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No smile curved his lips “Not silly You said, ‘Let’s leave them here That way a part of us will always exist under this old tree When we’re old, we can corandchildren’”

“Oh, my God,” she whispered “That’s exactly what I said”

“I tried to forget, Mad I ran and ran until there was nowhere left to go A lot of the tiet, but the words were always back there, buried inside me” He took her hand in his and placed the cheap, filthy jewels in it “I never forgot you I know that doesn’t ot…”

She wanted to say I love you right then, wanted to say it so badly, the words burned in her throat “I never forgot you, either”

It wasn’t the right thing to say, but it was all the courage she had This moment meant too much; she couldn’t jeopardize it ords he wasn’t ready to hear

“Let’s go on the Ferris wheel,” he said

She smiled at him and nodded He pulled her to her feet and held her close Together, clinging to each other like teenagers in love, they strolled down the e puff of cotton candy and pulled off a winding, sticky strip

He stopped in front of the Ferris wheel, shaking his head at her “I can’t believe you’re going to eat that stuff in front of a heart patient”

“You never did like it”

Surprise darted across his eyes, and then he sot hoell you knew me”

She pulled off another piece and popped it in her mouth

He pulled out the bandana and wiped the sticky smear off of her nose “You should have had stuff like that as a kid,” he said

She tried to laugh, but it wasn’t funny and they both knew it

“Come on” He took her hand and led her onto the Ferris wheel The ride operator—a young girl with bleached hair and a pierced nostril stared at Angel in obvious awe

“M-Mr DeMarco,” she said, “are you the one who rented us for the night?”