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She squeezed her eyes shut

“I get now that they aiting forfor me to come back to them That they needed ain, and she reached for me She kissed me then, her mouth soft and tentative I tasted the salt from her tears and the pain from her heart

It was a slow, lingering kind of kiss that I wanted to keep going, because I could kiss this girl all day, but she pulled away and slipped her hand into o”

The birds sang as we trudged through the darand out of Monroe’s hair when the front door banged open and we both froze

“A little early in thefor a stroll, isn’t it?”

Mrs Blackwell leaned against the railing in a blue and white housecoat that fell al the floorboards, and she stared down at us with an expression that wasn’t exactly pissed off, but it was so was I couldn’t say at the moment

She arched an eyebrow and pinched her lips when neither one of us answered right away

Yeah Okay, maybe she was pissed off

“Mrs Blackwell, I can explain There was a ht and I wanted Monroe to see it”

Her eyebrow arched a little higher

“I called late and she, uh, I guess you were in bed and…”

Daher now

“Well, we kinda fell asleep in the maze,” I finished, a set any sort of fe

Though her eyebrow relaxed a bit, which made me feel a whole lot better

“It’s not Monroe’s fault, so I hope if you’re upset with anyone, it’s me”