“We should do it again sometime.” Fuck. My. Life. “I mean…” “It’s okay,” Shannon was quick to say, tone soothing, as she unfastened her seat belt and reached for the door. “I understand what you meant.” I seriously doubted it. I was having a hard time understanding my own thoughts lately. “You’ll, uh, you’ll be okay, yeah?” I called after her, feeling a dull ache in my chest as I watched her leave my car. Leave me. “You’ll be safe?” “Safe?” she whispered, blinking rapidly. “Safe,” I confirmed, unwilling to break eye contact or take back my words. I watched her watch me for the longest time,
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