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Austin
I dashed after Julia as she disappeared through the back door. This was the exact reason that I hadn’t wanted Maggie to be here. I hadn’t had contact with her in weeks. I’d had no clue she would be at the parade event. And I certainly hadn’t wanted for Julia to see me talking to her. f**k. f**k. f**k!
“Jules!” I called after her.
She didn’t stop walking. She opened the gate to the fence and started down the driveway in the back and out into the alleyway. I followed her as she paced down the alley.
“Leave me alone,” she called over her shoulder.
“No way in hell.”
She finally whirled around and put her hands out. “I need space. Just leave me alone to process.”
“Can’t do that, Jules.”
“Stop calling me that!” I cried. “I hate that nickname.”
“You didn’t have a problem with
