I Fell in Love with Hope - Lancali

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In the end, mean or kind, the world is full of people who are allsimilar. We are bone and blood, and some consciousness tied to it.So, don’t give your enemies the satisfaction of watching life go by,and whether it be a passion, a place, a person, or just a lonely friendbound to ink and paper, love as hard and as long as you can.Thank you.About the AuthorLancaliis a pseudonym for Lou-Andrea Callewaert. Born in France, she hasbeen writing since early childhood. She shares her passion forliterature on multiple social media platforms and attends theUniversity of Florida, living with her service dog, Zelda. I Fell in Lovewith Hope is her debut novel.You can connect with me on:https://www.instagram.com/lancaliihttps://tiktok.com/lancaligotbanned
Document Outlineforewordbeforeyellow flared eyessunriseresiliencesoliloquiesheepassionquid pro quocountdownkindthe bridgeemptyhoperainrealthe whalenowtears of joyellaheavenwingsbutter babybroken thingsmusichenrythe inbetween momentsgreat expectationsall your tomorrowssoul bared to paperi understandnot enougha rhyming line in my historyafter
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LancaliI Fel in Love with HopeFirst
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This story is for both. It is for a
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Tonight, we argued. We fought like
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He doesn’t hear me. He only hears
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“We’re definitely getting caugh
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as to pretend he’s browsing for c
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C cocks his head to the side. “On
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But it doesn’t stop us from tryin
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are old too, nurses and doctors clo
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“Not when there’s a storm betwe
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“Do you think people will remembe
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I interlace our fingers and move al
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“Hikari,” Neo says, pensive ove
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“Did you steal it?”Hikari is a
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“Well, that sounds like everywher
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“Um-I-sorry.”“Why are you sor
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I gaze at the papers she holds tigh
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around her neck, another looking at
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Although when her mother turns to m
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bring him his dinner tray?” He po
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Neo is a writer.—For the next wee
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He grabs the corner of the tray and
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Neo doesn’t say anything else. He
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“Are there TVs in this place?”I
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can’t do much for him, but I can
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work. It loomsover Neo, although he
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His voice is a chorus of rough note
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“Sorry,” he says. Softly.“Do
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Also, I have a job to do.Neo’s in
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time I pictured her and listened to
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should tell her of our great plans
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“Reading makes me feel,” she sa
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“I’m Hamlet.” Yes, she did cl
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“Not anymore.”“Why?” she as
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I blink. “Huh?”“Since we’re
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The following pages were the result
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“You do hunch. You belong at Notr
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C sighs, his worry audible.“Neo,
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“It’s alright.” I’m incline
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Sony plops down on the bed too. A c
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“Sure,” Hikari agrees, amused,
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This is a darker place than Neo’s
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is a wild girl mercilessly kicking
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“I’m Sony.”Sony.All of Sony
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tells me chocolate isn’t a discov
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I’m not sure what Sony has exactl
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“Grumpy baby.”“Saaamm,” Neo
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Sony rests her head on his shoulder
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“I hate puzzles.”“You adore p
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Neo doesn’t move. He simply looks
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doesn’t want to talk about while
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They’re learning to work around a
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both my pockets.“I shouldn’t.
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much more strained than her husband
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“You should be.”“Why? Because
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“For Sony.” Hikari holds her kn
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People glorify youth. Maybe that’
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We exchange something pure then, so
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“Me?”Eric rolls a bandage aroun
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“You have no idea how nice it was
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“What happened to your eye?” Ne
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Endeared, I point back at the smirk
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Empathy wounds Neo’s face. He cup
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Neo took to Hikari the day he met h
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“Just throw me off the roof.”
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Hikari wakes in the early hours of
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“You’re not Hamlet,” I bite.
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him in his face as she reaches to s
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“You were rude.”“Sam.”“So
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“I-I never beat anyone up,” he
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“I’m sorry.”“Stop apologizi
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Sony and I settle on our usual clou
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“Neo.”“I forgive you, okay?
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For all her unintentional insensiti
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“It’s why he likes reading,”
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Still, Neo couldn’t reach those c
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They got in trouble often. Their te
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Without so much as knocking, he ope
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week later, he messages Neo every s
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But love is not a choice.“Without
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“Can I kiss you?” she asks. Her
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slowly turns to the same darkness s
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“Where do you want to go first, S
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close my fists, try to take up less
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Sony faltered once. If she falls or
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There was a noise, wheels swerving
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Hikari rushes backward when they ar
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“Because it is-”“Sony’s bod
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“Do you love me?” She motions t
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Hikari wipes her nose. She runs her
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screaming to die down. It digressed
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I don’t understand it enough for
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be. He is one of their many patient
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animated by little things. He is mi
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I nod with a pleased hum.We eat tog
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Fire flickers between our palms. It
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“We’re not upset with you,” C
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“You told me when we first met th
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“But it’s okay,” I admit. I s
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“I don’t understand.”“We’
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Sony called Eric ten minutes ago, t
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C stands just below, a hair’s bre
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“I’m not sure what to say,” I
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braced on the doorframe. “Her par
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Your mind is a palace greater than
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I grab the hem of my shirt and star
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can scrounge. I see their shadows f
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There are no string lights or stars
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Sam hums at my question, adjusting
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It takes me a moment, but I do. The
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Laughter can be beautiful, spontane
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“They hurt me.” His voice crack
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He doesn’t. He’s elsewhere, in
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if he hadn’t woken up, I would st
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Her sweater is all that covers the
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It turned out there wasn’t much t
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“I can’t wait to see it on a sh
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Sony stands from the bed, holding t
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“Alright,” she whispers. She sq
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C closes his hand around the should
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“I understand why you do what you
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C makes a noise. “Sam, this isn
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C starts the car.Hikari doesn’t b
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“So are you, my beautiful set of
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Neo nods his chin. “Sup.”“Uh,
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“You. Sit in that chair,” he sa
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“Remember, it’s gonna hurt a li
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“He can’t hurt any of us. Not h
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“Hikari, hold my hand.” C huffs
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same exact tree.” Hikari tries to
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“Sweet Sam,” he whispers. “Sw
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Pessimists. The lot of them, keepin
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They. The children in his past? Som
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“Oh, you filthy little animals!
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Sony smirked, as devils do. She gra
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the far distance.Neo and Hikari wri
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“I can’t believe you kissed Car
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“Hamlet wouldn’t say that.”
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I wake to the sounds of struggle.Ch
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A metronome is all reality leaves b
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“You said that to me the night we
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“Sony.” My voice shakes. “Why
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Time, in a turn of kindness, slows.
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“Goodbye, butter baby,” I whisp
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He simply hauled me along, feasting
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“Hah!” he cheers, throwing his
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that I smell nice, that he wants to
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bouts of shame return with rosy sha
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He can’t be like the people on th
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Hikari is vomiting. I rub her back
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“Cœur, t’es pas censé te prom
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“I’m not allowed to leave,” h
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“It’s okay,” Hikari says agai
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she keeps is the black stone I gave
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“Coeur,” he says.“I want to k
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“Si Dieu me laisse, on sera ensem
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Music became his constant companion
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“Sorry, I’m stupid,” Coeur wo
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Neo looked up from his book. His ga
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“Poor lad’s back in the hospita
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He was mildly aware that his health
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“To my Coeur, ” Neo mocks, “F
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“So great,” Coeur says. “Drug
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All can see me, I think. They simpl
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Love can also be gentle, subtle. A
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frown. He holds in a laugh, his lip
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We’re in the middle of a card gam
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a reason despite the fact that I co
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in the light, his friend was waitin
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putting a hand to their mouths in s
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I thought. Then, he would tell me I
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Because you meant them. You knew yo
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That is the last thing he ever gave
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“I’m not brave,” Neo says, sp
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The door opens with wind. Eric stan
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doesn’t matter.—Dad,Two weeks a
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“Oh, good.” The wind accompanie
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The clouds above us sink, like whal
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Whatever it is in this world that h
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He cannot contain his joy. He jumps
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“What?”“Up,” she says again
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“No.” Sam takes my face in his
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another. I’ve never lied to you a
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More people arrive at the hospital.
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“No,” I whisper, caressing her
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outside with her back against the w
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