“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.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy9tJttc3OO
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“What are you doing here?” Madame Pommier stands up from behind the camellia shrubs, an emerald pendant in her hand.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0cQyQMjo3C
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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.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtzlTwH7jha
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“The veil is thinnest here,” she says. “This is where I’m sealing it off.”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtuQyN4T9Jt
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My heart catches. “No, wait. Please. Can you stop it for just a little while?”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAMdisRqOZI
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She shakes her head. “Once it starts, it can’t be stopped.”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3keVITYzg9
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“No,” I murmur, clutching the bottom of my sweater. Will.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡulRpbC0PBq
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“Cami.”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡURHaiA0Bkd
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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.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtMO9KMNey7
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In my selfish desire to be with Will, I finally see Roanna’s side.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq8JQRvhJNK
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“You were right, Ro,” I say, my voice breaking. “I’m sorry.”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7LA1w3Z3l4
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Roanna hurries to my side and hugs me.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCtKN0ihsQ4
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“Cami,” an even softer voices says.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0SeqMilWUo
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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.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOcA7AtEi4C
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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.”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaaPEcyD5Yq
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“Or he could be pulled into ours,” Roanna says.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw1tpKUAgQ4
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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.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgw38F5XZse
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“There will have to be an exchange,” Madame Pommier says. “Equivalent exchange.”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ5hfGnVjXZ
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“Do it,” Roanna says quietly. “It’ll be okay. I understand now. I belong there.”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ147JU93VLz
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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.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi4g8K5ohf0
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“Can’t you both stay?” I ask. My voice barely comes out.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgRXPTWO8Nw
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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.”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1dqiwhkKva
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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.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfLo27seg4V
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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.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0P8tcELZT4
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“Goodbye, Cami.” Even if I can’t see the tears in her eyes, I can hear them in her voice.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlkT9vTtM2g
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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.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZijnUaHXDi
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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.”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlYHUi06xZN
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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.”749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsJnIsZSwJG
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And somehow, I know what it is.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6t7ZVS4N8o
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“Cami, don’t,” Madame Pommier says, taking a step toward me.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuouxyupk5r
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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.749Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGVmfwCyah9
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