Page 29 of Under The Cherry Blossoms

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BEN:Smiles, because there is a mile between eachS.

BEN:I miss seeing yoursmile.

BEN:Let’s have dinner tomorrownight?

SKYE:I need more time,Ben.

BEN:Squeak?

SKYE:Yes?

BEN:I loveyou.

Monday 10/23

BEN:Knock,knock.

SKYE:Who’sthere?

BEN:Theodore.

SKYE:Theodorewho?

BEN:Theodore wasn’t opened so Iknocked.

BEN:I need the door to open,Squeak.

BEN:Or I can just kick the motherfuckerdown.

SKYE:Lol.

BEN:I wish I wasjoking.

SKYE:I’m getting there, Ben. Believe it or not, Cassidy is your biggest champion rightnow.

BEN:That’s strange. The daily messages she’s been sending me are all the varied and detailed ways she plans to remove my favorite bodypart.

SKYE:And that’s why I loveher.

Friday 10/27

BEN:Knock,knock.

SKYE:Who’sthere?

BEN:Cynthia.

SKYE:Cynthiawho?

BEN:Cynthia been away, I missedyou.

BEN:I missyou.

SKYE:I miss youtoo.

BEN:We need to talk, Squeak. We’re not going to sort anything out bytext.

SKYE:Iknow.

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