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I’ve heard people use those words a million times in a million different ways and until now never knew that it was an actual thing, a real ache But watching her little face with equal parts wonder and sadness made me feel it for the first time, and not for the first tinored, she was the one to get under my skin?
By the tiht, she seemed in deep contemplation, so there was no need for conversation I’ate around the shit in my head, so her silence elcomed I walked around to help her down from the truck e pulled into her driveway “I’ll pick you up tomorrow The phone is still unlocked, so call me if you need me”
I didn’t walk her to the door but watched until she disappeared inside I sat out there for I don’t kno long or what I expected, but when there were no raised voices reaching ured it was safe for ut
I was halfway back to the house when I made a sharp turn and headed in the opposite direction, heart racing and sout I’d al up behind me Lance! What the heck does he want? I’d left hioodbyes and expected him to be halfway home by now
I didn’t change course just kept driving to the school’s parking lot “Why are you following me?” We met between the two vehicles If Pop had put him up to it, he wouldn’t have been so obvious; besides, Pop’s spy squad was hiding across the street
Not sure how the cops haven’t picked theh the streets with their lights off I could take it easy on them, make their jobs a little bit easier, so they didn’t have to break the law, but where’s the fun in that?
“I wasn’t planning to until I saw you head away fro at a jog Neither of us spoke until ere inside, headed for her locker
“Why are we here again?”
“So you said earlier sparked a memory”
“What the hell did I say that made you want to commit B and E?”
“Shut up!” I popped the lock on her locker and felt ain as I saw the sketch pad inside
Ruffling through the pages, I found what I was looking for “What’s that?” Lance looked over my shoulder
“I think it’s her mother’s perfun, but there were no words, which otten the name since most artists of her caliber would’ve added every little detail