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The girl was in the other rooht even watch her A part of me wanted to, very badly To see her body Her nakedness…

“You do knohat this ht?”

“Broderick stop,” my roommate replied with a dismissive wave “You don’t know that”

“Oh no? You don’t think so?” I was even angrier now He wasn’t just exhibiting carelessness, noas disrespect “Don’t forget which one of us has seen this before I’ve been through this, Damien All of it Remember, I was made years before you were”

We stopped iirl — Serena, her nah the kitchen and toward the door, as I knew she ht

I couldn’t let her leave though I called out her name

“Don’t go,” I pleaded “We have so to tell you”

She didn’t care Couldn’t care, really Not that I could blame her I’d been an asshole, and an obnoxious asshole at that My quick temper was one of the worst of my many faults

“You need to knoe are…”

Her hand stopped turning the door knob, and I took a breath I had to be careful here, but I also had to be thorough No matter how carefully we approached it, the concept was always hard to accept I thought it h For one of her Order

“To be honest,” said Damien, “it’s more about e are”

I shot hiain

“Look, I need to get going I’ve really got to—”

“—call Xiooro?” I finished for her

Her hand dropped from the knob It was obvioushad her full attention