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“I want you to be happy,” she says, rubbing a hand on my cheek. “Even if that takes you away from here. I want you to be true to yourself and follow your heart.”

“What about you?”

“Children aren’t meant to worry about their parents,” she says. “Live your life, Cassie; you only get one.”

Dad comes back into the room complaining about the pizza order, and Mom stands up to talk him through it. But I sit frozen on the couch.

Being with Enemy Muse, being with Sebastian, was the most draining, exhausting experience of my life. It made me question how Myth was able to keep burning as long as he did.

But, for the first time, I wasn’t just existing. I was living, and dare I say it, I was happy. I wasme.

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Sebastian and Cassie

Cassie:Hey

Sebastian:Who is this?

Sebastian:Kidding, bad joke

Cassie:It’s kinda funny…

Sebastian:So you’ve always been a terrible liar then? Glad we cleared that up

Cassie:Proving assumptions correct since 1999

Sebastian:Surprised to hear from you

Cassie:Surprised I’m texting, to be honest

Sebastian:Why are you?

Cassie:Bored, curious, all those things you normally say…

Sebastian:Well I’m glad you did

Cassie:We scattered his ashes today

Sebastian:You okay?

Cassie:No

Sebastian:I know the feeling

Cassie:But for the first time in a year, I kind of feel like I will be

Sebastian:Good

Sebastian:You deserve it

Cassie:So do you

Cassie:It’s not your fault Sebastian

Cassie:Promise

Sebastian:I miss you

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