VIANAEmily opened her mouth and closed it again and it made me feel weird because Emily always had something to say about everything, immediately, without thinking. The fact that she was sitting there blinking at me made me want to snatch the words back out of the air and swallow them whole."Forget it," I said, picking up my bag."No, no, no." She grabbed my arm. "Sit down. I'm just. Give me a second.""Emily—""I said give me a second, Viana, this is a lot."I sat back down and stared straight ahead and deeply regretted every decision I had made in the last twelve hours."Okay so," she started slowly. "He just. Stopped.""Yes.""And said nothing.""He told me to go to sleep."Her face contorted into a frown as she thought long and hard that it felt like I could almost see the gears turning in her head. "And you don't know why—""Emily.” I sighed, already feeling very frustrated. “If I knew why I wouldn't be sitting here telling you about it, would I?”She pressed her lips together
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