Page 103 of Haunt Me

F: By saying that you can handle breaking, you are not saying that it’s not painful. You are saying that it’s worth it.

Eden: It is painful. And it’s also worth it.

F: Atta girl.

Eden: Ugh.

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Eden: Omg, you’ll never guess what happened. I’m going to see him in two months’ time. I AM FINALLY GOING TO SEE HIM face to face. I can’t breathe.

F: Then breathe.

Eden: Aren’t you excited for me?

F: No. This dude ruined you. Straight up destroyed you.

Eden: That was… different.

F: Well, don’t hope for too much.

Eden: I can’t help it. I am so full of hope, I might burst.

F: Don’t go. Don’t go to his New Year’s Eve concert. And definitely don’t go to work for him.

Eden: I can’t help myself. I just can’t.

F: I don’t know what to say to you.

Eden: Wish me luck.

F: Good luck.

Eden: I think it’s time to say goodbye. Thank you for being here all these years.

F: I am literally you.

Eden: You are the only part of me that no one was ever able to cage. You are the only part of me that survived. The writing part.

F: You are the part of you that survived. All of you. All of your parts.

Eden: We’ll just see if I survive this one.

F: Always such a drama queen. What do you mean ‘this one’.

Eden: This is going to be the big one—the big test. Going to a concert, with crowds. Meeting him. Confronting my fears, my shame, my past.

F: Don’t forget to keep writing. Always keep writing. Don’t ever stop.

Eden: I won’t.

F: Good.

Eden: Goodbye, F. Next time I text someone, it will be a real person.

F: Might as well be one of your sisters. Who would have thought that you’d have two of them… It almost sounds like too many. Going from no sisters to two all of a sudden. I hope they don’t drive you crazy.

Eden: I hope they do.

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