“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.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX6SMid5Pg7
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“What are you doing here?” Madame Pommier stands up from behind the camellia shrubs, an emerald pendant in her hand.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJxuXARIwEK
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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.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpoqBCzRjks
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“The veil is thinnest here,” she says. “This is where I’m sealing it off.”538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwsLssctdl0
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My heart catches. “No, wait. Please. Can you stop it for just a little while?”538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡprcjDOnGtd
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She shakes her head. “Once it starts, it can’t be stopped.”538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDUtcgpeBpF
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“No,” I murmur, clutching the bottom of my sweater. Will.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAg7b56KtKQ
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“Cami.”538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbly2r6Dxj5
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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.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡINfqXSBqGU
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In my selfish desire to be with Will, I finally see Roanna’s side.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnFPeIavlP1
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“You were right, Ro,” I say, my voice breaking. “I’m sorry.”538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCvtyZUgAkt
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Roanna hurries to my side and hugs me.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8zmDYw88BQ
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“Cami,” an even softer voices says.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Nl4ngUtIp
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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.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZtfKmVtpXZ
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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.”538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ncqSaG68T
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“Or he could be pulled into ours,” Roanna says.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ09cXRvfEvW
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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.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7kC8fg80cQ
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“There will have to be an exchange,” Madame Pommier says. “Equivalent exchange.”538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTMJ7YpTgv7
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“Do it,” Roanna says quietly. “It’ll be okay. I understand now. I belong there.”538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3eZkRHZ9yy
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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.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡklC6T91deS
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“Can’t you both stay?” I ask. My voice barely comes out.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrQ46dNlnsV
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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.”538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtjntlHKUGv
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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.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOAsQZfWtmB
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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.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgLKOh4WBwW
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“Goodbye, Cami.” Even if I can’t see the tears in her eyes, I can hear them in her voice.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYelOI2Tsiz
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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.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIiZkPVjwtX
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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.”538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX0flnug4P5
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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.”538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoYlNtCkKBj
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And somehow, I know what it is.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡujAG85sACV
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“Cami, don’t,” Madame Pommier says, taking a step toward me.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCcaxJRW4gM
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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.538Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXaUQYbxQwL
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