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I hope someone notices all the extraordinary things about you that most people miss.

Most of all, I hope someone makes you feel as understood as you made me feel.

Goodbye, Rune.

I hope someone looks at you the way I should have if we'd ever met.

—Glitch

I read it.

I stare at the screen and read it again.

Goodbye Rune.

My fingers rest on the keyboard. No matter how much I love Maci, it’s hard to close a huge chapter of my life.

“Didn’t know you were home?”

My reflexes betray me.

The laptop snaps shut before I've consciously decided to move.

“Something top secret?” she asks.

“No.”

“Private?”

“I was saying goodbye.”

thirty-four

. . .

Maci

Encrypted Message Rune

Have you ever stopped doing something you love, simply because it’s not good for you? Like eating sour candy or being a ballet dancer because people called you fat?

Encrypted Message Reply Glitch

No. If I love something, I don’t quit.

Goodbye?

My eyebrows knit together and he looks like a deer in headlights, but I’ve been here long enough to know if Witt doesn’t want to tell you, a wild boar couldn’t drag it from his mouth.

I say, “You left work.”

"Dad required assistance."

I take two strides towards him. "Everything okay?"

"Yes."

"What'd he need?"