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But it’s brought

I soon realize I don’t know exactly where I’ steward, and I’ht direction

Not that I need many pointers

The closer I get, theme I’ve found Natasha’s mom and best friend at last

I stop to listen, eventually hearing Natasha’s calmer tones before I decide maybe it’s not the best moment to make myself seen

Turning tosuddenly upset, which only ht down to be with her

All three are by the door closest to the approaching platform

It’s late now, al in at a snail’s pace I can see people waiting outside the

Soet off

I’ Natasha tell her ain, “I don’t want to see him, okay? He’s your husband, but was never a real dad to me”

Her last words see else out

A silence only roup of three

Suzanna clicks her tongue and groans to herself when she sees me

Natasha’s oes a deep shade of red, but Natasha herself seelad to see me

Her features soften, and the creased lines of anger around her eyes shift as her expression changes to one of relief

“I said we’d all be here to see you off,” I say cheerfully Deliberately ignoring everything I just heard and not showing I did catch the tail end of their conversation

“I was just telling myfrom me to her mom with an air of someone whose cavalry has arrived

“I don’t think it’s really anyone else’s business,” Suzanna says, piping in with a raised voice as she looks up at me defiantly

She’s a tall girl, her eyes flashing with real hate for me

But she’s still well over a foot shorter than I a

Renee see

“We could all stretch our legs, even just for tenlike a bit of relief fro, but Natasha looks betrayed at the idea