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He sweeps fallen strands of his hair out of his eyes then signs, "We’re going somewhere"

I frown "Somewhere for my father?"

He shakes his head "Actually, your father’s out of town for a businessall weekend, so hopefully, he won’t find out ent out tonight In fact, he can’t knoe left the house tonight You have to agree to this before we go out I need you to promise you’ll be able to keep it a secret from him"

I don’t knohy, but I absenter to the silver butterfly pendant bracelet around ave me Sheproood at Well, except for the pills I’m supposed to take I haven’t touched those since I moved out, but I tell s them up

"Okay, I pro?"

"It’s a surprise" He fishes his phone froers tap the screen as he sends soive me surprises?" I ask skeptically as I slip on ive you a lot of firsts"

When the phone beeps, he reads the e, stuffs the phone back into his pocket, and then offers rin I’ve ever seen

"How do you know I haven’t done e’re doing tonight?"

"I don’t know, but I have a hunch"

"Do I," I peer down at my cutoffs and tank top--definitely not the attire I nore?"

He waves ht in" He offers ht now, and I find h his But then I remember how he’s been sweet since I firstfor ht back up

I need to protecthis hand, I fetch my wallet from the counter then wrap et to find out where we’re going?"

My rejection causes hiet there I want it to be a surprise"

"That’s putting a lot of trust in you, isn’t it?"

"You don’t trust me?"

A small part of me does trust him; the part that remembers what it felt like to kiss hi no one has ever let er part of me remembers how he showed up on my doorstep with my father

"I’m not sure," I reply honestly

He nods then opens the door and steps out into the stairway I give one final glance over my shoulder toward the hallherehis head in approval