Everyone was starting to unwind.

I glanced at Nicholas. He was staring hard now into the fire. It made the shadows flicker and dance over the hard plains of his face.

“I wouldn’t want you to be a stranger,” I told him.

He glanced back at me.

“To become strangers means I would have to forget everything that came before this moment.” I smiled at him, genuinely, from the heart. “Every memory with you is a precious one. I'd never want to forget.” Something shifted on his face. He suddenly seemed much more open. He turned to me, opened him mouth and

his arms.

“piper,” he began.

“Let’s play a game!” Bridget called, bringing us all to attention.

Nicholas’s mouth closed. He looked down.

The moment was gone.

all seated in a small circle beside the bonfire. Bridget, somehow, likely through her superb

game she chose? «Pwo truths

play?” Everyone

says three things about themselves,” Veronica explained. “They say two truths and one lie but don’t reveal which is which. It’s left to the others to guess.” “Oh. Okay.” «p11 start,” Bridget said. Her smile was

us,” Julian said. He

hear him. He

around at each of us, and suddenly I began

had suggested the game, she had seemed to

me feel very nervous. Maybe this was

I'm an actress,”

truth!” Jessica announced

until she is done, and then guess

own boat drink through the

wider and

Was that a truth? Was ita lie? What would be the third thing she said? Then her gaze slid

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