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She cocked her head and consideredme shift self-consciously inpat "Just leave him alone, honey He doesn’t want to see you He said so"

"You’re lying He cares about me" And we’d just had sex

She smiled sadly "I’et about him" She cut her eyes at Matt Dawson, her sometime boyfriend, and blinked rapidly as if she were upset "Men are users All of theainst the closest wall Was it true? And ould he talk to Emma and not me?

At lunch, Spider and one of his randoms had the scoop Because Eun so a bite of his pasta

I blanched, pushing rief slammed into me "He lost his mother I know exactly how he feels, and he’s not okay He won’t call me!" My hands clenched

I left there and ran to the library, using h it was all over the internet

Mary-Carmen Hudson, wife of millionaire Archie Hudson, the Dallas Mavericks part-owner, was found Friday evening at her houn She was 47

According to a statement released by the Sheriff’s office, she was still breathing by the tihland Park, but later expired at Dallas General Hospital early Sunday

Mary-Carmen, a native Brazilian, met and married Archie Hudson while they both attended Baylor University She worked infor several years and was heavily involved in several charitable organizations in the Dallas area She served a term on the board of directors for Briarcrest Acadehter, Cara Marie

Tentative funeral arrangements are for a memorial service in Rio de Janeiro Her body will later be creh the day like a zoet in touch with me God, I just wanted to hold him I just wanted to be there for him

But the question was…did he still want me?

TUESDAY ARRIVED AND still no Cuba

Wednesday came and went

And then Thursday and Friday

By the next school week, I was listless, drifting through the hours, constantly checking my phone and Facebook statuses, but Cuba rarely used his account anyway, but I prayed to see hi came, it had been teeks since I’d seen him

I was a complete and utter wreck

I drove up to the school and in the distance saw his car Elation and dread both collided withina kaleidoscope of emotions He hadn’t called He’d hadn’t emailed I didn’t knohat to expect

I hurried in the door, ainst my hip as I walk-ran down the halls toward his locker I ca when I saasn’t there I checked his homeroom class Nada Finally, I rounded the corner and found hile of girls surrounding hiuys do when they’re not sure what to say