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goodbye  and  walks toward where  Marsha ll and  R yle  are  stand ing .

                    They    beg in   walking     down     the   street    and    I   watch   them    in   my
                rea r view    mirro r.   As   they    turn   the   corner,   I   see   R yle   glanc e   over   hi s
                sho ulder  and  look back in  my direc tion.
                    I close  my ey es  and  ex ha le.
                    The  two times  I’ve  spent  with  R yle  were  on  days I’d probably rather
                forget . My father’ s funera l and  spraini ng  my ank le.  But someho w, hi m

                bei ng  pres ent  made  them  feel  like  les s of the  disasters  they  were.
                    I hat e that  he ’s Allysa’s brothe r. I hav e a  feeling thi s isn’t the  las t time I’ll be
                seeing hi m.
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