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“Yeah” She gripped her biceps, holding on tight “And a fish”

He raised a brow “You had a fish, you mean?”

“Wh—?” She choked on a laugh “Scotty would never eat Wallace”

“He sounds very well behaved, then”

“Extre her fluffy white Persian cat

“And you want to go back to them?”

She hesitated “Well…”

“To work on your bucket list?” he asked

“I crossed off quite a bit already I think I’ll give it a rest”

He tapped the top of an aisle seat with his fingers “I’ a scene that will le socialto say it anyway I’ to irl I fell in love with on that skating rink all those years ago, and I’ll never forget that I loved you then, and I love you noill always love you, Alicia, no matter how far away you are”

She closed her eyes, tears rolling down her cheeks This was it This was good-bye And the second he finished, he’d walk off that plane, and she’d be in the air, and she’d never see hiain, except maybe in the nehen he finally found the woman ould one day be his wife His queen

And it would kill her

After all these years, and all that pain, and everything that had happened since she saw hihtclub…it was time for her to be honest with herself Deep down, some way, some how, she’d knoho he was the second she saw hihtclub with him Instinctively, she’d known him, because he held her heart in his hands

And alould

“I’ll never forget you, either,” she finally said “I love you, too”