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My Soul to Take
“Are you sure you’re ready?” Gigi asked.
She was anxiously biting her nails. It was a habit he had been noticing more and more over the last couple of weeks.
He grabbed her hands and forced them still. “Stop biting your nails. You’re making me anxious.”
“Sorry. I just want everything to be right for you.”
“It’ll be fine. I mean…” He ran a hand back through his hair. “I think it will be fine. Just have everyone there at the right time, and it will all go as planned.”
She beamed. “Excellent. I can do that.” Then, she launched herself at him and squeezed him tight. “Oh my God, I’m so excited for you.”
Clay gingerly patted her shoulder, laughing all the while. “You’re so excitable.”
“Not every day this sort of thing happens,” she said, releasing him. “I mean…once in
