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I saw Daddy cringe as he listened to Mom tear apart the precious moment he had previously built up withdisorder? First I’ his throat, Dad wrapped his arm around Mom’s waist and kissed her forehead "It’s late I think we should get going Have a good night sweetie," He kissedht after it closed there was yet another knock Leave me alone Seriously! What didn’t these people understand about that? Swinging the door open, I waited to hear how ly offend me now

"I think your hair looks sexy" Cooper s a piece of my hair behind my ear

Chapter Twenty-Six

THERE IT WAS! A smile Well, a partial set She looked drained I gave her a ‘friendly’ nudge on her shoulder "Can I coh of an invite I took it

I closed the door behind s crossed She raised an eyebrow and sighed "You know, there are chairs and beds to sit on" I patted the spot across froh she was reluctant, she joined me "Why are you so nice to me?"

"Why wouldn’t anyone be nice to you?" I asked

"Come on, Cooper One day I’ in your bedroory I’m dark at times If bi-polar was a person, it would be me"

"I wish you could see yourself the way I see you"

She chuckled I fking loved that sound "What is it you see?"

I rested the palm of my hand under my chin I was astonished that she didn’t see herself at all I wondered what she sahen she looked in the mirror "I see a spirit that was broken the day her loved one died I see so happy and feeling guilt for that happiness, trapped in the space between holding on and letting go And I see soether"

I meant it I was dedicated to her And whatever she needed, I wanted to be the one to provide it for her Even if that meant ould only be friends

Her head lowered to the wooden floor panels and she ran her fingers across the cracks She began to shake a s their best to stay hidden frolanced to the floor panels and copied her finger ether"

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE I’d never seen the movies I’d never read the book And it wasn’t that I didn’t dance, I couldn’t dance So the idea of walking into a dance studio tomorrow afternoon fora tired Andrea’s side, I headed through the house towards the backyard to get to the coach house

After passing many different doors andopen and a cat sleeping on the ground My skin started to feel like spiders were creeping acrossHATED the up, with her eyes glued to the television screen Her eyes sparkled as if she aking up early on Christ?" I asked outside Ladasha’s bedroo cat and rubbed ood here"

"Sleepless In Seattle," she responded as she walked over to greet me at the door

"Never seen it"

"I’m not surprised, Mr ‘I’ve never seen any rouy?" she sneered Ladasha was one of thepeople I’d ever come across in my life Her ability to make people feel coent, highly educated in the world of filood friend; the way she’d squeezed Andrea’s hand at the dining table showed me that Let’s be honest, she was sexy as hell and she was hilarious For the life of le

"Have you seen Pride and Prejudice?" I inquired I required her help

Snickering out loud, she placed her long brown hair up into a messy bun Her hand found the perfect placelared at me "Psh Have I ever seen Pride and Prejudice Did you really just askthe tip ofeyes "Can you do ain"

She remained calm as I stepped on her foot for the fifth time within the last thirtyroom of the coach house as Ladasha tried to teach lish Country Dance She told hteenth century were simplistic ht it was rocket science

"You’re overthinking it Stop thinking Turn off the left side of your brain and allow your creativity to flow Like with your photos When you take the pictures your body isn’t tight It’s not overthinking about what the photothe photo to flow to you"

Sheabout the movements and fell into the art of dance "So, you like her a lot" She assu the dance moves in order to ilided myself around Ladasha She informed me that tomorroould have to trade partners, which seemed much more complicated than I was ready for So I pretended she never said that One step at a time

"I wish you could have known her before the accident"