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"Tell "

I shook my head, emotionally drained and unprepared to be with Blake at this et up, but Blake tookdesperately to be falling apart somewhere where Blake wasn’t in the audience

"Stay," he said

My angereffect that I both resented and cherished

"Why did you want to see ive oodbye Do you always run off like that?"

"I didn’t think you’d care," I said, eht of alo "Anyway, I had an early flight home"

"Have you heard fro business again "Yes, we’re ?"

I rolledto New York, I suppose it just got siood news"

"Yeah, I’ll have to start dressing , but obviously her fashion sense wouldn’t be the only thing I’d -woman I still couldn’t believe my rooht away, but I held onto an irrational fear that our lives would beginin different directions that would eventually take their toll on the friendship orked so hard to build Only tiood broker" Blake fished a business card out of his wallet and handed it to me Fiona Landon, Licensed Real Estate Broker

"If she’s related to you, I doubt she’d have anything in e"

"She’sup good finds Just tell her I sent you"

I sighed "I told you about my situation to make conversation It wasn’t a cry for help I’ this out onhis thurasp Physical contact with Blake seriously affected ed

I stuffed the card intoI would for the sio until I did

The waitress brought our breakfast, which was delicious and fattening, two requirehly appreciated at theit doith a few sips of Guinness wasn’t too bad either When I wasn’t in e me headfirst into a professional roller coaster, I did enjoy his company We chatted about sports, one topic any two Bostonians could agree on Little by little, he coaxed rim mood

Outside the sun warmed the cobblestone streets as alked back to the car After all these years, Boston still dazzled me The streets had history and its people had a kind of character that always made it feel like home It was impossible to live here and not feel a passion and possessiveness about it