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Chapter 25

I shuffled past the dancing green fire in the middle of the bar toward the corner booth, the heat bringing feeling back in my body in needling throbs. I sat facing the door, noting there were fewer people in here than the other night. Low conversations drifted from nearby tables around the crackling fire. A couple sat nearby, their clasped hands on the table near a pair of ferry tickets, their locked gazes charging the air with a sizzling energy.

Something panged in my gut while watching them, an empty feeling that had once been filled. Love, I realized. That feeling that you were so important to someone that they would do anything for you just to see you smile. See you live.

I cleared my throat as Smiley clanked down a bottle and bowl in front of me. Then she slid two wrapped straws across the table. With a secret smile, she strode off. She must've seen me drinking with a straw the other night, though I had no idea why I needed two.