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“I know, Eth. But you did it. And you can love again. I wasn’t sure you could, but I saw it with my own eyes with Nic. We all saw it.”

“I don’t think I could survive it again, so I made her leave before she could do it herself.”

Shay sighs. “Now that’s just dumb.”

I huff—an empty attempt at humor I don’t feel. “Yeah. I know