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You are ugly now, on the inside, where it matters most, and if you ever lost your good looks, I bet you wouldn’t be smart or strong enough to get them back. Kyle Kingsbury, you are beastly.”
I was just…thinking.” “That must have been quite an experience for you.”
“How was school today?” It was fun. Trey and I ran all the wires we’ll need to detonate the bombs tomorrow. We just have to figure out how to get hold of some submachine guns without you finding out. Shouldn’t be hard considering you’re never around. I stole your credit card yesterday. Didn’t think you’d mind. Or notice.
“I know what an orchid is, Mr. Kyle. A proud, vain flower. But can you not see the beauty of this rose?”
“A beautiful thing is precious, no matter the price. Those who do not know how to see the precious things in life will never be happy. I wish you to be happy, Mr. Kyle.”
“I am allowing the world to see you as you truly are,” Kendra said. “A beast.”
“Two petals, two years to find someone willing to look beyond your hideousness and see some good in you, something to love. If you will love her in return and if she will kiss you to prove it, the spell will be lifted, and you will be your handsome self again. If not, you’ll stay a beast forever.”
“Those who do not know how to see the precious things in life will never be happy.”
But what I really wanted to say was, Stay. You aren’t my prisoner. You can leave at any time, but stay because you love me.
Of course, maybe I’d end up like one of those crazy old people with, like, sixty cats. And one day, the neighbors would complain about the smell, and it would turn out I’d died and the cats had eaten me.
