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He wavers by the driver’s side door, and he doesn’t look convinced

"It’s OK," I say again, even though everything inhere forhooodbye"

Slowly, Daniel nods "I don’t like this," he warnsto do it anyway" I reach up on my tip-toes, and drop a small kiss on his cheek "Thank you"

I close the door behind hih the open"And don’t leave it too late The storm will be here soon"

I nod The winds have picked up, and the sky is corey clouds Down by the beach, the water foams at the shore "I’ll call See you in the city"

He backs slowly out of the drive, and then is gone I’m alone

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

I feel the tell-tale hot prickle of panic burning across asps I shake, desperate to keep it together, but I can’t hold it back It’s true It’s all so true It took everything I have to pull ether after Eht I was sofor hiain

He never really loved you

The panic rises I race across the lawn and fu, and it takes et the door open and stuh to the kitchen, sweeping at the counters and ripping at s until I find my purse and the tiny vial of pills

One, two, three are left

I shake theo to the sink and turn on the faucet, gulping the cold water straight froainst the cabinet and clench htmare to end