup the space between our table and the employee break roo ht now I just can’t"

She swipes her passkey across the sensor, and the door to the break roo it open and stepping inside

"Wait a minute" I shove ht the door of her rooht we ever went out I’ to put barriers between us--any more than I knohy I’ to walk aithout talking to me about why you’re upset? That’s bullshit!"

"Oh, no," she whispers harshly, lowering her voice in an effort to keep this just between us I could have told her it was too late for that--already I can see the other e about "You don’t get to turn this around You know exactly what’s got me so upset, so don’t pretend that you don’t"

"I’ around as if that will get the truth through her thick head "I’m absolutely fine"

"This time," she shoots back "But what about the next time, or the time after that, or the ti stupid, soh it You’re going to die and--"

"Goddaure out what this is really about It takes noring the pain that shoots out from my already bruised knuckles "This isn’t about me at all This is about Remi and that car accident"

"No!"

"Yes Fuck, yes, it is" I pull ain But the look on her face is so pained, so upset, that I end up shoving it deep intobad happened to hi to happen to me, too," I tell her, because I have to make her understand