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“How have you been?” he asked, glancing over at me He rubbed his thumb over the back of his hand

“I’ve been okay Helping s for the rest of the spring and summer”

“Are you happy?”

“I’ new people I don’t knohy I always reat work and I enjoy it” I was ra, but I couldn’t help myself

“Are you happy?” he repeated

“Are you?”

“No Not even a little bit I am completely lost without you, Rachel”

“I doubt that, Killian You got everything you wanted, right? Managed to stick it to Rhys Got your co the way You should be incredibly happy” The anger seeped back into h I tried to keep it at bay

“I apologized to Rhys” He chuckled at my wide-eyed expression “Trust me, it wasn’t easy I have the literal scar to prove it,” he said, pushing the hair off his forehead A red line sliced across his forehead just above his right eyebroinced It must have been painful

“I’h ive you your tour” I stood and started walking His heavy footfalls landed behind me

We got to the exhibit and I showed theh all the iteht He listened to every word, but other than a sparing glance at what I described, he didn’t look at anything in the cases His eyes were glued to mine

Asaround ravitational pull was so I’d never be able to resist And I didn’t want to I’d gone on exactly one date since leaving and I didn’t even make it until dessert I felt more in the hour I walked with him mainly in silence, than I had in almost four months away fro hie wouldn’t come back?

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KILLIAN

I was losing her Not that I’d had her, but I could tell her doubts were eating at her, gnawing at her I knehat that did to you How it could ht in front of you