Why did you do this?" He was shaking. "Just tell me why." I tried to muster up some of the righteous indignation that I'd felt on Friday night as I said, "You knocked over my gravestone! " But even to my ears the words sounded tinny and pathetic. Dan's face was pale. "It was just a gravestone, Chelsea. And it was a mistake. I told you that already, and I meant it. I've never lied to you. My God, can't you tell the difference between a gravestone and a person you love? Can't you tel which one matters?" But if I had to point to the real problem in my life, it's that I've never known the difference between a gravestone and a person I love. I have never known which is which until it's too late. "All's fair in love and war, " I reminded him, aiming for Tawny's tone. But my voice came out sounding just like me." Oh, yeah? And which is this?" he asked. "Love or war? . Leila Sales
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"All's fair in love and war," I reminded him, aiming for Tawny's tone. But my voice came out sounding just like me."Oh, yeah? And which is this?" he asked. "Love or war?" "Love," I said. "I don't know which one you're talking about." "Right," he said.

"Why do you think you're so good at it?" He shifted his weight from foot to foot as if he was still uncomfortable standing that close to me. When he spoke again, his voice was softer and more sincere than ever before. "Look, Chelsea, I know we've had our problems in the past, and I know we've gotten off on the wrong foot a time or two.

But I never meant to hurt you." "You didn't hurt me," I said quietly. "You couldn't hurt me." "I'm not saying that to make excuses," Dan began. "But you're too good at this.

You always have been. And I don't think that's something that comes naturally to you." "What do you mean?" "Nothing," he said quickly, but the tension in his shoulders told me otherwise. He looked down and tried to shuffle his feet again. "What did you mean by that?" He shrugged and looked uneasy for a moment before finally meeting my eyes again.

"You really know how to read people pretty well," he said softly, and for once he didn't look annoyed by the compliment—just kind of amazed by it, maybe even a little proud of it."That's not what you always did before," he added after a moment's hesitation."What did I do before?" I asked him, suddenly confused."When we were together.""When we were together.""The last time you talked to her," Dan finished with a sigh, as if giving up on arguing with me for once in his life."Oh," I said blankly, trying to understand what he was getting at."I can see it in your face when she talks about you," he continued abruptly. "It's like a whole different person when she talks about you—like she looks at life from a different angle then when she talks about herself with anyone else.""Don't you dare say that thing about her!" Suddenly angry with him for saying things like that about Tawny without my permission, I stepped forward and grabbed his shoulder in a tight grip. "

Source: Past Perfect

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