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.698Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBBCMFYuX5l
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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.698Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFGl0Uqs4ev
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“It was a lunatic asylum?” he says. “So what is it now?”698Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBOneISIMS6
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“Ha, ha,” I say, leaning against the closest tree to block out the window.698Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCK12H9ts8Q
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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.698Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI9HXuvcqlf
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“I wouldn’t worry about the ghosts,” he says, sitting down in front of me.698Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxz9PaWl7nm
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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.”698Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiWnnKa4dBn
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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.698Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEdRchtKLtc
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“What is it?” I gently squeeze his hand.698Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ960oCL1Daz
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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.”698Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡegX8agsrEU
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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.”698Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKCgY6CR7NW
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He stands without letting go and helps me to my feet, smiling. “How can I refuse? I’ll show you.”698Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzDVthdSxXZ
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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.698Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYHejWmHilV
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He leads me unnoticed to a hidden away corner of the garden and gestures to some flowering shrubs.698Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfbSJzGNkDP
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“Pretty,” I say, stepping toward them and smelling. They don’t smell like much.698Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsbNeRtgE6x
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“Camellias,” he says. “I’ve been growing them for you.”698Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡulzFkKsXOP
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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.”698Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8KqioYrD4F
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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?698Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA9ayzRTnVT
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