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Fate? Ha

Fine

"You can give its on a piece of paper, and I tucked it absently in ot in ht had been a mistake

Ten minutes later, I pulled into ht to Declan’s Jeep He was home, and part of me wanted to knock on his door and just … I don’t know … talk

I made my way up the staircase to the breezeway that led to my door I fished around in my purse and found my keys just as a loud male voice came from behind me on the breezeway a few feet away

"Elizabeth, wait a minute!"

I turned, half expecting to see Harry I was ready to tell hi me home like a creeper, but the truth dawned onover to me

I froze for a second and then snapped myself out of it I tried to shove round

There he stood, Colby Scott, tall and handso black pants and a black shirt, his hair swept low over his forehead, ice-blue eyes glittering at htness around his face as his chin jutted out

Of course, I’d seen hias station when I was filling up h and another time at the local Wal-Mart He’d leered athis voice noas a shock

"Don’t come any closer to me or I will scream this place down and someone will call the cops" I bit the words out, but inside I quaked

He held his hands up "Hang on I’ to hurt you I just wanted to pop by and say hi In case you haven’t heard the good news, I’ll be a Whitman student come Monday Got kicked out of NYU, I’ine, Dad wasn’t too thrilled about that" He sentwith hiot settled into an apartment nearby I couldn’t be this close and not look you up, Elizabeth We dated once We had solad to seeme ill

Was he crazy? Didn’t he knohat he’d done to ut churned as the entire world tilted on its axis, and the only way I was able to stay upright was by leaning against my door

Panic beat at me

God Don’t pass out

"Get away fro thin My heart thundered