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2024-10-29 19:42:56“I know you’re there, Zak. Come on out.” My best friend Kai stood at the tree line with his arms crossed across his broad chest. He was just slightly shorter than me with golden hair that hung just above his eyes. I sighed, knowing there was no getting out of this. My only hope is that he hasn’t told anyone yet. “What the hell are you doing, man?” Kai asks once I emerge from the cover of the trees.
“I just wanted to go for a run alone.” I shrug nonchalantly and walk past him.
“Uh huh. And who was that girl?”
I stop dead in my tracks. How did I not hear him follow me? Have I been that careless? “What girl?” I ask in hopes he meant someone else.
“Don’t play dumb Zak. I noticed you had
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