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Aaron reaches out to me. He takes both my elbows in his palms. His chest is
so close I can smell him.
“I promise,” he says.
We must walk back. I must call a car. We must say goodnight. I must come
home and tell David. I must, at some point, fall asleep. But later I don’t
remember. All I remember is his promise. I take it. I hold it in my heart like
proof.
