He couldn't keep playing worst-case scenario in her head. Those were the things I would tell her not to let in.
those doubts just would not abate. She tossed and turned the rest of the night and when a cold gray morning finally broke over her, she felt as if she had slept no more than the past few years.
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"I know you've sworn a dozen times that you're just friends, but are you sure that—"
"Mom. Yeah. God, please.". Stop asking me questions about him." Lila wished that she could slide under the table, feeling her face hot pink red at the interrogation by her mother. It had been the first time they'd said anything to each other since dinner. When her mother invited her out to lunch today, Lila knew what they would be talking about. So far she'd managed to steer it in a couple of differe
