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I’d tried to apologize to him, but he’d remindedby blacking out or shutting down to the point that Vaughn would have been able to do anything he wanted to me He’d said my behavior was more in line hat he would have expected to see

It’d been a coh I knew he hadn’t exactlyto an extraordinary situation like a normal person instead of a freak asn’t in control of his own mind or body

I hadn’t looked at any of the cohn had uys talked about specific posters and whether or not they were Stylianos if I was around

The picture I’d had to take with Luca had been another really rough ti at thehand on my head like I was a prized pet had otten the i had said it would work, Vaughn had told everyone to leave Luca had already been on his feet, stopping only long enough to help me up Then he’d been out the door like a shot I’d stood nuone for a long walk on the beach and he’d held my hand the entire time

I’d never looked at the picture

During the week, King and Con had coone and Luca had spent most of his time holed up in his office Dinners were the only tiy

And while the lack of leads seemed to cause Luca to withdraw into hi very unexpected on my third day at the house

He’d had flowers delivered

And not flower arrangements

Actual flowers

For e

There’d been dozens of types and they’d kept co with a slew of different kinds of vases and bases I’d been shocked, but when I’d tried to thank hiehn had see to Luca

Most of e hts found hn, I was thinking about him

Yeah, I was definitely addicted to him

But I didn’t knohat that meant when all of this was over

“Don’t you agree, Aleks?”

The sound of hts

“What?” I asked I looked down at the food on ed to eat quite a bit of it while I’d been lost in thoughts of Vaughn