“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.805Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPFTVdmvBKo
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“What are you doing here?” Madame Pommier stands up from behind the camellia shrubs, an emerald pendant in her hand.805Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLm1yvzjhtb
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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.805Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj8nm2Nyyuk
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“The veil is thinnest here,” she says. “This is where I’m sealing it off.”805Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfXzTduIxBo
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My heart catches. “No, wait. Please. Can you stop it for just a little while?”805Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3cRRIo86DY
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She shakes her head. “Once it starts, it can’t be stopped.”805Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFl9MNTZ1fV
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“No,” I murmur, clutching the bottom of my sweater. Will.805Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS8xW1Thd6o
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“Cami.”805Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLsUtP9Lf5O
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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.805Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPm140G0cLJ
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In my selfish desire to be with Will, I finally see Roanna’s side.805Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw4QnMuSHXa
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“You were right, Ro,” I say, my voice breaking. “I’m sorry.”805Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrqdaPGiRXf
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Roanna hurries to my side and hugs me.805Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2BfM8f0YmC
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“Cami,” an even softer voices says.805Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡazQdqiwZ8R
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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.805Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4OyQqFzcFx
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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.”805Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu9VjU5RZvD
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“Or he could be pulled into ours,” Roanna says.805Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHtrmQhk8ch
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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.805Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfJAWeNWz0G
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“There will have to be an exchange,” Madame Pommier says. “Equivalent exchange.”805Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdD7eSJLjCU
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“Do it,” Roanna says quietly. “It’ll be okay. I understand now. I belong there.”805Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAW0S33oDt9
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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.805Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6XDZUb09r5
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“Can’t you both stay?” I ask. My voice barely comes out.805Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqrhGnG6HIs
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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.”805Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYoapX5OEql
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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.805Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqpLICkciW9
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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.805Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPtPJDlb86G
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“Goodbye, Cami.” Even if I can’t see the tears in her eyes, I can hear them in her voice.805Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG3W4mpJFGn
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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.805Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM3RNpzNLzz
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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.”805Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWW85HbJPo4
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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.”805Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFR5Y9gFKJX
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And somehow, I know what it is.805Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKhdNE9C4M1
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“Cami, don’t,” Madame Pommier says, taking a step toward me.805Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJeXrEISTYR
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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.805Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ7buEx0M3l
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