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ed reading that last line: "I just

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ock struck 2:00 a.

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stracted. You were thinking about someone

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in her journal, and locked the window - again. The

t in once, they

t sweater and tied her hair into a l

, the shop was

leaving Aria alone with the shelves of hydran

, the bell above

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amp from mist, and his notebook - alwa

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answered,

. "Thought I'd see if the place sm

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of the

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m trying to figure out if I

at him, he

ntinued. "People don't leave poems in windows an

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watching you. Clo

think it

head. "You want

don't

ed. Mysterious. Perfect for a secret admirer. But

ten," Ari

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kind o

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only way to bre

ickered on the front porch. Aria sat on her be

ng time

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tst

liberate

rely br

ight for her window. It paused. Then slowly, a hand

sa

e turned

i was

vines and followed,

s the gravel path near the library - then cut th

k just enough

d beneath a tree, turned,

eyes w

w that

opened the

e had n

a que

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three times,

cked - not on the front

ow and opened it just

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