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What Lily saw defied all explanation. Mark truly did look like a pro as he shredded every inch of the skatepark doing tricks she didn’t even have names for. He made all the turns, backsides, frontsides, and so on look so smooth when she knew from experience how choppy they could be. On top of that, he got impressive height on all of his jumps.He sailed through everything with a sense of artistry she had never seen any other skater pull off. And when he was done, he spun to a stop, kicked the board up, and caught it as he took a bow. His audience ate it up and actually cheered and catcalled him with his nickname.“Whooo, Legend!” “That’s the Legend for you!” “I’m so glad I got that all on video.”He caught that last bit and called over to the guy who said it. “If you post it anywhere, be sure to tag me!”“You got it, dude!” the guy yelled back while giving him a thumbs up.Lily was completely stunned as Mark turned back to her. His smile was cheekier than she had ever seen it and his

Mark was nervous about skateboarding with Lily despite it being his best chance to change her opinion of him. She had already accused him of being a chameleon and seeing how different he was at the skatepark would most likely reinforce that idea.Which ended up being exactly what happened. Skating had always been freeing and when he was relaxed, he acted differently than he did in most situations. She totally judged him for it.At the same time, she was in awe of what he could do after years and years of practice. That was more gratifying than the hero-worship of the teenagers that hung out at the skatepark.All in all, their outing was a mixed bag. Mark couldn’t believe he actually told her that she had changed his life. He blurted out way too much personal information today and had no intention of doing that again.That wouldn’t do anything but cause him problems. If she knew that his only goal in life was financial stability, she would be even more disappointed in him than she alre

Lily’s date with AJ went about as well as she expected it to. He wanted to go to a nicer restaurant than she anticipated so she had to dress up all day since they headed out right after their internship. That already told her that she wasn’t going to have the best time but she tried to remain optimistic.At least they were able to casually chat about how their research was going on the way there. That was a comfortable topic.It wasn’t until their orders had been taken that he eyed her appraisingly. “So, are you going to tell me the story of how you recently discovered you were an identical twin now? You did say you would.”Lily had said that. Thankfully, she had practice getting her story straight and leaving out the identifying details that would give away who her sister was and the illegal impersonation she had done. Telling everything else shouldn’t be that big of a deal.“It’s kind of a funny story, actually,” she began. “We both went missing around the same time and her fiancé f

Lily continued wondering what difference she had made in Mark’s life all of the following week. Her internship wasn’t as much of a distraction as she had hoped it would be because going through ROV footage lost its appeal after a while. It became rather monotonous looking through the same dark water for any signs of movement.On top of that, she had to deal with AJ being passive aggressive after she turned down going out again. The first date was absolutely not worth a second one.She remained as polite as possible because she didn’t want things to be uncomfortable for the rest of the summer but it was difficult holding herself back. He deserved to be criticized for his childishness!The effort of not snapping at him left Lily in a bad mood. Randi, who she had been texting on and off all week, knew this and suggested they go to the beach Friday night after going out to eat. That perked her up.She had planned to invite Angel and Eddie along the next time she hung out with her friends

Angelina hadn’t managed to explain her conflicted feelings about her husband very well, had she? She had told her story with the bare facts rather than the emotions behind them so it made sense Jill wouldn’t understand. She couldn’t quite understand them herself.“I had wanted things to stop being so stilted between us before I got kidnapped,” she explained. “But I didn’t realize that he was important to me in any capacity until I thought about him almost as much as I did Aria when I was locked in that birdcage.“So when he told me he loved me, I decided to let him. I was legally obligated to be stuck with him as long as Aria is a minor anyway and didn’t want to spend all that time suffering from loneliness the way I had been before.“That wasn’t fair to him though…I do care about him and want him to be happy despite everything that’s happened between us but I don’t love him. At least I don’t think I do. I’ve never been in love so I have no way to tell.“Eddie is a good person and he’