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.858Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR5hGXIqyVk
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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.858Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGBCmei3qpp
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“It was a lunatic asylum?” he says. “So what is it now?”858Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV0432XslmP
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“Ha, ha,” I say, leaning against the closest tree to block out the window.858Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxyr8cb4U3t
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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.858Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvIFmIOkYtf
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“I wouldn’t worry about the ghosts,” he says, sitting down in front of me.858Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxtqTVyvZ2L
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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.”858Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfACPmMlzPB
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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.858Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡebAPMRCo62
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“What is it?” I gently squeeze his hand.858Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0trQf0ksmb
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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.”858Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJeOmcTDL2F
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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.”858Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUmm1KrELbp
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He stands without letting go and helps me to my feet, smiling. “How can I refuse? I’ll show you.”858Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjXoiHSM4Fc
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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.858Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZHzoTxJNJL
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He leads me unnoticed to a hidden away corner of the garden and gestures to some flowering shrubs.858Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡREVDM3vF3Q
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“Pretty,” I say, stepping toward them and smelling. They don’t smell like much.858Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ22NriHM9TZ
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“Camellias,” he says. “I’ve been growing them for you.”858Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtgSJJTX8zQ
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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.”858Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ47bqk9O1lZ
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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?858Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpq4PLNb8ZI
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