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ttered words were low His narrowed eyes told her he’d heard

“You promised to put the past to rest”

“Hey, I’ve seen your parents and accompanied you to all our old haunts Don’t act like I have”

“This is the last step We both know it” He countered

She bit the inside of her cheek and looked down How can I tell thewith this is where I feel in love with his twin brother?

“Why are you so resistant to this?”

“Why are you pushing it?” Shoving the laptop in her bag she placed the strap over her head, and turned to leave His hand shot out and he gripped the door knob, blocking her

“Because I don’t want ood place for all three of us to air things out”

“And why can’t we do that in your apartaze trained on the floor

“Every tis we’ve done to desecrate it”

“Did he say that to you?” Her chest ached She closed her eyes against the illogical feeling that she’d cheated on Clark This is crazy—ere never even together”

“No But trust me I know It’s in his eyes and the tone of his voice”

“Why didn’t you say that?” Horror filled her All this ti Clark, and he never said a word!

“I didn’t have a plan to fix it then Will you do it?”

“Go out into the woods, sit around a fire, sing ca? Sounds fantastic”