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“Fine,” I huff

I glance in Cah I can’t see hih in the past, I’ve not been so lucky “There was this guy on caether He talked toone of them, and it turns out that we’re both froether took place in the first quarter of the year, and I’ve seen him everywhere since”

“It’s a guy you like that you don’t want me to meet, is that it?”

“No,” I urge “No, not like that He’s all over the place Like, weirdly all over the place”

“So what?” Dad asks “Ca as you think they are And if he’s from here, you’re bound to run into him”

“No, I mean I see hiyym He’d just sit there I would see him at the library, and he would co and just sit in the corner during my shift and then leave before I finished”

“Are you saying you have a stalker?”

I wince at the ter it said out loud I nod “Yeah, I think I do”

His brow furrows as he presses his lips together, looking at the table I don’t want to worry Dad I was glad to leave Ca me around on my home turf, I don’t knohat to do

I didn’t want to tell Dad about it in the first place I’ back to school I don’t even knohat I want to get a degree in, but I know that I need one if I’h life, and I can’t do that if Dad tells me I can’t keep up my studies

I try not to look as unnerved at seeing Cah I want to look around and see if he’s still around As my eyes dart around the food court, I know I look sketchy And it’s notDad feel any better

“Maybe we should go to the police about this,” he says, looking around to follow aze

“He’s gone, Dad,” I say, hoping I’o to the police I tried There’s not a whole lot they can do I mean, for one, I don’t even have his full name to report him”