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When she said it, I hated how the first thing I thought about was all the times he'd toldaround me, how he liked to lose track of ti on my chest

“What is that proverb you always say?”

“Le ntookukhanya ebusuku,” she replied in Zulu

I nodded “The girl with stars in her eyes will shine like the ht… Let me shine, Mom”

She sighed but nodded “I know you don’t want to hear it, but just remember to protect your heart, Guinevere, or it really will break this time”

Eli

Taigi barked, hopping around Masoa’s leg He even howled up at the night sky

I couldn’t blame him, actually I had never seen this many stars in one place in all of my life It was like someone had spilled a million tiny diamonds onto a dark sheet A thin crescent moon sat just to the left of it all

“So, City Slicker” Malik ca his arm around my neck “Cypress so far?”

“It’s just as beautiful as Guinevere described,” I replied as we stopped at the lake, the sky reflected in it

Taigi ran up to me with a stick between his jaws It re, and I threw it for him He fetched and dropped it at my feet

Kneeling next to him, I scratched his neck “So, we are still on for a run tomorrow, then?”

“Aye, Taigi! You’re on the wrong side” Jeremy clapped for him to come over to him

But Taigi lay down, rolling over for me to scratch his stomach

“He’s been in the city for too long, it’s i was back on his feet and running to his side “I’ll see you boys later I’ll let Gwen know you left”