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.843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTc4dZEhIup
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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.843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLGRFLzNgoK
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“It was a lunatic asylum?” he says. “So what is it now?”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD08KbV6cQq
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“Ha, ha,” I say, leaning against the closest tree to block out the window.843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw2PgbgRS33
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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.843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoaHu52vKtl
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“I wouldn’t worry about the ghosts,” he says, sitting down in front of me.843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI4jb72Wxhf
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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.”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYlPyhAyCKI
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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.843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS00aNcWJ0S
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“What is it?” I gently squeeze his hand.843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9S4E5o6kfl
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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.”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3SiQqZ2dhC
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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.”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3XQSQOLU2F
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He stands without letting go and helps me to my feet, smiling. “How can I refuse? I’ll show you.”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKDlr3iNofI
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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.843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPMg8aJwS6w
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He leads me unnoticed to a hidden away corner of the garden and gestures to some flowering shrubs.843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡih99CsN6QI
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“Pretty,” I say, stepping toward them and smelling. They don’t smell like much.843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGhYF5X8X4j
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“Camellias,” he says. “I’ve been growing them for you.”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZwZcgut8aP
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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.”843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfNmdWtlj3H
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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?843Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwaMKMcLqUJ
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