“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.977Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsKrWUx2jyN
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“What are you doing here?” Madame Pommier stands up from behind the camellia shrubs, an emerald pendant in her hand.977Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa5XNdsTrKh
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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.977Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGE1eRUVm9z
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“The veil is thinnest here,” she says. “This is where I’m sealing it off.”977Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLzpnMZoGdU
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My heart catches. “No, wait. Please. Can you stop it for just a little while?”977Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6g7tMriljM
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She shakes her head. “Once it starts, it can’t be stopped.”977Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtUH61UBoRD
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“No,” I murmur, clutching the bottom of my sweater. Will.977Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlTgqt84KnQ
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“Cami.”977Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvP77tIT60h
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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.977Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCMWIbZanlV
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In my selfish desire to be with Will, I finally see Roanna’s side.977Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAgAX4J3gmy
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“You were right, Ro,” I say, my voice breaking. “I’m sorry.”977Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYjiodWI540
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Roanna hurries to my side and hugs me.977Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPAeNfxMkDA
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“Cami,” an even softer voices says.977Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqVLhNs7HJk
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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.977Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHiujcyMKQS
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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.”977Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ti43wQd93
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“Or he could be pulled into ours,” Roanna says.977Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpQvUUu1UCq
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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.977Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMGlPBErTjl
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“There will have to be an exchange,” Madame Pommier says. “Equivalent exchange.”977Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ51RZ9AkBLP
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“Do it,” Roanna says quietly. “It’ll be okay. I understand now. I belong there.”977Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2ofOtyWHYN
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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.977Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRPrUv5G8nR
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“Can’t you both stay?” I ask. My voice barely comes out.977Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuH4Wozn9WP
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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.”977Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnKjz91Itir
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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.977Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡljJQjSJwYW
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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.977Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkAtULTvgxa
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“Goodbye, Cami.” Even if I can’t see the tears in her eyes, I can hear them in her voice.977Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD5MbGohYil
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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.977Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVZzToKMJDf
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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.”977Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPmIPu3xon5
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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.”977Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeWL4IbHNhy
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And somehow, I know what it is.977Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJpLoBDJXrD
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“Cami, don’t,” Madame Pommier says, taking a step toward me.977Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1EB3Wf36Qm
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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.977Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoMvGEy2NMJ
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