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I watch him swallow hard and take a tiny breath and

immediately I sense something is wrong. I move closer and

a quick, stiff shake of his head tells me not to. I do not touch

people I do not get close to people I am a monster. He

doesn’t want me near him. Of course he doesn’t. I should

never forget my place.

He opens my door with immense difficulty and I realize

someone’s hurt him where I can’t see it. Warner’s words

come back to me and I recognize his airy good-bye as a

warning. A warning that severs every nerve ending in my

body.

Adam will be punished for my mistakes. For my

disobedience.

I want to bury my tears in a bucket of regret.

I step through the door and glance back at Adam one last

time, unable to feel any kind of triumph in his pain. Despite

everything he’s done I don’t know if I’m capable of hating

him. Not Adam. Not the boy I used to know.

“The purple dress,” he says, his voice broken and a little

breathy like it hurts to inhale. I have to wring my hands to

keep from running to him. “Wear the purple dress.” He

coughs. “Juliette.”

I will be the perfect mannequin.

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