“Is everyone with this disease destined to die young?” “No, that’s the thing. Many live completely normal lives. There is just no way to know.” “But Damien is convinced he’ll die young?” “Yes. And that’s why he refuses to get involved with you, because he doesn’t want what happened to my mother, to happen to you.” “Why couldn’t he tell me?” “Because he knew you would say it didn’t matter. He didn’t want you to know. He wanted you to move on, find someone else, so that you never had to get hurt. It kills him to push you away, because he’s crazy about you.” I had to stop to compose myself. It
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