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2. 16. A Night Alone
It's been a whole week since I've been in London and let me tell you, if I did miss anything here before, I don't anymore.
All I miss right now is Justine.
The last time we met was that night when things got all heated and heavy.
God, I can still feel her taste on my tongue.
It makes me want to leave everything here and just go back to her. But I can't. I can tell Justine is in her own dilemma considering, she didn't call or text me before I left for London nor did I because I didn't want to impose myself on her. I wanted to see if she really wanted me there like I did her.
The first two or three days went by without a word from her when one day, I finally received a voice message from her.
I don't know how many times I heard it and found her stuttering, fumbling cute but I did listen it to a point that I've memorized exactly how she said and what she said.
'Hey, how are you? We're all good here. Eleanor
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