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::TWENTY FOUR:: It’s strange to wake up and have Jeanette watching me for a change. I’ve watched her wake, every morning since we’ve been together, and more than a few times just sat and watched as she fell asleep as well. I watched her for what felt like an hour last night, curled up behind [...]

::TWENTY TWO:: The atmosphere on the floor is strained when we finally stop laughing and make our way through security, the air thick with the electricity of an impending thunderstorm. Alvarez switches to his don’t-know-nothin-bout-nothin persona, as we make our way past agents speaking quietly, and secretaries chattering not so quietly. The DEA takes the [...]

::TWENTY:: “You don’t want to look around a little bit?” I dreaded saying it the moment it was out of my mouth, picturing hours spent walking from store to store, sitting outside with heaps of bags. Jeanette looked up at me, a glint of pure mischief sparking in her eyes before she laughed out loud. [...]

::EIGHTEEN:: “…..wants to meet us.” All I can think of is Jeanette, and how it felt in that moment as I held her when she was so afraid. How it made me feel when I said I would take care of her, and how deeply I meant it. She’s not just my girlfriend anymore, and [...]

::SIXTEEN:: I couldn’t say how long I held her. The sky darkened a little, and it rained a little harder, even the tree above us not able to hold it back, and we sat in the rain for a while. I didn’t care that I was getting soaked through. I let go. I let everything [...]