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I Hope This Finds You I Hope This Finds You by Ann Liang
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“Because I know without a doubt that as long as I tell Julius Gong where I am, he’ll say, Stay there, I’ll come find you, and he will find me, in any crowd, any room, any city.
He always has.”
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“Sometimes I worry I’d bore you if I told you every single time I found you beautiful. But you are. Just so you know.”
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“Sadie, I’d hop on a sixteen hour plane ride to see you. An hour is nothing.”
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“He would drop anything just to keep her smiling like that.”
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“This is Julius Gong, after all. My Julius. The boy who’d run all my races for me, who’s memorized everything I’ve ever said, who’s carrying a bag full of my books, and who’s studying my face closely right now.”
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“He’s leaving with Sadie Wen: his co-conspirator, his co-captain, his rival, his life’s great defining question and answer.”
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“He feels a love so immense it might actually crush him
...As if he couldn't love her more.”
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“I nod, because despite the uncertainties, despite the changing
seasons, the risk of new beginnings, I’m sure about him. About
us. Because I know without a doubt that as long as I tell Julius
Gong where I am, he’ll say, Stay there, I’ll come find you, and he
will find me, in any crowd, any room, any city. He always has.”
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“Reach around the back of his neck, hands finding his hair, and stand on my tiptoes. Before he can react, I press my lips to his. Soft, slow, open. Perfect. He exhales shakily, his arms already tightening around my waist, leaning into me, as if he’s amazed this is happening.”
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“And isn’t it strange, I find myself marveling, how the safest I’ve ever felt is beside the boy I once considered the bane of my existence.”
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“I hate you,” she grumbles without conviction, her voice soft enough to be a sigh. He tugs her closer still, taking his time to take her in, his smile widening slowly. “I know you don’t,” he says. And she doesn’t disagree.”
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“Who cares, really, if his brother is
leaving this place with another potential career path and three
million dollars to stuff into his already overflowing bank
account?
He’s leaving with Sadie Wen: his co-conspirator, his co-captain,
his rival, his life’s great defining question and answer.”
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“But where was I? Oh, so I get this call from my old classmate
at Harvard Law, and he tells me he’s visiting Australia and
wants to catch up, and so, you know, despite how incredibly
packed my schedule is, I make the time to go meet him. And he’s
booked this interactive restaurant that lets you paint while you
drink tea—”
“Now why,” Julius couldn’t help interjecting, “would anyone
want to do that.”
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“And, most importantly, it’s the sixth-month anniversary of the email incident,” Julius says. I blink. “It’s—what?” “You don’t remember?”
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“On our way home, we stop by a bookstore, where he hands me a massive tote bag and gestures to the shelves like he owns them. “Choose as many as you like,” he tells me. “I’ll buy them for you.”
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“For the next period, he will not be my first and greatest love but my first enemy, my greatest rival. I will obliterate him. And then I will hold him gently while we celebrate my victory.”
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“He used to think that
there was no feeling better than beating Sadie Wen in a test, but
that was before he experienced the euphoria of earning Sadie
Wen’s approval.”
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“Choose as many as you like,” he tells me. “I’ll buy them for you.” I laugh, shake my head. “That’s really very generous, but even if I wanted to, I couldn’t possibly carry them all.” “Why would you be carrying them by yourself?” he asks, like he’s genuinely confused about why this would be a concern. “Just leave it to me.”
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“Do you want to leave now?” “Yes,” he says immediately, relieved. “Please.”
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“This is my boyfriend, Julius,” Sadie introduces him loudly.”
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“I can’t believe you already have a list of tasks for the holidays,” Julius says, nodding to my planner as I wrestle it back into my bag. “Well, of course,” I huff out. “I need to be productive.”
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“I nod, because despite the uncertainties, despite the changing seasons, the risk of new beginnings, I'm sure about him. About us. Because I know without a doubt that as long as I tell Julius Gong where I am, he'll say, Stay there, I'll come find you, and he will find me, in any crowd, any room, any city. He always has.”
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