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"...The scenes from outside the car window flashed by, haunting shadows careening through the dark night like faceless ghosts searching out their lost souls. She shivered despite the mugginess of the evening, hesitantly anticipating returning to her apartment. She tried so hard to maintain a strong façade, but the turmoil quivering inside her was becoming more and more difficult to mask.
He reached across the center console and took hold of her hand, his fingers intertwining with hers in a perfect fit. “Are you okay?”
She turned from the window to see his eyes on her, occasionally darting back to the road as he drove. Laying her other hand on top of his, she felt her guard falling. “Would you stay with me tonight?”
He squeezed her hand, his eyes on the road, and nodded..."