CHAPTER ELEVENMAEL VIRELIS “So, what did you want to talk about?” I asked Melrose as I wiped my face. I had just finished brushing my teeth and Melrose had been on speakerphone brushing hers too. She loved being on the phone with me as much as she could. It made me wonder why she had still not moved in with me. We had been together for two years and I had popped the question three months ago. Maybe it had all been a little too fast by the standards of other people, but we were both perfectly fine at the pace we were moving. She still lived in Connecticut and came to visit me often. But it would never be as good as her living with me. “Yeah so…” she cleared her throat and shuffled in the background. She was climbing into her bed. Good for her. I didn't have that luxury. I still had some work to finish. “I've been thinking about college,” she said. I paused for a second, thinking about it. “Really?” I asked. “What changed your mind?”I remember trying to convince her to go to col
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