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.697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfGPEZQ8I5M
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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.697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfBnam73Dsa
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“It was a lunatic asylum?” he says. “So what is it now?”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVF2MmOBkOA
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“Ha, ha,” I say, leaning against the closest tree to block out the window.697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRNAGx7EKV8
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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.697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4YjwKLkMDq
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“I wouldn’t worry about the ghosts,” he says, sitting down in front of me.697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYcoJx8GoBR
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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.”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡayeV8giJs0
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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.697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzMoTo5xnZu
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“What is it?” I gently squeeze his hand.697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ75v8zdk7a
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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.”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvLOQnrRWmx
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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.”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeIJgdRvWrO
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He stands without letting go and helps me to my feet, smiling. “How can I refuse? I’ll show you.”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd8qowG4pLm
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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.697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPOAeGxRVuy
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He leads me unnoticed to a hidden away corner of the garden and gestures to some flowering shrubs.697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrLx8iwnbGD
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“Pretty,” I say, stepping toward them and smelling. They don’t smell like much.697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡANUPQdJOw1
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“Camellias,” he says. “I’ve been growing them for you.”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFCTre2XmSw
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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.”697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJd5qvzUKPd
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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?697Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS8vyhWjbNw
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