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~ Aria ~
What was I thinking? What was I about to say?
The silly little moment made me almost make a mockery of myself. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath. Don’t do that Aria, don’t be foolish.
Because I had been about to tell him. Actually tell him. Standing there with his eyes looking into mine like I was the only fixed point in a moving world, the words had climbed all the way up and I had nearly let them out.
The sensible part of my brain had been screaming the entire time, wrong move, Aria. Wrong moment, bad decision.
So I was saved by a knock. And I had made my exit with what I hoped was dignity.
It was Marco.
Marco's message was simple. My father needed me at home.
The drive back was quiet in that particular way that happens when two people have just done som
