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Saved: Thursday, June 13 2013 11:27 PM
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Dear Graham,
I’m really sorry.
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Saved: Sunday, June 16 2013 3:02 PM
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Dear Graham,
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Saved: Sunday, June 16 2013 3:05 PM
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Qui
I’m so sorry. I wish I could explain.
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Saved: Tuesday, June 18 2013 5:15 PM
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G—
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Saved: Wednesday, June 19 2013 8:07 AM
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Q—can we please talk?
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Saved: Thursday, June 20 2013 9:29 PM
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Dear Ms. Bodine,
I wanted to let you know that I will no longer be able to attend the poetry course in August. Unfortunately, I don’t have the funds necessary to
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Saved: Thursday, June 20 2013 9:38 PM
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Saved: Friday, June 21, 2013 7:18 PM
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Hey Graham,
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Saved: Sunday, June 23, 2013 10:10 AM
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Dear Ms. Bodine,
I’m so sorry that I won’t be able to come to Harvard for the poetry course after all. Unfortunately, my plans have changed, and my parents and I will be on a family vacation then.
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Saved: Monday, June 24, 2013 4:51 PM
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Qui
This is crazy. We really need to talk. Can we meet up sometime?
Love,
Ellie
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Saved: Wednesday, June 26, 2013 10:34 PM
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Dear Graham,
I hope everything is going well with the movie…
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Saved: Thursday, June 27, 2013 3:40 PM
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Hi.
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Saved: Friday, June 28, 2013 11:11 PM
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Hello.
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Saved: Sunday, June 30, 2013 7:31 AM
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Good morning.
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Saved: Monday, July 1, 2013 8:24 AM
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I miss you.
It was nearly impossible to avoid someone in a town like Henley. There were only so many places to go, so many intersections and stoplights and restaurants. There were only so many trees with trunks big enough to duck behind.
So after nearly three successful weeks of dodging Graham, Ellie was feeling pretty proud of herself. She’d seen him just twice from afar, and he was always flanked by enough of an entourage—paparazzi, film crew, and fans—to act as a warning signal.
Qui
“How’s Qui
“She’s great,” she’d say, fighting back the words underneath those, which were too depressing to admit: I have absolutely no idea.
It wasn’t entirely her fault, this thing between them, and if Qui
At work, Qui
About a week ago, just as Ellie started to wonder if she’d actually managed to become invisible, she overheard them talking about a party at the beach.
“Big plans tonight?” she asked as casually as she could manage, but this was only met with a lengthy silence. When it became obvious that Qui
“Just a barbeque,” he said. “Should be pretty low-key.”
“Which means no celebrities,” Qui
Ellie swallowed hard. There was no way for Qui
But Ellie wasn’t looking for pity. She was looking for her friend.
Besides, telling her would mean having to answer that most difficult of questions—why had she walked away from him in the first place?—which would only bring them back to the place where this had all started: a secret that couldn’t be told.
“Which beach is it?” Ellie asked, and Qui
“It’s a secret,” she said pointedly.
After that, Ellie decided it wasn’t even worth trying. Instead, she set about ignoring Qui