Page 51 of In Love and War

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5:52 p.m.

He also said he wanted me to go back to Yuval. To literally move to another country.

5:53 p.m.

He texted me to make sure I got inside safely…

5:54 p.m.

Maybe I’m overthinking all of this. It’s just sex, right? People have sex every single day. It doesn’t mean I don’t hate his stupid guts.

5:55 p.m.

Except for the fact that I don’t hate his stupid guts.

5:56 p.m.

Shit. I still don’t have an excuse. Maybe I can just tell him I’m sick?

5:57 p.m.

Maybe I should take a shot or two and then go up.

5:58 p.m.

Wait a minute, how do I even know for sure that he wants to have sex with me again?

5:59 p.m.

But he had a good time… I think.

… Didn’t he?

6:00 p.m.

Oh God.

6:01 p.m.

I need my underwear back though, right? I should go upstairs, get it, and then come back.

6:02 p.m.

There is no way he’s giving it up that easily.

6:03 p.m.

Text him and cancel. Stop putting it off.

6:04 p.m.

…

6:05 p.m.

Cancel. Tell him you’re sick, or you lost your passport and need to go to the embassy, or you’ve been abducted. Quite literally anything.

6:06 p.m.

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