Chapter 10

~Secret~

Everyone has secrets.

It's just a matter of finding out

what they are.

~

Stieg Larsson

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Upon getting home, I lock all the doors and take a shower before making dinner. Shifting my eyes to the window that's across from mine and is as empty as always, I can't help but wish to see Ryan pop up. As much as I'm trying to run away from these foreign feelings I keep having whenever I think of him or I'm around him; I keep being pulled back and always find myself catching them like my lungs depend on them to breathe.

After minutes of sitting still and in silence, I finally realize that he's not going to pop up, I then turn my head away and head downstairs to enjoy the rest of the night -- that's if I will.

Laying on the couch, I stare a