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After we both put our hats on—sideways, so we could actually lie down—he joinedover hi ever”

“I have to agree”

“Did you ever i the afternoon in a blanket fort as a full-grown adult? Like, ever in your wildest dreams?”

“No, and that’s just one of the ood for me”

“I am?”

“Absolutely” He glanced at me and asked, “Why do you seem surprised?”

“I just can’t quite i to the table I mean, you’re there for me in a million different ways But what have I ever done for you?”

“You really don’t know?” I shook ht me back to life When you showed up on Catalina, it felt like the answer to a prayer All of a sudden, I had this sweet, kind, adorable man in my life, who just accepted me as I was I didn’t have to be ‘on’ all the tiood because I was still so broken Even if all we did was sit together and watch a movie, it felt special, because it ith you What I needed desperately was time to heal, and you were so patient withabout et out of bed in theYoublue eyes and lit up the room with that perfect s in the past I’rateful for you, Will”

That was the best thing anyone had ever said to me in my entire life

Chapter 13

Despite my wonderfully tranquil afternoon, by the ti, the nerves were back “Just take a deep breath,” Riley said, as he rubbed ot this, Will”

“Do I though? The entire files on this one scene What if I blow it?”

“You won’t Also, try not to think of it like that Yeah, this is a key scene in the movie, but what’s really i the book this afternoon, and I can see why this character means so ”