I Secretly Read Every Love Letter He Wrote Me, Then He Stopped Writing Them novel · Chapter 8 of 32
Chapter 8: How Long
"Yes," Clara said.
The rain drummed on the awning.
"Yes, that's why I said it. I didn't hate you. I never hated you."
Miles let out a sound that was half a laugh and half something else.
He pressed the back of his wrist against his mouth.
"Okay," he said, behind it. "Okay."
"I'm sorry."
"Don't." He lowered his hand. "Please don't apologize. Not for that."
"I made you stand there in front of everyone."
"I did that to myself."
"I made you think..."
"Clara." He said it so softly she stopped. "I'm not angry at you. I'm angry. But not at you."
She had never seen his face look like this.
His jaw was set, and the muscle in it jumped.
"Your father took your laptop," he said. "He took your coat. He put his hand on you in a parking lot, and a man in a gray jacket sits outside your door."
"It's my problem."
"It isn't only yours, anymore."
"Miles, you're leaving in sixteen days."
The words fell between them.
He looked down at his shoes.
"Fifteen," he said. "I've been counting too."
She laughed, one wet, shaky laugh, and he looked up and half smiled.
Then he turned serious again.
"Listen. Here's what I think you should do, and you can say no."
"Okay."
"Tomorrow morning, before noon, we go to the dean of students. I'll come with you. You show them the loan paper and tell them the signature is a forgery, and you file a report for identity theft."
"Then my father goes to prison."
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