“You’ve already broken one arm climbing a tree. Do you really wish to tempt fate again?” I smile, because I can’t seem to help it when she plays with me, but also because she remembers what I had told her under that willow so long ago. “Kitt and I were visiting Ava when that happened, you know.” I watch her eyes widen at the confession she could have only understood now. “He bet that I could never climb the willow as quickly as Ava once had, and I knew damn well he was right, but…” “But you tried,” she finishes with a small smile. “And landed face-first in the dirt.” I chuckle and carefully
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