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I bark out a laugh. “Of course you’d say that. God, you’re unbelievable.”

He furrows his brow. “Me?”

I take another step away.Unbelievably perfect.“I’ll see you around, Matty.”

He opens his mouth, but I turn away. I can’t begin to explain what just happened, only that it needs to stop.

Chapter 6

Blinding Love

MATTY

What do you call a cow with no legs?

GOLDIE

That’s a heck of a way to say good morning

Come on, Dawn—answer the riddle.

Ground beef

Ha! So you, too, know the joy of a really bad joke.

Indeed

I have another question…

Is it a riddle? Because if that’s what we’re doing, then watch out—I’ve got some doozies.

It’s not, but noted.

Okay, what’s the question?

Do you have the option to add a photo to our chat now?

Hang on

Oh, wow—yeah. That’s new.

I guess maybe this is the app’s way of rewarding us for talking to each other for a week.

Maybe so. Doesn’t that go against the whole “blind” part of this app’s name?

We’re not supposed to upload photos of ourselves.

What, did you look at the rules or something?

…

omg you *did*

James, you’re a—gasp!—rule follower!

Okay, okay, be nice

I think it’s sweet. Very…rule-followy of you.

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