16. Mandy

MANDY

Bingo.

I’d poked at him, waiting for the crack, expecting him to clap back at me. Instead, he’s quiet, like it was a direct hit.

That’s answer enough.

The stupid part? The part that he doesn’t know, that I didn’t realize until he stepped across the threshold? That I wanted to see him too.

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