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Chapter 42

“I know I asked to come over so we could fuck,” she mumbled into my neck. “But do you think maybe we could just cuddle instead?”

I forced a laugh and pressed a light kiss against her forehead. “Of course we can, Connie. Of course.”

We lay together, holding each other tight. “Why do you make me want to be so stupid?” she whispered into the crook of my neck, her breath hot against my skin. “And why am I even more scared to walk away than I am to end up getting caught?” 11

March 1995

The seagull I had been watching with intense vigilance took off as soon as Connie approached it, expanding its vast wings and flapping away out of sight. There were three more of them up ahead, perched on the cliff face, and I could almost have sworn that they were surveying me just as I was them. Connie turned back to me and rolled her eyes.

“They’re fucking birds,” she grumbled, her voice laced with exasperation. “At this rate we’re going to reach the others sometime tomorrow.”