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"A job?"

"Shairl It’s not much and it pays very little, but it does come with a small apartment out on the roof terrace"

"An apart Is the apartment nice? But I’m afraid, no, it’s not It’s tiny really, and filled with old furniture You’ll probably hate it and I’ht take pity on me and accept the position and the apartment"

I just stare at her

"What do you say?"

I cry

She wraps her aro back upstairs and you can go settle in that terribly ugly and set this whole day" She stands and takes in to cliot your hands on that invitation card and met us, of course Because maybe tomorrow you’ll see this was a stroke of luck for you"

She knew all along that wasn’t ave her rateful and I want the job and the apartment, I really do But you don’t even know me"

"I’ve been you, Rook I don’t know the details, but we’ve all needed a twist of fate at one tio now So today, I’ll pay it back and be yours"

"Thank you"

"And one day, you’ll be in irl, and you can help change her fate And when you do, and she asks you why, you’ll tell her about me"

We walk up the rest of the stairs in silence after that and when she takes h the studio door we coain Elise says so in French But Elise does not wait for them, because she walks h the lass doors that lead out onto the terrace

It’s one of the h this is a rooftop terrace, there are two s cherry trees on either side There’s even grass on the ground under the trees "How is there grass up here?" I ask as alk past the trees and head towards a s on the far side of the terrace