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CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO: Lies

"Hey." Lily greets with a smile like we hadn't just seen ourselves out in the down floor.

"Hey." I greet back in a voice I pray is not evident of my fear.

"I'm sorry for the way I responded to you earlier, I shouldn't have snapped at you. I brought this for you to show you how sincere I am." Lily says while bringing forward the arm that was behind her back.

It turns out she was just holding some flowers which had been packaged neatly in a transparent pack. They were roses. I didn't particular hate roses but I sure didn't like them. They made me remember my mom a lot. The last time I was at her graveside, there was an unhealthy number of roses laying on her coffin.

I preferred irises. Which Roman had guessed correctly on his first try.

"Thank you very much Lily. And don't beat yourself up for it, everyone has a sore spot they wouldn't want others prodding at. And thank you for the flowers, they are beautiful." I say all this with a very huge smile that I do not feel inside.

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