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Every fking thing, the good and the bad

“Me and you, we’re pretending,” she whispers There are tears in her eyes and one slips down her cheek I want to stop it with my thumb, I want to kiss the tear away, but I don’t I can’t, not after what she’s said “This isn’t real You’re getting caught up in nothing”

“That’s not true,” I start but she shuts ainst my mouth for the briefest moment before she drops her hand

“It is You don’t want me, not really I’m not who you think I am And you’re definitely not who I think you are There are so many secrets and problems between us, I think our life would be one fked up ether And that’s never going to happen, you know this”

I can’t say anything I know she’s right, noon nothing right now Andfor it

“Twoon her lower lip “Unless you wantplanned, about the anniversary of your sister’s death And clearly I’m not invited”

“I don’t want you to leave,” I say automatically “Two more days, I need that from you”

“Fine” She nods once, her lips thin, her eyes i more, I can tell, but Adele throws open the front door, announcing, “Dinner’s ready!” all cheery-like and it’s such bullshit I throw her a hard stare overa slao in,” Fable says, wrapping her arms around herself as she starts for the front door

I follow her, only realizing later I never found out if there really was another guy or not

~ Chapter Eleven ~

Day 6 (Black Friday), 8:00 am

What lies behind us, and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us – Ralph Waldo E dinner was a disaster, not that I expected it to be anything less Dad invited a few business associates, and while they talked Wall Street and the state of the economy at one end of the table, ere pretty much silent at the other end Fable sat across from me, stubbornly quiet as she picked at her plate full of catered food