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“Don’t be late, Tate,” he said in that raspy voice I remembered from boot camp

“I won’t, Master Sergeant”

Then, I walked down a hallway and saw a larger gym, so I peered inside There, I saw Mira and the cocktail waitress orked with her the night Iat a s harness, a hel shoes on She looked really cute in her little t-shirt and sweat pants, but her expression suggested she wasn’t quite sure about cli

I stood back for ato decide whether I should just turn around and leave, drop off her letters at Lewis’s parent’s house It would be theher in hopes that so more would result

But she was just so damn cute…

In for a penny, in for a pound, randma used to say

I was in way over h I knew it, I dove back in anyway

CHAPTER SIX

Miranda

“You know you want to do it,” Leah said

We stood at the botto wall and looked up Leah had a doubtful expression on her face

“I want to,” I said, “but I also value my life”

We both laughed I looked up the wall to the ceiling and reconsidered my plan to live life more fully I’d always been the safe one – the responsible one The one who did my chores, who came home on time, who did my homework, who sent thank you cards on my birthday

I always asked for periveness

Dan s with him that I would never have done on e insafely hadn’t turned out well for e Like Dan did