Side Effects May Vary (25 page)

When I got to her house, I parked and turned off the car all in one motion. I fumbled with the seat belt, remembering the day I came here after she'd found out she was in remission. She'd watched me through a window, like a ghost, as her dad told me
It's gone
.

I shaded my eyes with my hand and ran up the driveway, and this time she was there, waiting for me. Alice sat on the steps of the porch with her knees pulled into her chest.

I stopped less than a foot away. I couldn't find words, but it didn't matter. They wouldn't have done me any good. The sun dipped down behind her house, bringing her into focus.

Alice stood, closing the gap between us, and whispered in my ear.

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Side Effects May Vary

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