“I love you.” The final plate slipped from her hand to drop at Noah’s spot at the table as she turned to face me, her lips parted and her eyes already welling up with fresh tears. “What?” With those words now out in the universe, my chest puffed with a new confidence, a sense of freedom, as I gripped her shoulders in my hands and said, “I love you,” enunciating every word and enjoying the way each one felt on my tongue. Ray clapped a hand over her mouth as she laughed through the tears. “I don’t know why I’m so surprised. I already knew … I mean, I thought I knew, and—” “What are you guys
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