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.807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcZsV6HW2Ul
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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.807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpB62dbid7v
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“It was a lunatic asylum?” he says. “So what is it now?”807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRZ4xWEP4Hi
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“Ha, ha,” I say, leaning against the closest tree to block out the window.807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Hpw3pYaxp
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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.807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs9VTf5Sqcm
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“I wouldn’t worry about the ghosts,” he says, sitting down in front of me.807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgbuz6orE5p
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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.”807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlO8j2jt6Hb
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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.807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ87ochtxAJh
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“What is it?” I gently squeeze his hand.807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡILiUm1SbTS
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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.”807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlgnZvwO4HP
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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.”807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXBGwnzCtOG
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He stands without letting go and helps me to my feet, smiling. “How can I refuse? I’ll show you.”807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Z1v3wb797
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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.807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlwjajwDlgc
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He leads me unnoticed to a hidden away corner of the garden and gestures to some flowering shrubs.807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvoQSbU34UI
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“Pretty,” I say, stepping toward them and smelling. They don’t smell like much.807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtp8SdpaLW1
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“Camellias,” he says. “I’ve been growing them for you.”807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdSkvKkyfcE
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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.”807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPwb7zWfSaK
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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?807Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVrMleDggks
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