Something Worth Remembering

Amalia

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stop thinking so much

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At last they're back to common ground, Amalia offering a less strained, but still uneasy, smile. "Spicy and sweet... I think I have just the thing, but I'll have to make a new batch." Ginger cake: a personal favorite of both hers and Adams, and it eases something else in her to know that Peter knows him well enough.

A sudden wave of guilt hits her then, for how standoffish and uncomfortable she has been. She wants to like this man - ought to like this man - who despite his anxious and stumbling demeanor has somehow won her best friend's heart. "If... if you wanted, you could help me. So that next time you can make it for him." It's a small offering, and quickly she fears she may have overstepped again, adding a hasty: "Or you can come back in a couple hours. Shouldn't take longer than that."

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you're breaking your own heart

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