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“Why is the house up for sale?” I ask

“You’d have to ask hi her hands in front of her body

I’ this house up for sale is so scary It’s not like I expected him to move here permanently I mean, ould he? He has no permanent ties here, and it’s not like even I make this city my permanent home

But still… we shared a lot in this house I guess I had envisioned us staying here together, and I realize how pompous it is to even think like that when I couldn’t co when he asked me

“I assuht,” I press

“I’m not at liberty—”

“—to disclose that,” I finish, disgruntled “Yes I get that Is there anything at all you can telldown my confident façade “I really need to talk to him”

She just stares, her face stony

“I hurt hi to fix it But I can’t if he stays hidden”

Mrs Osborne’s expression doesn’t change one bit, but she does adht That’s all I can tell you”

It’s not ratefully “Thank you And if you see hiht, please tell him I came by and I really need to see him”

The aloof tone is back “I’ll be glad to pass that e on”

Then she closes the door in my face

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The arena is packed with a record-sized crowd tonight The excitement is palpable, and yet… I just can’t seem to care about any of it

I careat seats down on the ice, right behind the tea us in the sa with Brooke, Nora, and Nora’s ranch er, Raul

I can’t sit still for long With Do my calls or texts, I have no choice but to try to pin hih, just a very heartfelt apology and a request for some of his time, perhaps tomorrow, for us to talk

I run into no issuesit to the level where the box entrances are, the attendants whome well