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MAEVE

"Oh, my goodness!" Hailey gasped beside me, clearly seeing him too. "How is he here?"

My mind scrambled for words that wouldn't form. I felt completely numb, the reality that I'd been away from him hitting me so hard.

It was the first time I was seeing him in six months.

It wasn't until his eyes ran into mine that I could breathe again. There was no instant reaction on his face; as if he