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I didn’t knohat Calliope was up to yet Or how she had et Ethan to allow her to do what she did today And until I found out, I was going to play it safe and protect my people: Wyatt, my brother, and my parents

I had a bad feeling…and until it went away, I didn’t trust her But at least Ethan wouldn’t be alone He had a daughter now

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“We are so old, we have becoain”

~ Hanya Yanagihara

CORALINE

“I’m old,” he whispered softly as he laid his head down onhis eyes

I glanced over to themy head at her, I turned around and looked back to the beautiful man now in my lap Yes, his face had a fewco his five o’clock shadow And yes, his knees soot out of bed quickly

However…“You look just as handsome to me now as you did when I first

met you”

“Liar” He chuckled

“Never,” I said back, putting down my book on the small stool beside the bench ere both on “Shouldn’t I be the one coe?”

“Try aging first!” He sulked, and I laughed “Not funny You look like Helen’s older sister and not by much And don’t you dare say black doesn’t crack; I’ve seen your relatives”

“What are you trying to say aboutrelatives; I didn’t have many of them left Not ones that lived close to us, anyway

“She’s one of the ugliest people I’ve ever seen,” he adhtly because he was right, and I didn’t care so much for her anyway; nevertheless, it was rude He s his beautiful eyes and looking up at me “And mean, while you are still the most beautiful”