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Katey's POV

"I'm taking you with me" she whispered, fighting back tears.

"I am keeping you right here." He said placing her hand on his heart.

Katey woke up sweating with tears rolling down her cheeks. Had she really lost him? It had been 2 months since she and her family had been forced to leave Cuba and now, even as time passed she still felt her heart ache with the mention of the island. Cuba was where she discovered herself and the person she wanted to be. It was also where she discovered what love was and how one person could mark you for life. Javier. She wondered what he was doing.

However her thoughts were interrupted by her mother who came rushing into her room clenching an opened envelope in her hand.

"Katey, you wouldn't believe what came in the mail!" Jeannie said staring at her eldest daughter.

"Mom, not now…" Katey just wanted to be alone. Being alone seemed to be her way of avoiding people these days.

"Oh Katey! You can't spend forever locked in your room missing Javier!" Her mother replied, her smile quickly fading, realizing what she had just said.

"You don't understand…"

"It's not my fault you never gave me the chance to!" Then, in a typical Jeannie manner, her mother left.

It wasn't until her mother had left that Katey noticed the letter had been left behind. She picked it up and closely examined it realizing it was from Radcliffe. At this point college seemed like a distant future, something she couldn't connect to the person she was now or her present. But curiosity got the best of her and she opened the envelope taking out the piece of paper

To Miss Katey Miller,

This letter is to inform you that we have received your application and have accepted you into our school. We are sure you will make a valuable contribution to the Radcliffe community. Please confirm your presence before March 1st 1959.

With dearest regards,

Anna Greene

Principal

As much as Katey should have been happy at that moment she couldn't bring herself to smile. Although she had what she thought she wanted she was missing herself, the girl she had left in Havana.