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“Are you some kind of historian?” I teased

“Just thought you’d like the story”

“I do”

“But?”

“Well, did it work? What happened with the trees?”

He chuckled “The trees were dug up and moved to a new location But don’t ask me where”

I smiled

We stood in silence Our bodies meltin

g into each other I didn’t want to move I didn’t want to break the spell

“Elliot, you will find your way in this town It takes ti the new fish in an ocean of sharks”

I sighed “All my problems aren’t sharks” I didn’t want to tell hih the protective bubble I created here I didn’t want to talk about Garrett at all

Garrett was a pain I carried with me At tiuilt I had for leaving him behind crippled me I didn’t kno to move past it I didn’t kno to es of hts

And he was here again in this moment A moment that should be mine

Vaughn rotated me toward his chest I looked at his face in the shadows I could feel the warmth of his breath on my cheek

A new fire started under hn looked at