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.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3adwj7s29I
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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.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAdC2TJTRDl
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“It was a lunatic asylum?” he says. “So what is it now?”721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡibEKTgymox
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“Ha, ha,” I say, leaning against the closest tree to block out the window.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrTBdzXlgAV
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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.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKlzbT3Cvjl
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“I wouldn’t worry about the ghosts,” he says, sitting down in front of me.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzxurr5RSPg
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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.”721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl6hPfMtSKf
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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.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdQh06H7pJc
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“What is it?” I gently squeeze his hand.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm40Wt7U3XZ
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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.”721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA2VO7WBWMk
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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.”721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlALiTL84rI
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He stands without letting go and helps me to my feet, smiling. “How can I refuse? I’ll show you.”721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr9Malu0bSt
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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.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYyx6laB1BJ
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He leads me unnoticed to a hidden away corner of the garden and gestures to some flowering shrubs.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw2FkucJnXt
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“Pretty,” I say, stepping toward them and smelling. They don’t smell like much.721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnhy7NJ88GU
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“Camellias,” he says. “I’ve been growing them for you.”721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhuWoQiVAYu
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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.”721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr0RGXbqNHO
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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?721Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFdIU80JnC0
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