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MoonDance77: Or maybe I freak people out withoutmeaning to.

Fang950: Maybe you made him forget how to breathe.

I don’t hit send.

I delete the message, start again.

Fang950: You don’t scare me.

MoonDance77: I scare my husband sometimes.

Fang950: If you were really dangerous, you’d be alone.

MoonDance77: You say that like you know me.

Fang950: Maybe I do.

MoonDance77: Nowyousound dangerous.

She adds a smiley face.

It hurts in the best way.

MoonDance77: Sometimes I wish I could meet you in person.

Fang950: Maybe you already have.

MoonDance77: No, I’d know if I had.

I sit there, staring at that.

Because she’s wrong.

And right.

All at once.

Chapter Thirty-one

AOL IM: 11:56 p.m.

MoonDance77: Ever want to disappear?

Fang950: With you? All the time.

MoonDance77: Haha, no. I mean like vanish, poof. No trail, no past. Just the endless night sky.

Fang950: You sound like you’ve tried.

MoonDance77: Not yet. Just fantasy.

Her words hit different tonight.

Earlier, at Heroes, I knew something heavy had been on her mind. I could see it in her eyes when she sat at the bar, even if she hid it behind her half-smile and full glass of wine.

But this feels heavier, riskier.

Fang950: What would it take for you to start over?