Summer Cooper’s message vault to Dominic Pauls
Dear Nic,
Goodbye.
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24. Your happiness and mine aren't compatible.
Summer.
He doesn’t seem to notice it’s raining.
Water falls as he breathes heavily, his face pale, mouth slightly open like he’s inhaling and exhaling through it, his eyes shining with tears that blend with the rain.
I’ve never seen him like this.
I reach for him, take hold of his forearms, and pull him inside the house.
“What happened, Dominic?” I look at him with concern, but he’s still stuck in that catatonic state. “You’re soaking wet.”
“Who’s th—?” Maggie stops mid-sentence when she sees him standing in front of me, drenched from head to toe. “Oh, honey.”
The tender look she gives him—even though she hasn’t been his biggest fan lately—is just further proof o
