After I read the last line, I sit there in stunned awe. All the sadness I’ve been keeping at bay this past week hits me hard. She’s fucking gone, and I should have told her I loved her or asked her to stay an extra day or a week or forever. “Did you finish?” Aidan asks. I blink away the haze and look over at him. “Yeah.” I set the pages down on the table in front of me, gaze catching on her handwritten note again. “Was it good?” “Yeah, it was really good.” I nod. “Figured,” he says. I huff a small laugh. “You did, huh?” He shrugs. “Ruby’s smart.” “That she is,” I agree. “You miss her, don’t
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