Will tells me he couldn’t find me the previous night, even though he kept searching. I feel a prickle of guilt. I should have found him last night and told him to go back to his dormitory.165Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmbQ1JUBkTp
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I’m afraid of what he might think of me, but I still tell him about the classroom and ask for his opinion. I hesitantly tell him Roanna’s idea about the psychiatric hospital.165Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6SqWyFAH08
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“It was a lunatic asylum?” he says. “So what is it now?”165Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr2L0nZjpt4
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“Ha, ha,” I say, leaning against the closest tree to block out the window.165Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf3LzKaClcZ
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I would prefer to hang out with Will indoors, but he prefers to be outside—even in the rain. He’s a complete nutter, but that’s probably what I love most about him.165Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ27G0OdwblJ
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“I wouldn’t worry about the ghosts,” he says, sitting down in front of me.165Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMKkPmZfYX5
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“You didn’t see them, though.” I shudder as the scene flashes before my eyes. “I will never again roll my eyes when someone has a ghost sighting.”165Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfLV255AASt
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Will closes the space between us and laces his fingers through mine. They feel light and cool. He looks like he’s about to say something but closes his mouth and turns away.165Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPDz2oz3n6g
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“What is it?” I gently squeeze his hand.165Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsZgGBJgdtP
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He looks at me as if deliberating and finally says, “I have a surprise for you. I wasn’t going to show you until the spring.”165Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDXoFBNMkMt
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“Oh, what is it?” I say, glad for a distraction and warmed at the thought that Will has something for me. “I suck at being patient. Please tell me.”165Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ25Ivs2noqC
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He stands without letting go and helps me to my feet, smiling. “How can I refuse? I’ll show you.”165Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYrGrECvAQN
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We walk hand-in-hand through the grounds, but none of the other students spares us even a glance. It isn’t that I want attention, but it surprises me that nobody is the least bit curious about the girl Will Poynter is holding hands with.165Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpafZ1ZaFuG
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He leads me unnoticed to a hidden away corner of the garden and gestures to some flowering shrubs.165Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdo957yqSk9
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“Pretty,” I say, stepping toward them and smelling. They don’t smell like much.165Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz7hIUcvjDT
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“Camellias,” he says. “I’ve been growing them for you.”165Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvllQF3cYXd
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I stare at him, my eyes filming over. Nobody has ever done anything half as sweet for me. I want to tell him so, but instead, I just say, “Thank you.”165Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD8LVRIk84C
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He leans like he’s about to kiss me, but then pulls away at the last moment. The pounding of my pulse fizzles into disappointment. You would think two years is long enough, wouldn’t you?165Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQoDbtTqLEY
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