#75
Chapter 75: Staying Strong
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"Have you eaten?" I asked her when we got inside and her parents left.
"Yeah," she said. "I just wanted to go home before going to school."
"Why? It's only an hour before you go to school," I told her as I adjusted the hook of my shoe because it had been removed.
"It just doesn't feel right sometimes," she told me. I looked at her and she seemed to be guilty of something. I sat down next to her and caressed her hair.
"Is there something you want to talk about?" I asked Summer, hoping that she'll tell me what's been going on with her mind but she shook her head.
"It'll be later when we both get home. You'll be late for work," she told me. I didn't speak and just nodded.
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