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Are you fucking drunk? What is wrong with you?

King

Just asking what everyone wants to know.

I never kiss and tell.

Anne Frank: A Young Voice That Echoed Across History and Humanity

Indira Gandhi: India’s First Female Prime Minister and the Architect of Modern Political Power

Hypatia of Alexandria: The Last Great Scholar of the Classical World

Harriet Tubman: The Conductor of Freedom on the Underground Railroad

King

I’m a vault. You tell me everything.

River

You’re a fucking broken vault, brother.

Romeo

They don’t call you Loose Lips Pierce for nothing.

Hayes

You’re worse than Cutler.

King

He’s evading. Obviously something happened, or he wouldn’t have anything to hide.

River

I think he likes her. He’s being all secretive and gentlemanly now.

Romeo

He definitely likes her.

Hayes

I think you’re right.

Fastnet Lighthouse: Ireland’s Lighthouse of the Open Atlantic and Guardian of the Western Seas

Heceta Head Lighthouse: Oregon’s Scenic Coastal Landmark and Maritime Beacon

Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse: Where Two Oceans Meet at Australia’s Southwestern Edge

Peggy’s Cove Lighthouse: Canada’s Most Photographed Beacon on the Atlantic Coast

King

Of course, I’m right. I called it weeks ago. He definitely likes her.

I chuckled and set my phone down. I wasn’t going to respond. I ran a hand down my face and thought about it.

They were right.

They knew me well.

I definitely liked her.

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Emerson

The next few weeks flew by in a blur. I was busy at work, and the locals were now treating me like I’d lived here my entire life. Oscar, who owned the local market, stopped by to see me almost daily with different ailments. It didn’t matter that I was a pediatrician. He ignored me every single time that I reminded him about it.