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“What happened to her?” The deepness in his voice held me

“She’s trying to figure things out,” I ad to start over”

He shoved his hands in the front of his pockets “Then maybe you need a place here where you can think in silence”

I smiled “Maybe I do”

“Let ed my hand

I followed hie We were across from the White House It looked tiny from this spot

“Have you ever heard of the Cherry Tree Rebellion?”

“No What is it?”

He wrapped his arainst my body I leaned into him

“When they started to build the memorial some of the cherry trees needed to be sacrificed for construction”

I glanced at the trees bordering the park “But they’re so beautiful”

“That’s what 150 other woht too They chained themselves to the trees and refused to reed to have them transplanted instead of destroyed”

“Really? I’ve never heard that story”

“Really”

He pressed his lips to my ear