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.720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡytgH8sV6xK
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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.720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2gsqY8tG9A
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“It was a lunatic asylum?” he says. “So what is it now?”720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBmc36YEC5H
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“Ha, ha,” I say, leaning against the closest tree to block out the window.720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs0egM5VQS2
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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.720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5JUdoF1Rvm
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“I wouldn’t worry about the ghosts,” he says, sitting down in front of me.720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlOEzt01NVY
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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.”720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcmya6GZTpy
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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.720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8hjw9fapM7
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“What is it?” I gently squeeze his hand.720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX9y8Hj32bt
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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.”720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuLoUHJf3kI
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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.”720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaYxgul1W97
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He stands without letting go and helps me to my feet, smiling. “How can I refuse? I’ll show you.”720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXFSuLJU8sJ
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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.720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDDdaq7sp2b
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He leads me unnoticed to a hidden away corner of the garden and gestures to some flowering shrubs.720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW1c23dyYkP
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“Pretty,” I say, stepping toward them and smelling. They don’t smell like much.720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO9SEGAzIIm
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“Camellias,” he says. “I’ve been growing them for you.”720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGfXnK8eeP0
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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.”720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXJ5vD6jdi8
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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?720Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ34UiDOrDGy
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