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.220Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1VMiAy4gBy
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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.220Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQXOUUdIhlJ
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“It was a lunatic asylum?” he says. “So what is it now?”220Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhNT2eQ1wMW
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“Ha, ha,” I say, leaning against the closest tree to block out the window.220Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZGnF31WYLs
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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.220Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3EEX7cMNsS
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“I wouldn’t worry about the ghosts,” he says, sitting down in front of me.220Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw61Nu6hJdh
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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.”220Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSFwrRE45IF
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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.220Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBLFybTCNTu
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“What is it?” I gently squeeze his hand.220Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXa1Ig4YsoY
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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.”220Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFC5Q1jS4BZ
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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.”220Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfJlZgTVF5F
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He stands without letting go and helps me to my feet, smiling. “How can I refuse? I’ll show you.”220Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsexC7O255V
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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.220Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVywdC7vZBT
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He leads me unnoticed to a hidden away corner of the garden and gestures to some flowering shrubs.220Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDLIix2ddiN
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“Pretty,” I say, stepping toward them and smelling. They don’t smell like much.220Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQWhYqXeKGA
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“Camellias,” he says. “I’ve been growing them for you.”220Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD5r0ASZdPY
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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.”220Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡteJP6mI0cP
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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?220Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPc2JWG5Ezb
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