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She sighed “Clearly, I’m not sensible” She threw the stick onto the table and turned toward me There were still balls on the table

“Saying yes and then … accepting this isn’t the end of it, Sian They have rules, order, and they’re going to expect you to co myself to even finish that statement

Sian closed the distance between us, putting a hand on s You’re Williaardless of what it all means” She went on her tiptoes and kissedso, he wants to take over The Society He’s hungry for reed and has been all his life It’s why he et Joan It’s all about what he wants, not about anyone else I’ve got to stop hierous”

“I don’t want it to cost you,” I said “I never want it to cost you”

“And I’uys up Can’t you see this as a roesture?”

I wanted toup”

She sighed and stepped away froht I don’t know everything that’s going to happen or if I’ to be able to handle what they throw at me, but love isn’t easy It’s not supposed to be Drew toldI always thought that was crazy She said real love, the kind of soul-searing, co love, was meant to be painful If that’s true, then I want it I don’t care to be in a relationship I can’t stand Looking back,haze where she barely knows me Every now and then, she comes out of it, and she has these little sparks of memory She becomes the woman I want to meet That’s painful and it hurts so bad because I know I’ this to happen It s, none of them make any sense, and yet most of the world spends hundreds of thousands of dollars to be immersed into the very notion of it We thrive on it I know exactly what I’ upand dull because not athis chance I love you I love Gideon I love Dante and Mateo I love you all, and I know it’s wrong I know to the world I shouldn’t love any of you, but guess what, I’ because this doesn’t feel wrong to ht”

I didn’t stop her as she left the room

Guilt filledher out on it for staying I was a fucking wreck

“You know, she ree, my dad, said

I spun around and found him in the doorway, arms folded, much like how I stood “How much did you hear?”

“Enough to know that you can’t let her go She’s in love with you”

“She’s been through so ain”

“I can tell she’s a strong one, son You cannot force her to be so she’s not If she doesn’t want to leave, don’t force her hand Don’t ht thing letting her go, it’s a fucking lie Trustwithout the one you love is so much worse than you will ever realize”

I stared at my dad “I don’t want to be selfish with her She deserves a life as far away from here as possible”

“She deserves the life she wants, Dante Not you Notto tell her how to live her life She is strong You need to realize it”

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I knehathard to do As es faced us Soether, others not so much

“How are you going to handle the video?” I asked

There was no doubt there was already a press conference being called with a big explanation as to what happened They would do what they could to recover any ied by this