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Kage
I
have to tell her.
Tell her and let her hate me for a while, until I can make her understand. Until I find the right words to explain how not telling her up to now hasn’t been lying, but one of those secrets I said I had to keep to keep her safe.
Except she’d know that’s bullshit. She’s too smart for that.
She can already read me too well.
This secret I keep not for her safety, but for selfish reasons.
Because I know if I told her I’ve known all along that her missing fiancé didn’t take a tumble down a mountain like she thinks he did, she’d hate me.
If I told her why I really came to town last September, she’d never forgive me.
And if I told her what the consequences would be for her if Max ever discovers I lied to him, she’d wish I were dead.
I should go before it come
