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I head into the bathrooet into some casual clothes As soon as I walk in, I notice the red lipstick onbefore I can even coe

Macy was here

She was here in my apartment

She sought me out

My eyes slide over the scrawled, red paste of her lipstick, and my heart starts a mad thu for you

There's an arrow under theon the vanity, is her diary

She fucking gave me her diary

And she's atforfor me

My hand starts shaking as I reach out to take the diary The tie inold foil There's a silk ribbon sticking out from the top that can be used as a books that would identify its owner

I open the book and look at the first page There's no foreword or even a hastily written "Property of Macy Carrington" inside Just her very first diary entry, dated alo

I don't read it, but I can't help but pick up a feords from just a quick scan

Uncle Lies Desperate Sex

It's the story of Macy, but I already know it What's written in this diary, however, is too personal forI do is quickly flip to the last entry, because I suspect it's a e for me

I'm not disappointed as I scan her very last entry

Dear Cal,

I' you my diary because I don't have need of it anymore I don't need it anymore because I have you to talk to You're the person I noant to share allit to you because I want you to know that I trust you with my soul

So, read it or not it's yours to keep just like me

I went to see o Let's just say that you may have had a bit of an influence on s

I realized it was quite simple

I could be happy, or not

I choose happy

Did you know that the heart beats 100,000 times per day? It's true I saw it once on a poster in my doctor's office

Do you knohat that means?

If my heart beats 100,000 ti about you

Love,

Macy

I glance up to theback at rin on his face

I step out of the car, alreadyas the late suulfs me with humid air My mom's inside the house and my dad is off at the farot off the phone withthere