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across from him.
“I should have protected you sooner.”
“Yeah,” he said.
The honesty hit me hard, but I deserved it.
Then he added, “But you did today.”
I looked down at my mug.
Steam blurred my vision.
“That doesn’t erase before.”
“I know.”
He took a sip of hot chocolate.
“But it matters.”
Those three words became something I held onto.
It matters.
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