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sophie winters & mina bishop quotes from far from you by tess sharpe

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“She kept saying she was sorry. She…she said it hurt.” My voice breaks. I can’t continue.

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“Soph, if you don’t open this door in the next five seconds, I’ll break it down. I swear I will.” Mina knocks harder.
“You couldn’t,” I say, but I smile at the thought of her, five-foot-two, a hundred pounds soaking wet, trying.

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She tugs me forward, knocking her hips against mine. The moon is bright, and I’m messed up enough to let my eyes linger on the curl of her hair, the dark ripple against her pale skin.

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“Sophie.” That’s all she says. One word, but she can infuse it with such frustration, such worry.

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For one long moment, we stare at each other.
I’m afraid to move. To speak.

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Prison is enough. They can both rot there.
I have to repeat it to myself, like it’ll convince me that it’s a fair trade.
It’s not.
It never will be.

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The second time, I remember everything. The beam of the car’s brights. The shooter’s eyes shining at us through his mask. How steady his finger is on that trigger. Mina’s hand clutching mine, our nails digging into each other’s flesh.

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She coughs, and when blood trickles out of her mouth, I wipe it away with my hand. “I’m so sorry, Sophie,” she whispers.

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“Trev wouldn’t know what to do if loving me wasn’t wrapped up with some form of guilt.
He and Mina have that in common.

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I give him the only thing I can: the cold, hard truth. The one that’ll rewrite every memory he has—of him and me, her and me, the two of them, all three of us: “It’ll always be Mina.”

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Mina likes to play with fire.
But I’m the one who gets burned.

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“I can feel her watching me.
But when I look at her, she’s turned toward the docks, blocking me out.
Cowards, both of us.”

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We have to live with the loss. Shape our lives around it.

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Mina and I aren’t the same anymore. There’s a tense undercurrent to all our conversations. Out of the corner of my eye, I catch her watching me, but every time I look at her straight on, she pretends she hasn’t been staring.

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Mina beams when she sees me coming out the door.

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She leans down, so close I can feel her breath against my skin. Her hair spills across my shoulder, brushing my neck.

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She tugs me forward, knocking her hips against mine. The moon is bright, and I’m messed up enough to let my eyes linger on the curl of her hair, the dark ripple against her pale skin.

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Her silver rings, warmed from her skin, are smooth against my fingers.

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“Trev wouldn’t know what to do if loving me wasn’t wrapped up with some form of guilt.
He and Mina have that in common.

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After Mina stops breathing, I can’t let go of her. I know I have to. I need to get up. Find help.
I have to let go.