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“I didn’t.”
“Yes, you did, even if it was just by omission. It takes months to join the navy—I checked back then—which meansyou spent all that time after your dad died hiding it.”
“You were busy retaking the exams you’d failed because you’d bunked off school to be with me. I didn’t want to distract you.”
“Right.” Mia flicked something off the table. She looked bored, which offended me more than it should’ve.
Weirdo. Do you want her to punch you in the dick?
I kind of did.
“Mia.”
She glancedup. “What?”
Was she taking the piss? “What do youthink?”
“I think,” she said slowly, “that we should stay away from each other.”
