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4 "Dammit, this is all my fault! I should have just stayed at the house. I should have never come here. I knew it, I knew it. I could feel it in my gut that something was going to happen. Why don't I listen to myself? Why wasn't I smarter? I should've known…" Beka criticizes herself. "What the hell was I thinking?"
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6 Harper tries to calm her down, "Beka, don't blame yourself."
"Why? Should I blame you?"
"You shouldn't blame anybody. It's just something that happened."
"I can't believe I was going to leave him. What was I thinking?" Beka looks up at Harper, "He was the first guy I've ever really felt something from, you know? He made me feel like a person; like a human being."
"Hey, what about me?" Harper says.
"You know what I mean."
"I know," Harper says and sits down next to Beka. "You can look at it this way, he saved your life, and now you can repay him by living your life. Don't be sad forever. Besides, who else is going put up with me?"
Beka laughs a little, "Yeah, and who's going to give you that raise you wanted?"
"Exactly!"
"Thanks Harper," she says and looks around the fancy room. "So, what do we do now?"
"I don't know yet, but we'll think of something."
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4 "Dammit, this is all my fault! I should have just stayed at the house. I should have never come here. I knew it, I knew it. I could feel it in my gut that something was going to happen. Why don't I listen to myself? Why wasn't I smarter? I should've known…" Beka criticizes herself. "What the hell was I thinking?"
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6 Harper tries to calm her down, "Beka, don't blame yourself."
"Why? Should I blame you?"
"You shouldn't blame anybody. It's just something that happened."
"I can't believe I was going to leave him. What was I thinking?" Beka looks up at Harper, "He was the first guy I've ever really felt something from, you know? He made me feel like a person; like a human being."
"Hey, what about me?" Harper says.
"You know what I mean."
"I know," Harper says and sits down next to Beka. "You can look at it this way, he saved your life, and now you can repay him by living your life. Don't be sad forever. Besides, who else is going put up with me?"
Beka laughs a little, "Yeah, and who's going to give you that raise you wanted?"
"Exactly!"
"Thanks Harper," she says and looks around the fancy room. "So, what do we do now?"
"I don't know yet, but we'll think of something."