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12. Allie's New Shoes
Josh POV
Something brushed my face and I woke up with a start, waving my hands around wildly. I heard a squawk and the flapping of wings. A bird. It was just a bird. I sat up and stretched. Despite the hard surface of the tree branch, I was thankful that at least we both got a decent sleep.
Allie was still fast asleep, curled on her side and cradling her injured arm. Allie. I liked calling her that way more than I liked Alina; Alina felt so formal. It actually suited her stuck-up personality quite well, but last night I felt like I’d finally been able to connect with her.
I was starting to think that she wasn’t really ‘Alina’. Alina was just a persona she’d had to develop thanks to the pressure put on her by her dad. The guy was a total dick. Everyone knew it, but he’d sheltered a
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