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I sat there on the hood of Javier’s car for a long time and watched the parking lot empty. Javier eventually made his way down to the lot after meeting with his bandmates about the benefit concert they were having for the EJI trip, but I hardly noticed when he sat down beside me. Someone else could see ghosts. I didn’t know how to begin to make sense of that, but the person who could understand what I was going through wasn’t interested in talking with me.
Eventually, I roused myself enough to tell Javier about the call—poor guy had just been sitting there waiting and playing Candy Crush.
“So she drops this bomb on you and then doesn’t want to talk about it or about Sarah either.” Javier shook his head. “The nerve of some people.”
I knew that I should probably agree with Javier, esp
