“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.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHaBKgPiute
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“What are you doing here?” Madame Pommier stands up from behind the camellia shrubs, an emerald pendant in her hand.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqrV2HSRVkY
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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.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrpBxZdw0kc
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“The veil is thinnest here,” she says. “This is where I’m sealing it off.”730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEHeQOcGsaG
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My heart catches. “No, wait. Please. Can you stop it for just a little while?”730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSiglk53WD3
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She shakes her head. “Once it starts, it can’t be stopped.”730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX0P3Owtjwd
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“No,” I murmur, clutching the bottom of my sweater. Will.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI20fctdsRp
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“Cami.”730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw6zFT8A29d
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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.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkQKQvDMQ2m
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In my selfish desire to be with Will, I finally see Roanna’s side.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC95ey5D54K
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“You were right, Ro,” I say, my voice breaking. “I’m sorry.”730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlKnv5Pxdhk
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Roanna hurries to my side and hugs me.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhnD3UnUOXB
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“Cami,” an even softer voices says.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1aiEQLSFS4
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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.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHS647SLVjX
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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.”730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ31BhCEoGiI
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“Or he could be pulled into ours,” Roanna says.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc5g4r5yVjW
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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.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7zzQ4xAmnP
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“There will have to be an exchange,” Madame Pommier says. “Equivalent exchange.”730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIIODFZ4aT7
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“Do it,” Roanna says quietly. “It’ll be okay. I understand now. I belong there.”730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvQpFyxlzk5
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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.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLG0EPkw14J
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“Can’t you both stay?” I ask. My voice barely comes out.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgLB8SLI0v3
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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.”730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoImMflbmfM
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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.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE6esPP1LPx
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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.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb1FkF3rv3u
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“Goodbye, Cami.” Even if I can’t see the tears in her eyes, I can hear them in her voice.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiRMyF8ylU8
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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.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVnmy5W5MCN
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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.”730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpZxAnJerWm
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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.”730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLqz0QLnV7w
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And somehow, I know what it is.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCeS96S6ABN
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“Cami, don’t,” Madame Pommier says, taking a step toward me.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ83OpgwMRJD
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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.730Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvC1BJo7u5m
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