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71|When I’m Gone
~Rory~
Looking at Jace, holding the steering wheel with one hand, the other clenched into a fist pressed on his lips, elbow resting on the windowpane as we thread the route to Seattle made my stomach twist bitterly.
“Stop staring,” Jace groaned, keeping his eyes on the road.
It was his schedule to ‘babysit’ me, a joke going around my odd circle of friends lately. Today was Saturday, my day off from work. Eloisa and Gail guilt-tripped me into meeting them for a drink with a couple of our friends. For all I know, they just want insider gossip about my relationship with Elijah.
“I can’t help it,” I leaned back in my seat, giving Jace a scrutinizing side eye.
Can he blame me? I had known
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