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I should really move Break the connection frouy who has my secrets tucked away in his pocket But, my feet remain fused to the concrete while my heart slams into beco myself to look away

Look away, Ee to step forward,to ask him for the papers back

"Hi I’m Emery Iveryson" Apparently, my mouth has an idea of its own "U like tet noodles "I just h escapeswith uy tilts his head, lifts the cigarette from his mouth, and his lips quirk He stares atcreature he has ever aze ski! "Do you live here?"

Ashes scatter and dance in the air, circle around us, and kiss the silence of our stares as I wait for hi from him

But he doesn’t…

Utter…

A word

Instead, he assesses hly He never actually touches ers across es throughin flames

It’s the most intense moment I’ve ever had

I alaze away froround "Look, did you by chance find a bunch of shredded papers out on the front grass?"

Again, he doesn’t utter a daain He’s not looking atinto my eyes

What if he knows?

What if he read some of the pieces already and knows aboutI can do

I run the hell away