“Rejected you?” I move even closer, until the tips of my shoes touch hers. Until I can smell the wine she was just sipping on her breath. Until I can see the collection of freckles on her right shoulder. “I’ve spent every day since that June night going out of my goddamn mind with missing you. With wondering what you were up to or how much you hated me for not coming back to apologize. I couldn’t, Hannah, because I knew the second I did, you’d suck me in. I’d be a lost cause. And being on the ice with you? Seeing you at dinner and bars and when you’re in a fancy dress that should be criminal
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