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“I see you, Ty,” she assured “I’ve always seen you”

“I don’t kno I feel about that”

Exposed That was how he felt With his every secret revealed to the entire world

Only she wasn’t the entire world She was one small woman…

Vicki

But she was rapidly beco his entire world

He sed, the sound so loud he was sure it echoed in the silence of the room She didn’t seem to notice Instead, she took another step toward him

“Why did you ask ht?”

“I wanted to see if there was soether”

“The rest of our time?”

“The next feeeks…”

“The next feeeks before we go our separate ways?” she clarified, and he nodded uncertainly Her voice had gone cold Her words were stilted, and he wasn’t sure how to respond to that

“Yes?”

“Okay”

This big, duh and stared into his beautiful eyes, canvassing that handsome face His expression was painted with hints of vulnerability, uncertainty, and so close to terror

It appeared that he was still wholly coinal timeline A few more weeks athi close to perhtly All she had to do was look around this place and see howpeople close

He said Chance had called his wall of pictures a shrine…but it wasn’t just the wall It was the whole damned flat The way he had showcased their lives and achieve his own into a drawer She looked around the flat and saw nothing of Ty in here His ly pottery pieces that were probably hers as well, his brother’s guitar, his father’s foil things…Dylan’spride of place

But nothing that screamed Ty

She saw hi, happy, vibrant

Alive a the dead