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.541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmRU37HsAdl
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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.541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcNuSx8icjx
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“It was a lunatic asylum?” he says. “So what is it now?”541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8yKXmDjlwF
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“Ha, ha,” I say, leaning against the closest tree to block out the window.541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqVssGGnrVd
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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.541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7rcY2VqF7X
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“I wouldn’t worry about the ghosts,” he says, sitting down in front of me.541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPdILgjQRu1
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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.”541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdnLTS1yzkw
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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.541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6HaE7J2Lio
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“What is it?” I gently squeeze his hand.541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe0Xyy2fUOy
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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.”541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBZrH38tHUE
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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.”541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd24FrmYfyl
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He stands without letting go and helps me to my feet, smiling. “How can I refuse? I’ll show you.”541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwHYx1GcWss
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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.541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu2kGwnFbJl
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He leads me unnoticed to a hidden away corner of the garden and gestures to some flowering shrubs.541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ihyW6Kx7R
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“Pretty,” I say, stepping toward them and smelling. They don’t smell like much.541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8l22rSje9k
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“Camellias,” he says. “I’ve been growing them for you.”541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsnQIXNOwWg
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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.”541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSfQGP4YGzQ
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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?541Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsPUrhe39DX
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