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"You've been reading this?"I ask.

She nods.

"Stop."

"It's public."

"Stop reading his," I say. "It's for me."

She smiles.

"What?"

"You love him."

"Shut up."

"So, you forgive him?" she asks.

"I don't know yet."

"I think you do."

ChapterForty-Nine

"Start at the Beginning."

By One Trick Pony

Sunday July 31st, 3 P.M.

Dear Diary,

She doesn't start this way, but D did. M too.

I know, I know, what kind of monster reads both his sisters' diaries? And his girlfriend's diary?

A curious one.

I have an excuse for hers. Really. I don't want to spin excuses. But I have reasons.

I needed to understand.

After D died, I needed to understand. I would have done anything to understand. And her site—D was a subscriber—dropped in my lap.

Who could have turned away?

She's a great writer too. Witty and smart and brave as hell.

She offered me her heart, and I drank with greedy sips.

Those are reasons.

And this is the story I tell myself, the story I've told myself again and again.

It feels true.


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