“Will,” I say, reaching the camellias. I press my hand against my chest, trying to catch my breath. Deep pinks and oranges stain the sky.980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkIQtXyCuYl
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“What are you doing here?” Madame Pommier stands up from behind the camellia shrubs, an emerald pendant in her hand.980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr7x9qBFicL
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“What are you doing here?” I say with surprise and a tiny prick of irritation at seeing her in our secret place.980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiKjAIcCIkH
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“The veil is thinnest here,” she says. “This is where I’m sealing it off.”980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbt7NbiVZhD
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My heart catches. “No, wait. Please. Can you stop it for just a little while?”980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwhs1eQbIQP
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She shakes her head. “Once it starts, it can’t be stopped.”980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡesnZqocyk5
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“No,” I murmur, clutching the bottom of my sweater. Will.980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6rsFA69nQ9
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“Cami.”980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB1qDyNPh05
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My head snaps up. Roanna stands there, her giant curls wilder than usual. Her specs reflect the sunset, so I can’t see her eyes.980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBm4WgH9Ib4
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In my selfish desire to be with Will, I finally see Roanna’s side.980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoY2NJOwR4H
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“You were right, Ro,” I say, my voice breaking. “I’m sorry.”980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcrCloMw8Ij
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Roanna hurries to my side and hugs me.980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnKxtKH8Pdw
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“Cami,” an even softer voices says.980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq5s3LerKfe
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All three of us look up. It’s Will, but it looks like I’m seeing him through a frosted window. I release Roanna and take three big steps forward so I’m directly in from of him. I hesitantly reach a hand out, almost expecting it to go through him.980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJD2r8iOCAu
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“Cami! No!” Madame Pommier says sharply. “If you touch him with this closing in progress, we have no idea what it could do. You could be pulled into his time.”980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnbAwMJxPGa
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“Or he could be pulled into ours,” Roanna says.980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdGa65CWump
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Her gaze is off to the side. I follow her gaze and see a pretty, young nurse standing there, faint and transparent like Will is. She watches us with wide eyes.980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfvVyp93A2m
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“There will have to be an exchange,” Madame Pommier says. “Equivalent exchange.”980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHfLcI0gyKa
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“Do it,” Roanna says quietly. “It’ll be okay. I understand now. I belong there.”980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjJM1yvA7GI
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There’s a finality to her gaze that terrifies me, but the sun is going down quickly, and there’s very little chance to think about it.980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbrRuHYSx6a
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“Can’t you both stay?” I ask. My voice barely comes out.980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡASP55ophrY
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She shakes her head and walks over to the nurse, holding a hand up. Turning her head to face Will, she says, “Just do it. Touch her.”980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpAKJXWRAN5
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“Stop it. I can’t allow you to do this,” Madame Pommier says. But she seems unable to move out of the circle she’s made in the dirt.980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi2uDesp9Cv
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Will’s hand closes around mine, and the image of him begins to sharpen at the same time as Roanna’s image begins to dim and frost over. She smiles at me. Her hand is locked with the nurse’s.980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBtDFldT90R
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“Goodbye, Cami.” Even if I can’t see the tears in her eyes, I can hear them in her voice.980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0QdvLQqKbu
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I want to reach out toward her, but Will anchors me in place. He pulls me closer to his body—which is warmer than it’s ever been before—and watches her. Through him, I can see he recognizes within Roanna the longing to be elsewhere and how it feels to belong somewhere other than where you are.980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡueaPpyjV2n
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“It’s a psychiatric hospital,” I tell her, even though it’s already too late. “You don’t want to go there. You don’t want to be a patient.”980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ95ysIswufn
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“A patient?” Now I hear the smile in her words. “I intend to be a doctor. Cami, there’s one more thing you need to do.”980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡml6mAdQBDf
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And somehow, I know what it is.980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFySHpyA3vh
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“Cami, don’t,” Madame Pommier says, taking a step toward me.980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcvVQrtv6nF
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The emerald glints in the vanishing light. I thread my arms around Will’s neck and pull his mouth down to mine.980Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZu448HziMZ
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