Annie sat up abruptly, taking half the blankets with her, leaving Mac in the cold. ‘You didn’t have to offer me anything. You only had to show up!’ Mac sat up to face her on the bed. ‘I was scared,’ he said, desperate for her to understand. He knew he didn’t have to offer Annie anything concrete, but he at least needed to offer her some version of himself that he was proud of. ‘I was scared that I wouldn’t be what you remembered or what you wanted me to be.’ Annie shook her head. ‘I sat there waiting for you all day. I felt like a complete fool, like some stupid lovesick girl who waits an
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