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Chapter 21
“Did you think so?” I asked in a lowered voice.
Laurie nodded. “Yes, I think so and so were all of our friends who are so worried of you.”
I exhaled and grasped her hand and looked her in the eyes.
“Laurie?”
I tightened my grip on her hand. “Can I ask for a favor?” I asked pleadingly.
She looked away, sighed, and looked back to me. “One favor, Jill. One last favor you can ask me.”
My tears fell again. “Yes, one last favor.”
“What is it?” she murmured.
“Let me do this one thing for Von. If I failed, then I will completely stop this craziness you say I’m committing and fly back to Europe. You don’t have to go with me there. Just promise me that after I’m done making a fool of myself, you will drag me out of this and knock some senses on me. In the meantime, let me be please for my own happiness. Can you do that for me?”
Laurie’s face showed that of someone on exact disagreement with what she had just heard but I can also read
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