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THIRTY FIVE
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I knocked on Leo’s room door, and when I didn’t get a response, I opened it myself. He had his earpods on and had his head bent deep into what he was doing, of which he wasn’t aware of my presence.He was studying, I thought.I hovered around his study desk to take a look at what he was doing, and to my surprise, Leo was drawing. I quickly grabbed the notepad he was scribbling on to take a good look.“Mom!” Leo reacted. “Give it back,” he demanded. Leo’s voice rose, which came as a shock to me.“Leo, I just want to see what you are up to. I don’t care if you scribble all over your paper for as long as you are reading, and at the end of the day, this is just a silly hobby to you; it is not like you will be doing this all your life." I dropped the notepad on his desk and said, "Anyways, I heard that you called Rocky and told him you were sick and that he shouldn’t come."“I did,” Leo answered as he straightened out the page that had been roughed out. “I am not ready to see his face,”“T
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I looked over at Michael as he dashed out of the car. I was confused as to why he had decided to return when he said he had something urgent to do.“Good afternoon, sir,” Bella greeted politely as Michael came up to us.Michael nodded his head in acceptance. He turned to me and asked, “What is going on?”"Nothing; the important question is why you are here. I thought you had an important meeting." I asked in a hushed tone, more like a whisper.“Change of plans; you are more important, and I blew it... All the plans I had and I just ruined them, please forgive me,” Michael said. Not to make things even more awkward than they already were with Seth's fiancée looking at us so lovingly and going on to ask Seth quietly if Michael and I were a couple.It didn’t seem like Seth wanted to respond, especially since we could hear them.I sighed. I was no longer feeling ecstatic about today, as it started great and has since gone downhill, and things just keep getting worse and worse.“Can we all
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