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“No,” Quinn says, giving Frog a look.
“What?” she says like he’s the weird one. “She’sfamous. We can say she needs to cut for safety reasons.”
Donnelly chimes in, “Nah, that’ll draw too much attention. Arguments will be had. They’ll be asking who’s so special. They might start shouting Luna’s name. So…hard pass.”
I hear Xander expel a relieved breath.
“Callie,” I say, feeling this deep in my bones. “Let’s leave and go see the actress who plays her.”
“You sure?” Donnelly asks me.
He’s a Callie stan, and I’m clinging onto the hope that one day I’ll remember how I was too. This hope feels more like sand slipping between my fingers. “Yeah, I’m sure,” I nod resolutely.
Because if I stay here, it feels like admitting Original Luna is gone for good. And she’s not.She’s not.
She can’t be.
* * *
The linefor actress Willa Holmes is much, much shorter, and I almost feel guilty for not supporting Callie sooner. She needs it more.
We’ll likely reach the front in fifteen minutes tops.
While we wait, I’m doing my best to not be recognized for Xander’s sake. I have my face buried in my phone, reading another writer’s sci-fi romance short story on Fictitious.
My cell pings with a new text.
UNKNOWN
Hey, Luna. Miss you. You free soon? Want to meet up again? ??
My pulse spikes, and I flush with anxious heat. Who is this? I scroll up in the text thread, but there aren’t any preexisting messages. Did I delete them? Or is this person just texting for the first time and messing with me?
No one knows I’ve lost my memories.Just my family, security, and doctors. So it can’t be an elaborate prank.
The wet emoji means sex. This person is likely ahe, and he wants to hook up? Maybe he’s from OG Luna’s casual sex days.
I look up and see the back of Donnelly.
Why am I so drawn to him? Out of. Every. Single. Person.
Him.
Too many emotions rush into me at once, and I end up sending a quick reply:
Sry. I’m busy.
With that, I shove my phone in my pocket and step forward. I tap Donnelly’s shoulder, my heart flip-flopping.
Donnelly turns a fraction, and his blue eyes meet mine so suddenly that I’m hypnotized by their depths.
“Um,” I swallow a lump. “What would she say to Callie?”
He skims me. “You’d say, ‘I’m your biggest fan and those that hate your character just don’t know how to love flawed things.’” He says it without hesitation and with so much admiration. I’m blown back for a second. My lips part.
He loves her.
Likereallyloves Original Luna.
