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Sook a deep breath before going on.
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quot;You cant live your life for ot to do ;
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quot;ould t be fair to Lon?quot;
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o ;I dont to live t of my life t you and dreaming of ;
tears began to fill ;I dont kno; she finally whispered.
quot;You can. Allie... I cant live my life of me. oo beautiful to just t a;
S respond. After a moment ly turned o o look at eyes. After a long silence, Noaears from enderness on as elling him.
quot;Youre not going to stay, are you?quot; ;You to, but you cant.quot;
quot;O; sears began again, quot;please try to understand quot;
o stop ;I knorying to say - I can see it in your eyes. But I dont to understand it, Allie. I dont it to end t it to end at all. But if you leave, ;
So o cry back ears.
he wrapped his arms around her.
quot;Allie, I cant force you to stay no matter couple of days t;
ly, and t got out of ears.
quot;I o get my t;
go inside ead do. co tened as ts faded into nothing.
Ses later and o, iced t s stopped crying.
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Noaook t slo to tear it.
t of ture of fourteen years ago. Noaiced t sail of as if s from a recent pograph.
t of t of tail tc ree.
quot;Its beautiful, Allie. t; tempted a smile. quot;I told you t you ist.quot;
S do ime for o go.
to speaking. , Noail ears welling up in ly brushe places hed kissed.
quot;I love you, Allie.quot;
quot;I love you, too.quot;
Noaime. taking t of letters and tbook next to and fumbled for turned tion. It started easily, and to turn over impatiently. It time.
Noaanned face. S ook it for just a moment, moving ly against her skin.
quot;Stay ; Noa sound, and t more ted. tears began to fall s speak.
Finally, reluctantly, s t a bit. If s leave now, she never would.
Noa a bit as tarted to roll a trance-like state as ty of tuation.
che wheels.
Sloo turn from o ake o to t. Edging for him now...
S time smiling before so accelerate, and he waved back weakly.
quot;Dont go!quot; ed to s as t say anyte later tracks t behind.
ood t moving for a long time. As quickly as she had come, she was gone.
Forever time. Forever.
ceadily ah her.
But, like her, he realized sadly, she never looked back.