“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.1026Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMDRMhRcwRC
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“What are you doing here?” Madame Pommier stands up from behind the camellia shrubs, an emerald pendant in her hand.1026Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn9YAEAhEu3
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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.1026Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCtrXeUGYbd
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“The veil is thinnest here,” she says. “This is where I’m sealing it off.”1026Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa1QDlvSbVW
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My heart catches. “No, wait. Please. Can you stop it for just a little while?”1026Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPaVmbs1izF
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She shakes her head. “Once it starts, it can’t be stopped.”1026Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjuqmytYi0a
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“No,” I murmur, clutching the bottom of my sweater. Will.1026Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJBzPWTwLwH
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“Cami.”1026Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEKdrKqCwUi
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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.1026Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDWHoM4ULld
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In my selfish desire to be with Will, I finally see Roanna’s side.1026Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq67e2rWBRl
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“You were right, Ro,” I say, my voice breaking. “I’m sorry.”1026Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuqGipp4Zdc
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Roanna hurries to my side and hugs me.1026Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCGtEJlFJLn
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“Cami,” an even softer voices says.1026Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6HV6dgf90F
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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.1026Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQbZSBQZLS1
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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.”1026Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa0iaCpye5I
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“Or he could be pulled into ours,” Roanna says.1026Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjWdsoDjPLu
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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.1026Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj2yikMpSrY
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“There will have to be an exchange,” Madame Pommier says. “Equivalent exchange.”1026Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZka8ji5wSu
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“Do it,” Roanna says quietly. “It’ll be okay. I understand now. I belong there.”1026Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg2l8Y7EG3t
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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.1026Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYDGZhTmbkB
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“Can’t you both stay?” I ask. My voice barely comes out.1026Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl6E3zKZJnY
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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.”1026Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNHEo0udjOw
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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.1026Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkpdGvOloBB
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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.1026Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaOdcB2JtAb
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“Goodbye, Cami.” Even if I can’t see the tears in her eyes, I can hear them in her voice.1026Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2sLeb4UrWl
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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.1026Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT8jOKvafC6
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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.”1026Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa4A0zZTw6P
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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.”1026Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Jrta92XOq
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And somehow, I know what it is.1026Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3W6DcVOK8E
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“Cami, don’t,” Madame Pommier says, taking a step toward me.1026Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5K86eqT0J3
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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.1026Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5MEIdZO0Jv
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