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“I’h the door In the next second the door was opened, and she was standing with her hair bound up on top of her head, with nothing but a torapped around her “Carter”

“Do you answer the door to all strangers in a towel?” he asked

“Erht you were ot into an argument”

He tilted his head to the side, watching her “Is that why I got my answer?”

“No It’s not You got that answer because I finally realized that I didn’t do anything forwas the only thing that waselse”

“Why?”

She hesitated, and released the door, letting him inside He flicked the lock into place as he entered her apartht crea the bottom Pictures of her family were everywhere He liked it

“Why what?”

“Why did you do everything else that everyone else wanted you to do?”

She stood, staring at hihtly daet hard

“I don’t know Because I felt like I was such a failure that doing what they asked was the only thing I could do?” She shrugged, holding onto the towel as if it was a lifeline

“Is this because of your dyslexia?”

“Don’t bring it up Don’tdeal”

“It’s not a big deal”

She released a sigh “You don’t knohat it’s like to be compared”