“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.798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAhqUstEZn7
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“What are you doing here?” Madame Pommier stands up from behind the camellia shrubs, an emerald pendant in her hand.798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhJMuPf1Lmg
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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.798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEWnydr82Z1
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“The veil is thinnest here,” she says. “This is where I’m sealing it off.”798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6KwnOHWjM4
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My heart catches. “No, wait. Please. Can you stop it for just a little while?”798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNfdfoV965r
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She shakes her head. “Once it starts, it can’t be stopped.”798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2DnqvDM7lT
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“No,” I murmur, clutching the bottom of my sweater. Will.798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs3z6UE3uKw
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“Cami.”798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4huHuzdkKK
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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.798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRYFMTfUHON
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In my selfish desire to be with Will, I finally see Roanna’s side.798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfjvmhczuCx
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“You were right, Ro,” I say, my voice breaking. “I’m sorry.”798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYB2FB9jo1x
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Roanna hurries to my side and hugs me.798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8WcIVGl5f5
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“Cami,” an even softer voices says.798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLcyHB7d2a7
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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.798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡERdNiPSBqp
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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.”798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnbZPvCrqvg
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“Or he could be pulled into ours,” Roanna says.798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6DGTaHIsYj
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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.798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvuBFS8vvfk
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“There will have to be an exchange,” Madame Pommier says. “Equivalent exchange.”798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLtK1vH8ja8
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“Do it,” Roanna says quietly. “It’ll be okay. I understand now. I belong there.”798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7nNGcmABXr
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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.798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcVbK2XxyxR
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“Can’t you both stay?” I ask. My voice barely comes out.798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWS3Djwan1T
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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.”798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTr69X2Beil
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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.798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9R9Lp61Yv6
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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.798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwi6fsOVEaM
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“Goodbye, Cami.” Even if I can’t see the tears in her eyes, I can hear them in her voice.798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJjikmNvVDC
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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.798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡokcMZCmkRR
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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.”798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfY4YZirzxQ
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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.”798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhFjrh2JHuH
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And somehow, I know what it is.798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiqdkhfVfYu
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“Cami, don’t,” Madame Pommier says, taking a step toward me.798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3QJdGZd0ws
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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.798Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTWasskbJs5
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