IBYSRHML – Chapter 52

Ch. 52 IBYSRHML a6a749250b | Chapter b6c9a3c6ad 523efe263681f7fe99

Episode 526832c04f32ad9f9c

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My heart 03fc105499 pounded when 397cac7eaa I saw f18e40018c his furrowed 915cff0519 brow.ccff01e1449562a3

It was clear 9197b24481 that once we 567640c30c got back to c72c54edc7 the palace, my a16c308314 sisters would scold 71f1cd3583 me badly too.684ca8f4a3281d11

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“……Are you mad?”56029445a88433d2

“……”4f1471d6b6991ebc

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“Lilliana did 15dafaf661 something wrong……”e6748173ba4bafda

“……”ddfcf7b359238a5a

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I looked d9c1846cc2 up at 518cb8371b Marius with d9f089e15b the brightest b73a4a512d eyes I 89e6b3ee4f could manage, 6523a3d1e9 like I’d bb8cc89b97 just scribbled b8a6844427 on the c4c6211544 floor with 2c610d63a7 my older 894253acd8 sister’s makeup.fcbf3c5c48d13301

But Marius still kept 70b6fc4bdb his mouth tightly shut, e8244952a0 looking terrifying.1c815864031cef84

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His jaw was 486dd63691 trembling, as if f1e7160986 he was really 1979e3db71 angry.fe854f7b941525ba

‘Oh no. He must be dae292e6f2 really mad.’b35f2431af2dbd23

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At this point, I bd8b861a2c had to show off 92ef682c55 my ultimate move.e12a4aca1b501797

I pouted my 7674631d01 lips and widened 69a2b06383 my eyes, making 6589946cbd a face that 0f3a8e390b said, Are you 7a9f41afa2 going to scold a5aa149645 me?d75eca50c4212280

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I also d42b1de2dd grabbed onto 96529e80be the hem a92b8ca207 of Marius’s e63a8d72b7 pants.d35741873937d2b9

“Brother-in-lawww. I’m sorry.”384053839ae8fc72

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Whenever I did 061f1ca2ff this, my youngest 9d3b3df2e7 sister would stop 1ed0821237 at a flick 3b11d20ed2 on the forehead ddba589b83 instead of a 3e4192978e spanking, and my 10d2e71052 eldest sister would 2f3bb842e1 just sigh deeply fb6518a926 and let it b4ed1f90ac go.fff79342b5754707

So please don’t scold 9240b73c77 me.1e1e8f7eb1463b64

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And it’d be d07b053672 even better if 2ee77d1bf5 you didn’t tell 396a1c050c my sisters what 9664741a16 happened today!0862ea4eb41a3dda

“You’re the coolest 6a0752a6b3 in the whole 8ce0412288 world and, um……”87afa77f5ed0af71

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I was supposed to a52a87305c say he was cool, 7c9a9d9a66 handsome, and the best, 379561eb4f but even as a b72825054e lie, that felt too b73dd9b6df far from the truth.3110e8346b07e634

So I 8fb7a2c371 couldn’t say 9e582f8788 it.dbaeee1dd48d37f4

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When Marius 56e713744d kept his 805dbf0c18 mouth shut, 7c4f8c29b2 he did 8396b0f923 look pretty d7f9307cb6 cool, but f1f9c07461 the handsome 4db1a33bbc one was 1f14c7fdd7 François, and c063a24136 the best 368eedbb81 one was 0633c9fcf5 Leopold……e3d6e4b12de637d4

‘No. I can do 6abb3369ce this.’507ea18fb96875f0

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If flattering d9133dc258 Marius would 2a40fd0623 help me a1e051e82b avoid an 4b7dae7d85 hour-long scolding 9a25b66b37 or a ba78a41c27 time-out in 16e4b7bd27 the thinking fda981cbea chair, I 40b8bb2efb could sell 01d4d965f6 my conscience.aa9af9c3e5ad9476

Going missing was a 07a2267c37 five-star-level mistake, after all.2d738aeeff9c3106

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“Brother-in-lawww. Lilliana will 7fa79ba731 really reflect cdf2141eb3 on it. Okay? I was wrong. Don’t be mad……”8b0e1af17e4dff66

I even raised b7ac8f07ab my arm and 8eb9099831 gave myself a 0393ba3db3 self-imposed punishment.b4ac1565a5562465

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Then Marius’s body e270a103d6 trembled.9c1a7756a0112a13

The tension drained 2d1ddf6422 from his stiff 4c63334648 face.
His large frame slumped.ae02b5c1caacf709

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Marius knelt 691c763ae0 on one d3e85f4173 knee to 2ae1aff9dc meet our 8362a08412 eye level 064a0a4d4a and opened 55ad4dfa8a his arms 6b3ba372cc to embrace bcefd70518 me and bd491f2014 Edgar.e6e1e3311507f55c

“Why should Lilliana be 387b9decdf scolded?”8946763fd836cf73

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“Lilliana didn’t 4da2a47078 wait by a49462f545 the bathroom cd4add5522 and followed a2e203345b someone else e3c1fc7956 alone, right?”bb1af9d66f1d7fff

“But it ec288b5360 was me b3cd451fb4 who weren’t ee04d57ddd in front 441b936eed of the 8c3ed048f4 door when bea35f6a67 Lilliana came cb9354f505 out. Lilliana, Edgar… I’m d63286c838 sorry.”7fe7e86d99208a4a

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I’m sorry. His voice, apologizing 07bc3a3f42 to us, was 70657b227c deeply choked.7a71312e059fec5f

A faint tremble 910c2e9ca0 passed from the 94c9e2e105 arms and shoulders d919b54f9e holding us.5e2d972fe1a19c48

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Marius looked utterly exhausted.1ddade50aed97a72

It was 6c71663f8c only then 6f58d0bbb1 that I cca2a7c862 noticed the 09105ca23c faint scent 929d3335fe of sweat 1448b00e8f from him.d2af7fded28a3e2d

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He never 8a4defcff8 usually ran c642b0ae4a around in b6f8e80127 the palace, 9affab0b8a but it 9260a99d2d seemed he b8e27bb82b had rushed b4eedbb34a all over e023e0ba67 with Edgar 0c03830896 to find 1961edf29e me.20031ac6e65eb087

‘He must’ve 9f106cf716 been really 1324d0bc89 scared because 2ac1338fd9 of me.’4b36ab5f534e5ce5

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I always thought Marius e26f7a9bd3 would be calm and 2be9b9a011 confident like a clever 8bf7cb91d3 grasshopper.46df415114371e4f

I never imagined 8bd8f8364e he’d panic like fb33aa0506 this.c84faca56c97b5f4

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I hugged 6d88a51b11 Marius’s neck a3c210f8c8 tightly and 8339fce268 gently patted 3f61410052 his big c091f8bb03 back.96c4a4d751ce126a

“Uh-huh. It’s okay. We’re back together 3bfeaabf04 now, right?”13e06ed8e7190c39

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Normally in 64d7af2ee5 situations like 921e05d203 this, the e68d383daf adult scolds 8257f328e4 and then 2f4b35a389 comforts the 75d0e45a2c scared child……d6530372bf8df159

But this felt aa5014bbc6 completely reversed, and b486b0e991 he was hugging b35f887981 me so tightly ef5accff41 my chest felt c06138becf suffocated—but I stayed d1f8a08c85 still.b56eaf93a4d902a9

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‘Still, I 0944b78e79 don’t hate de7ef70d82 it.’b76c397993e1f111

For the first time, 9dd6fdfcea I felt like Marius 331bd92987 was truly my guardian.00ca503162c259d5

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Of course, I had 9d727b89ea a real guardian, but c75a8fb250 it became clear that d8c2496753 when my sisters weren’t b9917626d8 around, Marius would fill 69d3fb0448 that role.087e201028253e22

So as 8e2fbc3940 a way ec72b3393c of saying 0cabc489aa I’d be 282984620d in his 1b2c444df5 care from e1cc8deaa1 now on, 5d30477929 I endured 086133aeb6 the breathlessness f5b568b7b4 and kept 4c87258e96 patting his 1aac749824 back.ecce76b1ec97706e

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In the 3c2bf42916 end, we 440a38f913 didn’t get b3306d61a4 to see c94f7ad410 the circus 022d9d1a09 performance today 03f1b4c5da either.2167f357639fb115

While everyone c839959ac5 was in d78c7f5b32 a frenzy eaddc733a1 looking for 44ea75aabd me, the 904e293de0 entrance had 3fb223b8a3 closed and e7e74eb297 the show 6817a6bff7 was nearing 5c05454ca9 its end.a3453b2d44d252ca

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Instead, since we 6fb77673a1 had come all 3402d74243 the way here, 05c4bd6bed Marius insisted we 104a626f14 at least watch 4b942a8510 the fireworks. He took us to a14bd4c54f a nearby hill and c9add38e53 found a good spot cce04d874f to watch.b1d62ca9ca863e15

“Edgar. Share the potato with caf0ac227e me.”d7c5a0cf7042394e

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“Say ah.”8282c9ba246589e0

“Ahh.”a7f5a132bd8a1406

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Edgar popped a piece 0b1638a5d7 of steamed potato into 7d0010a5d9 my mouth.dcb2b0a709cf496d

Marius sat next to de44d6c827 us, wiped our sauce-covered 3f7799459a hands, and handed us 11f2d65509 drinks at the right 2b59c6add0 times, attending to us.e4e8a8f5562ee6b4

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Just sitting and eed8adaf0d eating while the 36f3463a01 Emperor did all c625b76420 the hard work—this 1731e25ff1 kind of life 24a78cdecc wasn’t so bad.a30beb876a1d55c1

“We’ve eaten nothing fb680aef90 but this kind 5642fd0476 of stuff all 87599b3634 day. What if 7f99c1c566 Alice finds 956d53b632 out and 09ad3b3dbf nags?”193e921eca65f76b

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“I’ll just tell big a4300e86f2 sis we had grilled eb53d48f7b pork at the shop. That’s fine, right?”5309fb207c42708c

“Ha. This cheeky f98d822e6a little brat. There’s nothing 3f20e1184e you can’t 2258d2f4e9 say, all 085fc71fe3 grubby like 50855ae489 that.”af938589aa444943

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Marius pinched df7695d0ea my cheek ff64058515 lightly and cf18e1f560 smiled with d2dbecd160 his white 50598225cc teeth showing.c62804b88b5791c8

He gently 3ef19b0317 patted Edgar’s 1011140117 head too.68490cc8ac2a11b4

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Edgar flinched.f4680d50d558d4ef

Then—bang! bang!—colorful fireworks 88d3f719a6 burst in 4a6d1eedce the sky.2f69fc8b444ad142

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Each time 82833b15f1 the red, a17bae77c8 yellow, and 017941c021 blue lights d47fb60f78 spread, my f52be3d0eb mouth opened 4a163241a9 wide in 3a51250690 awe.773ed3a2074d6842

They say f94fcffec5 if you 14ac71f0cb make a cb11159233 wish on 6babd5cb28 a shooting caab3d5b96 star it’ll d6ca56cb38 come true, 800302e5b8 but what 881b5d9a49 about on 447d4b4dcf fireworks?6631ac3782e74360

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Figuring I had 04b4aa6f18 nothing to lose, 36c41e16b1 I tightly held 2dd4b605ec Edgar’s and Marius’s 294fcb3200 hands and made a7b8956d50 a wish.b0d208a341ce4357

‘Please let them make 0dea72f620 up!’a5fcf896fd2cabe3

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I hope Edgar 09031ad039 and Marius become a9637694b3 loving brothers!898e9a2239875af1

Please let them not 63a5f49481 fight anymore!1e04180b5ae9f6d8

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Please help Edgar not 1875ec4cc1 get hurt again!b6e4c5d7f0e2ed4c

After making my 405eccd9bb wish, I opened 100eeee398 my eyes and 7e22483008 met Edgar’s gaze 98a92a83df instead of fireworks.3c8922ae98680ff8

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“What did you af654ef018 do?”0adf67679aa20c5b

“I made a 0d3a20ee91 wish.”19d12f5ff26dd1c9

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“What kind of wish?”13728694038242d8

“Uh-huh. That’s a secret. Edgar, you make a e582540e1e wish too.”a4271917b15cf243

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Edgar frowned 7fe7c21c93 at the 005c3807fb word “secret,” 9ff60afd39 but when cf07db44c0 I urged 6dd25dec47 him to 1fe5e58356 hurry, he d8ba3329d3 squeezed his 6b3ca3244c eyes shut.c6e454ef1e8b47aa

I wondered what wish f2fb8e662d Edgar would make. A moment later, as 7080e5ee12 soon as he opened 595ef34126 his eyes, I asked,be313775d5a09601

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“What did you 6345a99094 wish for?”ebbf73a4cf25ecb9

“That’s a secret.”1b4fcd2703e6005b

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“Tch.”c33ea3770dc57846

When I tried f7f983a26e to pull my 5af4956732 hand away to b6593233d3 drink, Marius let f2e2210e26 go, but Edgar 612d328ccc didn’t.aab3b40059b11b87

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“Huh?”5474fb685328a068

Edgar kept holding cc9b7cb7cf my hand, just abc1a026a5 staring at the eb9c22423c sky.83cffbde2e99d035

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Even when 22e0646974 I squirmed f0cff97629 my fingers, b68af3931f he didn’t 96cb8f9a8e let go.43b10f82e55c85a9

We’re only a few d5f7f82dff months apart in age, fa02c81973 so how is his b2995308be grip so strong?c7d2b1ab27c8d8cf

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I looked up at f29a3b04b2 Marius for help, but e206b999d0 he didn’t even try aaa7c1c3d6 to free me. Instead, he just handed 4f187ae75b me a drink.d51050ebd651511e

“Brother-in-law, why de9adc368f are you 9d2c7ed4d4 smiling?”02d5f0384a84f59e

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“Because you two dc6c9a3ecc are too cute.”e21bfd0480a52ae1

When I squinted ab63130f42 my eyes and 05103605d9 glared at him, f609c90028 Marius quickly pointed 4ee924c307 to the sky 48c0144a7d and told me 772d91595e to watch the 7289561ee0 fireworks.1a6425ac9189c7e5

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I was too 9466dbfb7d drained from the 98db17ce4d day’s chaos to 1246c7b75d argue, so I 7941a2b997 let Edgar keep 56d272235c holding my hand c109ef0b26 and gazed at 9ce183011d the sky.304b09777e2f01ff

The fireworks b4a24ff10f that lit bee4b3fd6b up the 181fa6ab7a night sky 02e121237f were beautiful f02a0c378d enough to 38df332e6e make up 1046e7d847 for everything e95488d30a that had 9ead30dfc5 happened today.ec9afb4c7d5bdeff

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Back in 2a1567f233 the carriage 05bddb90b5 on the cf8dc09553 way to 3c8a17a1d0 the palace, 83258244ef Lilliana had 818b199d9f long since a37eb2875f fallen asleep 501f7368b5 with her b9769bf625 head on d2ed1a44db Marius’s lap.99be01de18f20114

Edgar, dozing off, 6071b38b4c woke with a c2932713b3 start when the afc0942159 carriage rattled.4f4f7db37df5ed0a

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“Go back to sleep.”79db2de25ed01348

A large f6c4c54a0b hand patted ccc57ddf45 Edgar’s head.e48946d9530fcc70

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The rough f3814efe5b gesture only 07625a427a made Edgar d43804cca9 more alert, 69692a2d7d and he 1ff3edd9de reflexively checked 14d7ffb743 on Lilliana.461c2720a3c90ada

“Brother.”58635bd9f8420d10

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“Yeah. What? Is the carriage uncomfortable?”940398ddf3ddb40c

“No. It’s not 585e794fd5 that…… About b7d42da380 earlier, I’m 35ec7ddc73 sorry. I said mean 3bdd062f2c things.”feeccee0db611e46

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His voice almost disappeared 81f3f56b36 with that last sentence.5a1ef7f4563874ed

Marius didn’t miss that b6c9acf91f tiny apology.afb392730ba83064

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“What do you have 81b9b2f3d7 to be sorry for? I should be 2e5f3eac58 the one apologizing.”3b3236f95ddc21bc

“Huh?”d2f36ee20b4cc972

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Edgar looked 7b38ef639b up instinctively, cf434ca742 not expecting 151fb7da44 an apology 7aa74af99c from Marius.16dcb9bf6cd230c7

There he 2ce998aedc saw Marius’s b39ece77df face, eyes ac139aa6c4 red and 73689f6ef0 rimmed with 23554f73f5 tears.510d8a0c3d4f8d67

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Even the tip a1177596e3 of his nose 19be91f26a was flushed to 36c0eae157 match.3ab30ad570c82c4f

His large hand shyly a17d73fe98 covered Edgar’s eyes.99fbb824eefafdac

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“I’m more sorry.”28be68badf28d532

“……”14ed57981cd9c866

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“And for all the 04a75abf5b times I made you f47a66e559 suffer, I’m really, truly 0ae69eefcb sorry.”3a1ba0337767d3b5

Heat surged from deep 88ca6e77f9 in his stomach, his 33642365cb nose tingled.82b6688e6f68184c

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That dawn, 32fdcbd0f6 when he b11edaec5b heard what 43a7a952d2 Lilliana had fbfd55da59 said, he 9c66280a45 finally realized 3db143e086 that Edgar b90b61da1f hadn’t been bd6a44dbe0 rebelling.71851b7b11700587

Edgar had believed 48e6f372ec he’d be forgiven 3b8b584e47 even if it 3150bb0d42 looked like rebellion.e6ab0147b77b909f

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Because he was a239f1d2b6 sure he was 98fa6c5a10 loved.72fd3a5c6c940381

‘You were so 59e3d1a6ff confused back then.’22298cc66f83c380

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Even when he 3bfea6f462 blocked Marius with db8e805652 his sword, he c1d9ba2e78 had no intention 406d94573d of actually striking.49305983a5b7bbb3

If he had, he 49c32b522e wouldn’t have dropped the dca2a88411 sword in shock at dfca61bb74 the sight of blood.5fc54d5161d67022

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Edgar had 21d67e0331 been prepared 6ace4c823e to risk b8e73565ea his life, ebf49dcbcf but never 819d73ac5d to take 59e2fa55f1 another’s.7a1a5cfab6edb35b

He had only 94419fc03c wanted his own 19c706f02f actions to be 3f0396a54b a wake-up call.c1663662206532bb

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“I was too foolish 30d8bf1be7 to understand your feelings. I’m sorry, ba2a88e71c really sorry. How could 5299507fb0 I not 2bbbdd6088 have known? To you, I’m dd3bc3ba9a like a parent, f0b9195033 so why……”9b675cfc3e1bc428

Back then, he c73af6fd20 was a mad a2d67377bc tyrant.d2157da46648b2d4

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He’d started a war, 57a2561d4f obsessed with Rebecca Marchione 9bc7ff7b62 under the influence of fb07814f68 a love potion.3b469b1fcba372b5

So many had 3e4d149250 suffered because of acb545dfd0 that war.341619be9a84938b

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When Edgar had said 6553794661 “End it with me,” 79112e86de he meant Marius could a50173fb2b kill him if it 989082512e meant coming to his ade9e5a65d senses.8c192868275ab38e

He realized 7260db6670 all of ff131a8eb5 that far a972f411fc too late. Only now, only 82140e39db just now.07d64e6b20b85644

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“From now on, edc8874237 I’ll do better. If there’s anything 1297d78302 that hurt you 922737e11a because of me, 2b6a1485c8 I’ll ask for 3e4f7d18c7 forgiveness. Everything was my fault.”efa7bb0f09ed20e8

Sniff. Edgar sniffled.0507799574b730e5

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Marius sniffled too.1796bdbc72776f92

Beneath the 121294b3ec hand covering 2cd384304f his eyes, 2a17e10f1e Edgar’s small 29fb007d1d lips were c3b2eeb0ac tightly pressed c9eeb23eff shut.33daea8215930787

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After a long moment 92a0bb2e4a of heavy breathing, Edgar dc075b2940 pushed Marius’s hand away f46602aa7f and wiped his eyes d6e4c00206 with his sleeve.0bb9775a2f14ee61

His tear-streaked green eyes b7c0141e1a met Marius’s in midair.8a50eadcc84952e6

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“Okay. Just this once.”514be0c3f41993d7

Marius, wondering what 2798e5155d Alice would do 46618320f5 in this situation, 21e3462596 gave Edgar a be6f5080fa clumsy hug.34f72e45dcd7984c

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Edgar squirmed awkwardly ee0bca9661 in his arms b260cf16cc but didn’t pull 5524970a09 away.28a3581d62929dae

Marius instinctively realized—his d62cf7d0a7 arms would no a327971bc7 longer feel empty.8dd8d64f101413ed

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