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CHARLOTTE

I crept down the stairs and to the basement, pausing to listen to the sound of screws tightening the closer I got.

I landed on the floor and immediately fixed my eyes on the person I had come here to see.

Taide, bent over a dismantled, vintage-looking car as he toyed with something under the hood. His arms were lightly streaked with grease, and sweat dripped down his skin as his muscles flexed with movement.

I paused to take him in for a moment, but he immediately stiffened at my presence.

He always knew when I was near.

I waited for him to turn around and acknowledge me, even if it was to send me away. But Taide merely resumed his tinkering, his movements more jerky and distracted now.

A sad smirk crawled up my face.

I drew closer to him until I was right by his side. Yet, he didn’t bother turning around. “Would be nice if you could at least look up at me.”

He didn’t respond to my words. He just continued to tinker with the engine for a moment, then as though my stare burni
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