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“I wasn’t running away, Killian I was running to so To my home To my family” That hurt I had no one She was all I had left and I wasn’t going to let her get aithout a fight With her in front of nified It alht me to my knees

She threw out random facts about each artifact as wedeeper into the exhibit She thought she was getting away fro further away from everyone else back behind those doors

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RACHEL

I was a co to do about Killian I’d fly to New York and meet hio, but that was my plan I should have knohat happened when youin life and what happened when you put them off…

And hiht I could prepare myself for, but no I could not The initial shock from before had worn off and I was out of hts when he was around I couldn’t even walk properly, even after years of practice in ure out what to do next

“When were you going to tell me, Rachel?” His question froze me in my tracks

“Tell you what?” My voice came out a squeaky mess and I hated that I kept my back to him, but I kneas there He was always there The heat from his body leached into my skin

“Tell me who you really were?” So close now, his wordsme

“I didn’t plan on ever saying anything because I didn’t plan on being her anymore”

“Why not?” he asked, his fingers trailing across h lass cases holding ancient artifacts

“She’s gone now I learned the hard hat happens when I leave my lane”

“Why are you so wrapped up in trying to leave everything behind? It’s so easy for you to pick up and leave without any warning” The accusation in his voice stung I had been running away after I graduated high school, just like I ran away after what happened with him

“I ran because I didn’t knohat you were capable of, Killian You were determined to destroy one of the best men I’ve ever met in my life”

“I told you there was a loton there, than you knew”