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.868Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuTdYFPdQnZ
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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.868Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq7dU9M6H29
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“It was a lunatic asylum?” he says. “So what is it now?”868Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR1k1ePvJFD
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“Ha, ha,” I say, leaning against the closest tree to block out the window.868Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD4dBgoh1XT
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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.868Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8kKomNXD9g
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“I wouldn’t worry about the ghosts,” he says, sitting down in front of me.868Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn49ZxXzUZL
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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.”868Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsOTqUrMnBd
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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.868Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDO9AAhDy6P
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“What is it?” I gently squeeze his hand.868Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXu7N9v3kbF
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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.”868Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvoZKYbcdb0
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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.”868Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7XDa15K6D7
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He stands without letting go and helps me to my feet, smiling. “How can I refuse? I’ll show you.”868Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw9w3dOAoSB
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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.868Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡub7mbXtUEC
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He leads me unnoticed to a hidden away corner of the garden and gestures to some flowering shrubs.868Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7NKqwmDwAI
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“Pretty,” I say, stepping toward them and smelling. They don’t smell like much.868Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡopdKEezav1
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“Camellias,” he says. “I’ve been growing them for you.”868Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcECff8U8I1
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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.”868Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKvehxzIWPa
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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?868Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH88iuCG2Ec
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