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"So?" I said laughing

"I never told you why I stopped writing you, calling you, that year"

"You didn't have to Harley We didn't owe each other anything"

"Yes we did, and that's why I stopped'"

"I don't understand," I said closingto him

"I thought to ht to write her, to call her, to cause her to believe you can take care of her and be the , stop daydreao to work

"Then, time passed You saw other boys I had dates but I couldn't shake it Summer"

"Shake what Harley?"

"Your face from their faces," he replied

My heart see to be nudged for real, to be touched for real

"What are you saying, Harley?"

"I' I feel confident now, confident and coht remember our wish I know you're not really involved with anyone else," he added with a smile "Roy's been my spy"

"Is that right? No wonder he's always around whenever I go anywhere with anyone these days,"

Harley laughed

"Of course, he'd never admit that He told me to dos every time we spoke on the phone or he came by to see me"