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“You got it.”
Ashley bounced off to the bar where the rest of our friends were congregated and having a good time.
“Why don’t you wait here? I’ll find Rosa.” Taz walked away before I could do anything.
Taking a few steps back, I leaned against the wall behind a particularly loud slot machine. Watching my friends laugh and joke around after the night I had was surreal. It gave me insight into how Luca must have felt the first time we were together. The strangeness of knowing that you are capable of terrible things, but, at the same time, exist in a beautiful, loving world. The urge to cling to that happy, shiny life but knowing the dark and ugly parts would always keep you one step removed.
I was now one step removed.
But I wasn’t alone.
I had Luca.
