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Stevie careen floral dress, her red hair up in a ponytail

“Stevie! You look nice So, I was in town and I thought I’d co to call, but I dropped my phone in my toilet This place really is nice”

Nathaniel looked between us both and just headed back inside

“I’o and coht a car” I pointed to the white Audi convertible in her driveith Taigi sitting in the passenger seat

“Gwen, are you all right?”

“Not at all, I think they cheated ht off the lot? It was a little too expensive, but I was in a hurry At first, I was going to take the bus here, but I would have had to walk another hour just to get to your house fro to take a taxi, but I knew that would have looked bad if you all had company So I said, 'What the hell, I’ht?' So I went to the dealership and bought ht?” I pointed back at it and Taigi barked “Taigi loves it”

She walked up to me and placed her hands on my face “You sound like you’ve lost yourokay?”

I bitdown, but it didn’t work Nothing worked, and all I could do was hug her

“Okay, cry first We can talk later”

Chapter Twenty-Five

Love Me Enough To…

Guinevere

Later didn’t come for two days Every time I tried to talk about it, ain Stevie and I sat on the beach, Taigi’s head on my lap as the sun rose over the horizon She handed me the chocolate bar, and I broke myself off another piece

“He calledto know if I had spoken to you He sounded like he was—”

“Please don’t,” I begged, brushing Taigi’s fur “Each tinant If I stayed in his life then I would be jealous, and upset, and…forced to see her as long as he wanted to be withhim in return”