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“But can I take that chance? He would destroy h, but once I’m in even deeper than I already am? How could I co a piece of your soul shredded? It’s so early and I already feel like I was halfway there” The tears pooled in my eyes
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Julia, do you have any idea how e this is for our family?
Julia, we’re going to have to rethink your participation in your sister’s wedding We don’t want to cause a scandal
You’d think ere Kennedys orup appearances was to my s I’d had said about me People behind their keyboards had certainly had a field day with
Their words floated infor a nice soft place to burrow and infestreveal with notes I’d scribbled in their yearbooks and everyone was a handwriting expert now
The internet pitchfork et to lay in Berk’s arht Watch his face when he walked into the house for the party Alexis and I had planned
She’d given id water My plans for Berk’s birthday were in play Anytime I texted her with an idea she’d replied iotten her to see I wasn’t just a user I could only i over Berk all the tiested I recreate a kid’s birthday of sorts Kind of like the ones you’d have back in the classroom that everyone loved so much because it meant cupcakes instead of whatever math worksheet the teacher had planned
Now I’d have to let Alexis know the party was cancelled I curled up even tighter Maybe she could still throithout me My heart felt like someone had taken a hammer to it—the claw end A birthday party would help take Berk’s mind off how I’d slammed the door in his face as he asked me not to
A figure loomed in my doorway and I screamed
“Jesus Christ!” Nick ju his chest His bare chest With a torapped around his waist “Are you ever dressed?!”
He tightened his grip on the towel “Sure, for classes and stuff And it looks like you’re having ayou”
“Bug me for what?”
“That poone Do you maybe have some more?”