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hitting the floor and splattering
mum and my dad are standing a few metr
th just the mouth and not the eyes' expression they had given m
tended. "What are you talking about? You...
would tell me to spend a l
before turning back to me. They could have com
m responds, her voice s
the curls falling messily over m
. My dad then looks at me, his gaze
ea
e they went on another flight and ship me off to Caleb's. And I w
ouple vacations. It was just once, and I could barely reca
s time I am old enough
guys return," I say, confident
rts, the words coming out before she
s more ser
e small wooden stool I had always
'm twen
bly gonna burn down the house again. Last time was luck and
ed on me. He was remembering five months ago when I'd
chemical experime
der than before. "Just think of it as a summer vacation, honey," she ca
flattens. I can't even look at their smile
change your mind
then blows a kiss in the air t
room, muttering some w
ying at Caleb's family mansion here, it would be okay, b
why I had agreed to go to a club with him before he
can't avoid him again.
~
book while I wait for my pa
s calmly. I raise my head to see Caleb leaning aga
essily near his eyes. It's like he is just return
, furrowing my brows. For some reaso
ply asked for a spare key to the h
lently. Wow
ook resting on my thighs. "W
and steps into the room, closing t
cause your phone was off," he responds. They wanted
e earlier today because
. He is looking intently at me, a sma
the pages of the book. "Thank you
oesn't leave. Instead he walks t
nd that makes me want to pull him in for a kiss whenever he's near m
gaze is still fixed on the p
floor beside him. My gaze immediately darts to him, and I'm read
dsome victim face
ect to submit by the end of summer, remem
have three mon
the fact that I am desperate to get closer to his warm body. Bu
smile disappearing. I feel my cheeks
hair behind my ear. "Or are you just upset that I didn't pr
t then again, I shake my head slowly,
n't k
art, Ash. If it's because you feel ashamed to be
oes he mean by that? Can it be what
re you
xperience your first
t, my voice suddenly low
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