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march up and insert herself into a conversation. As it turned out, she didn’t have to.
“Hello.”
Lily jerked her head up and found herself gazing into a pair of very large, very green eyes. A girl had appeared in front of her, smiling as though she’d known her all her life.
“H-hello,” she said, blinking at the girl, half believing that she’d conjured her out of thin air.
The girl stuck out her hand. “I’m Sam. I think I live next door to you.”
“Oh. Hi.”
Lily had never shaken anyone’s hand before. It felt pleasingly grown up. Sam stuffed her hand back into the pocket of her tartan coat. She leaned against the wall and looked at Lily expectantly.
“What?”
“You not going to tell me your name?”
“Oh, yeah. Sorry. I’m Lily.”
Lily nibbled at her thumbnail. She had been sure
that the occupants of Edge would be just as small and dull as the town itself. But this girl looked
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