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“Are you on that damn houseboat, child?!” Nadine called out from the dock Between the tree branches, I saw Nadine She was standing on the dock withinto the water It’s not safe”

“Go,” King whispered “I love you” He took a deep breath and disappeared under the water, barelyof my heart the only real reminder that he was ever really there I stepped out from behind the trees and Nadine’s head snapped toward me

Nadine pushed out a hip and stuck her hand on it “Girl, I’ve been looking for you everywhere! What the hell are you doing in there? I caone You scared the bejesus out of me!”

“Sorry I couldn’t sleep and decided to go for a swim,” I lied

“During the storm?” Nadine asked skeptically

“It wasn’t stor when I came out here”

See to accept my answer Nadine tossedback onto the little beach

Nadine guided me back up to the house by my elbow like I was an elderly person who’d wandered off “Not feeling like you’re home just yet?”

I shook my head

Nadine patted ht and there are things lurking in there that most sane people would be very afraid of”

I tried to contain my smile

If you only knew…

Doe

I was about to get back in bed when the light froed in earlier illued it and crawled ontoit on the pillow The ed

I slid the ho for a password I looked around the roofrom the corkboard

S-A-M-M-Y, I typed

The screen unlocked The home screen allpapered with a picture of Sa fro all over his face I sers A candle sat in the middle of the annihilated dessert in front of hi better passwords,” I muttered