Chapter 208

As the Ferris wheel rose higher into the night sky, Yvonne pressed her face to the glass, eyes wide with wonder.

“It’s so high up,” she whispered, awe shimmering in her gaze.

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Jeremy pulled out his phone and started snapping pictures from every angle. He’d actually spent the past few days studying photography tutorials online, taking it surprisingly seriously–and now it paid off. The photos turned out beautifully.

After admiring them for a moment, he picked a few of the best shots and sent them to Tinley, then slipped his phone back into his pocket and sat beside Yvonne.

Watching her gaze longingly at the lights below, Jeremy leaned in with a hopeful smile. “What are you thinking about?” he asked.

It was such a romantic moment–if Yvonne said she was thinking of him, he was sure his heart would take off like a rocket.

But she didn’t. Still staring down at the crowd below, she murmured in her soft little voice,

They look so small… like tiny ants.”

“Yeah, Jeremy replied, though in truth, he remembered his own first time on the Ferris wheel being far less magical–there hadn’t been a soul in sight. The entire park was deserted, and the only person with him had been his father, sitting in cold silence across from him.

Nothing about it had felt romantic.

He pushed the memory aside and looked back at Yvonne, just as she turned toward him with wide, puzzled eyes.

“Why didn’t Ian want me to talk earlier?” she asked, her voice soft and sweet, but laced with.

usion.

she’d caught on. He reached over and gently ruffled

wasn’t a

set her snacks down, then wrapped her arms around his

long time, but couldn’t figure out

tell me? Then I won’t say it next time.”

gently brushed his

Okay, Yvonne. You didn’t say anything wrong. None of this was your fault.”

presenting a case in court, he began listing names.

fires a gun in

have been chatting with those two people for so long, and Ian… well, he should’ve handled things better.”

involved–those who

her pretty little face frozen

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“R–really?” she asked.

solemnly. “Yes. Really.”

stared at him for a few seconds, then hugged his arm even tighter, her voice barely above a

you… I

to cause trouble for her family.

kids were saying Kevin was transferring schools, and it

so she took Anna and

him in another class, but he looked at her like she was

people, worse than the villains on TV, and that he had to leave because

had brought her into this world and searched high and low

had cried when he said those things. And somehow, that made her start to

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