“Will,” I say, reaching the camellias. I press my hand against my chest, trying to catch my breath. Deep pinks and oranges stain the sky.753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtjtnv0EgGZ
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“What are you doing here?” Madame Pommier stands up from behind the camellia shrubs, an emerald pendant in her hand.753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB24QDXynQb
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“What are you doing here?” I say with surprise and a tiny prick of irritation at seeing her in our secret place.753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYn2ypQLKcT
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“The veil is thinnest here,” she says. “This is where I’m sealing it off.”753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡimIF8BkTDN
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My heart catches. “No, wait. Please. Can you stop it for just a little while?”753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkSo2ZWNrcc
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She shakes her head. “Once it starts, it can’t be stopped.”753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyP8k8lNaPA
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“No,” I murmur, clutching the bottom of my sweater. Will.753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX7vJYvhAdG
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“Cami.”753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBIV4ynygbn
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My head snaps up. Roanna stands there, her giant curls wilder than usual. Her specs reflect the sunset, so I can’t see her eyes.753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvD7LJRXfEw
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In my selfish desire to be with Will, I finally see Roanna’s side.753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9xA3rNTtRb
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“You were right, Ro,” I say, my voice breaking. “I’m sorry.”753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlNsy1CM3DV
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Roanna hurries to my side and hugs me.753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNXXsubja58
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“Cami,” an even softer voices says.753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3eHH6AyeFX
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All three of us look up. It’s Will, but it looks like I’m seeing him through a frosted window. I release Roanna and take three big steps forward so I’m directly in from of him. I hesitantly reach a hand out, almost expecting it to go through him.753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpAzgdwTfuk
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“Cami! No!” Madame Pommier says sharply. “If you touch him with this closing in progress, we have no idea what it could do. You could be pulled into his time.”753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVvmkdGZHyf
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“Or he could be pulled into ours,” Roanna says.753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwSYySgSGxE
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Her gaze is off to the side. I follow her gaze and see a pretty, young nurse standing there, faint and transparent like Will is. She watches us with wide eyes.753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMwlSk7J47l
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“There will have to be an exchange,” Madame Pommier says. “Equivalent exchange.”753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvLC2XWhxxu
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“Do it,” Roanna says quietly. “It’ll be okay. I understand now. I belong there.”753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhGbTyyGVtF
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There’s a finality to her gaze that terrifies me, but the sun is going down quickly, and there’s very little chance to think about it.753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHL5TqfZjd4
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“Can’t you both stay?” I ask. My voice barely comes out.753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh6ENYmsEzv
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She shakes her head and walks over to the nurse, holding a hand up. Turning her head to face Will, she says, “Just do it. Touch her.”753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7QWhvY43yV
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“Stop it. I can’t allow you to do this,” Madame Pommier says. But she seems unable to move out of the circle she’s made in the dirt.753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl6e4GMJO3z
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Will’s hand closes around mine, and the image of him begins to sharpen at the same time as Roanna’s image begins to dim and frost over. She smiles at me. Her hand is locked with the nurse’s.753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS2JRjQ46Ft
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“Goodbye, Cami.” Even if I can’t see the tears in her eyes, I can hear them in her voice.753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡngqo3Q4z4g
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I want to reach out toward her, but Will anchors me in place. He pulls me closer to his body—which is warmer than it’s ever been before—and watches her. Through him, I can see he recognizes within Roanna the longing to be elsewhere and how it feels to belong somewhere other than where you are.753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPOzHZ50pUR
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“It’s a psychiatric hospital,” I tell her, even though it’s already too late. “You don’t want to go there. You don’t want to be a patient.”753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbG7wvWrTy3
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“A patient?” Now I hear the smile in her words. “I intend to be a doctor. Cami, there’s one more thing you need to do.”753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRMuoB91ky9
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And somehow, I know what it is.753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ53ZKuMXl8I
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“Cami, don’t,” Madame Pommier says, taking a step toward me.753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3KbV3a6RVa
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The emerald glints in the vanishing light. I thread my arms around Will’s neck and pull his mouth down to mine.753Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ92MTgcR01
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