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He wanted them to heal each other

“What are you doing here?” Julia asked She crossed her arms over her chest and this time her stern expression was believable

So believable that all the easy words tied theed to say was, “Caleb Gomez is on my couch”

“He is?” Julia asked “He’s okay?”

“He’s pretty beat-up and in a lot of pain, but, yeah, I’d say he’s good”

“That’s great” She stared at hi breathless moment He wanted her to understand why he was here

“Is that why you’re here?” she finally asked

“No” He nodded “I mean, sort of, but it’s not No”

She leaned against the doorfra this conversation in the hallway, but she wasn’t giving him an alternative

“I want to start over Brand new Like you’re opening that door in Gerain”

She sighed “Why? What would be the point?”

“We’re the point You and me and Ben We deserve a new start”

“I’ve started so many times, Jesse, I can’t even keep track anymore I don’t want a new start”

Well, that stopped him in his tracks “Okay, how about a middle? We deserve a new middle”

“A new hed “Who are you?” She looked over his shoulder “Where’s the old Jesse?”

He grabbed her hands “He’s gone”

She eyed hiht in He let her look at all the scars, the ugly things he’d kept hidden, even the boy he’d forgotten he still had in him “I’m sorry I hurt you,” he told her