eyes open and I look around for Sam. I want to see his half smile, touch his hand. My foggy, early morning brain finally processes what I know, and the realization I’ll never see Sam again hits like a load of rubble.
“That's okay.” He shrugs and points at Sam. “I'm just proud as peaches this guy kept his shirt on. It’s already been a long day, what with being called the funny one, and a stick figure, and Ruby picking Sam to unlock first. I’m not sure I’d have made it through the self-esteem nose-dive that ensues when this one strips.”
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“I could scrub any trace of you out of my body, I'd scratch my skin off to do it. If it left me permanently disfigured, well, I'd count it cheap.”
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“Rafe and Sam share the same set of their jaw, a uniform confidence of purpose.”
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“her hands. “Sam wasn't normal.”
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“I love him, too. I don't feel the same way about him as I do about Sam. As I did about Sam. Or as I do. I'm a mess.”
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