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Cooper took his ti and let it run a good ten ot ho was done doing his business Cooper let the bundle of fur follow hiive a rat’s ass

He lay in the dark for a very long ti that had no answers for him His mother was sick but okay He’d kissed a woman he barely knew, and it was all he could think about A woman with scars that could be seen and a lot that were hidden

Just like Holly

“Shit,” he rabbed his pillow, punching it hard until it was just right Holly Adams had nearly done him in

It was a good thing, then, that Cooper wasn’t planning on getting involved with a wo there He needed to put Morgan Caet some sleep

He needed to finish his book and get the hell out of Fisher

With a plan firmly in place, Cooper relaxed, but sleep was elusive and daas breaking when he eventually fell under its spell

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August 15, 1951

Thoo all the way, but I’m so confused I mean, I love him and all Every tis in h ht, I even let Thomas take off my shirt Good Lord (I can tell you, journal, that I’ as I write) I let him take off my shirt and put his hands inside my bra, and then he undid it Thoood when he touched ht of what Mairls of a certain reputation, and I got scared

I think Thomas was a little bit mad when I asked him to stop It was hard for him I could tell His face was red, and he was all sweaty And that little tic beside hisa mile aplace, and he hasn’t called s up, because I love hi

Maybe I should just let his he wants to do? Will he think less ofin love so hard?

VP

Why indeed, Morgan thought

She closed the journal and tucked it back in the folder she kept in the top drawer of the desk she worked at She pushed back on her chair and stood on stiff legs She’d been up here for hours, and with the sun setting in the sky, she kneas time to leave