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He nodded, seeming to expect this answer?And you thought that you had to give up your
secret to save herI can understand thatBut that doesn't mean you have to go anywhereJust
because Doc knows now? that doesn'tmean anythingIf I'd thought for one minute that it did,
that one action equaled the other, I wouldn't have stood there and let you show himNo one is
going to force you to lie down on his blasted gurney! I'll break his hands if he tries to touch
you!?
?Ian, please
?They can't make you, Wanda! Do you hear me?? He was shouting again
?No one is making meI didn't show Doc how to do the separation so fake rolex that I could save the
Seeker,? I whispered?The Seeker's being here just made me have to decide? fasterI did it to
save Mel, Ian
His nostrils flared, and he said nothing
?She's trapped in here, IanIt's like a prison?worse than that; I can't even describe itI can give her herself back
?You deserve a life, too, Wanda
?But Ilove her, Ian
He closed his eyes, and his pale lips went dead white
?But I loveyou, ? he whispered?Doesn't that matter??
?Of course it mattersCan't you see? That only makes it more? necessary
His eyes flashed open?Is it so unbearable to have me love you? Is that it? I can keep my louis vuitton messenger bag mouth
shut, WandaI won't say it againYou can be with Jared, if that's what you want
?No, Ian!? I took his face between my hands?his skin felt hard, strained tight over the bonesMe, the little silver worm in the back of her headBut my body doesn't
love youI can never love you in this body, Ian
I could have borne itBut watchinghim suffer because of my body's limitations? Not that
He closed his eyes againHis thick black lashes were wet with tearsI could see them glisten
Oh, go ahead,Mel sighedo whatever you need toI'll? step into the other room, she added
dryly
I wrapped my arms around his neck and pulled myself rolex watch replica closer to him until my lips touched his
He curled his arms around me, pulling me tighter against his chestOur lips moved together,
fusing as if they would never divide, as if separation was not the inevitable thing it was, and I
could taste the salt of our tears
Something began to change
When Melanie's body touched Jared's body, it was like a wildfire?a fast burn that raced across
the surface of the desert and consumed everything in its path
With Ian it was different, so very different, because Melanie didn't love him the way I didSo
when he touched me, it was deeper and slower than the wildfire, like the knock off gucci wallets flow of molten rock far
beneath the surface of the earthToo deep to feel the heat of it, but it moved inexorably,
changing the very foundations of the world with its advance
My unwilling body was a fog between us?a thick curtain, but gauzy enough that I could see
through it, could see what was happening
It changedme, not herIt was almost a metallurgical process deep inside the core of who I was,
something that had already begun, was already nearly forgedBut this long, unbroken kiss
finished it, searing and sharp edged?it shoved this new creation, all hissing, into the cold water
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