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"I want to help you, Eers and pull her onto my lap

"But I’ as she blinks back the tears "You shouldn’t want to help me"

"No, I should I really, really should because… I care about you, En theI ever have in my entire life "And honestly, everyone is crazy in their oay, depending on how you look at it"

She looks at h sputters froht now?"

My lips quirk "More serious than I’ve ever been"

"So, we’re really going to do this?" Hope gleaether? Because it just seeether and nod uess the choice is fitting"

She stares ather ar that I ht choice

"But what about Stale?" E to allow us to do this?"

I shrug "Doesn’t really ainst everyone What’s one rees then leans in to kissfeels right And I truly believe there’s more perfection for us in the future now that Emery and I are finally free from our past Are finally free to be ourselves and live the lives we’ve alanted to, under our own freewill Together We won’t have to go through this alone

I kiss her back fully, cupping the back of her head and pulling her closer

Suddenly the door creaks open "I’et dressed, betterthefrom the bed and scramble to put on our clothes By the ti her hair into place and I’aze dances back and forth between us before landing on o" He looks at Eoing to drive you to the airport"

Emery sucks her bottoive her hand a squeeze before turning to Stale

"We want to go together," I sign to him The movement of

Stale immediately shakes his head "It’s too risky for the two of you to go together It’ll make it easier for someone to identify you or track you down"

I nervous pop ht It could be ether Do I want to put her at risk like that?

"I want to go with him," Emery chimes in "I don’t care if it’swith her shoulders "Unless you’ve changed your n, feeling like an asshole "That’s it, E I promise"