Chapter 125

EMILY

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"I decided not to post it," she said and I had to hold myself back from screaming in joy.

I was in her room. It had been three days since I had last spoken to her, three days since Harry and I had come up with a plan to stop her from doing any more damage. Harry had advised me to give her some time before I asked her about the post so that I didn't look suspicious. I had.

On the third day, I couldn't wait any longer. I was anxious. I needed to know what she was doing. Harry had given me a go-ahead and so I rushed to her room, hoping and praying that she had not changed her mind and gone back to her original plan. She hadn’t. In fact, she had done exactly what I hoped she would do. Our plan was already working.

"Why not?" I asked, acting to the best of my ability.

"I think that those people should share their stories themselves, in their own ways and at their own times. It felt like they were riding on my courage."

"I get that," I said, playing along, "it took you a lot of co