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Nina’s face lit up at first, but then something clicked in her mind, and her smile faltered, turning into a faint trace of gloom.

Jerome caught the change. “What’s the matter?”

“I can’t come,” Nina replied, clutching the invitation between her fingers.

Jerome paused, a little taken aback. “Why not?”

“Tomorrow, Uncle Kristian’s coming to our place to take Jesse and me to Jeucwell for a few days,” Nina explained plainly, handing the invitation back to him. “We won’t be back until the 22nd.”

Jerome’s expression dulled slightly. It was clear he’d come all this way just to ask Nina himself. He’d even gotten his father to organize the fireworks just so he could invite her.

“If you want, I can ask my mom and dad to set up another one when I come back,” Nina offered.

a forced smile. “You can come next time.” If the date

candy,” Nina said, holding one out with a sweet little grin. Even though Jesse didn’t let her eat candy, she always kept a few on her just in case

candy, his lips parting like he wanted to

well and tilted her head. “Are you upset?

gripped the candy a

a smile as


“Will you put me

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up at him and agreed, albeit a little reluctantly,

you meet someone as good-looking as Nick there, are you going to forget all about me?” Jerome’s voice had a strange urgency to it, a kind of clingy possessiveness that he

was still just a little playful girl who didn’t

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have to call me every single day,” Jerome insisted, scrambling for an excuse. “If you get stuck on homework or something, you

got Jesse,”

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