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@@@@@ I tried to be objective about that handIt was soft against my faceNot like when Jared touched meBut also different from the way it felt when Jamie hugged me ?It might take a whileNone of this makes any sense, you know,? I told him I realized, when he smiled then, that I wanted him to like meThe rest?the hand on my face, the fingers on my arm?I still wasn't sure at all about thoseBut I wanted him to like me, and to think kind things about meWhich is why it was hard to tell him the truth ?You don't really feel that way aboutme, you know,? I whispered She's pretty, isn't she?? He noddedMelanie is a very pretty girl His hand moved to touch my bad cheek, to stroke the rough, scarring skin with gentle fingers?In spite of what I've done to her face Normally, I would have denied that automaticallyReminded him that the wounds on my face weren't his faultBut I was so confused that my head was spinning and I couldn't form a coherent sentence Why should it bother me that he thought Melanie was beautiful? You've got me therey feelings were no clearer to her than they were to me He brushed my hair back from my forehead ?But, pretty as she is, she's a stranger to meShe's not the one I? care about That made me feel betterWhich was even more confu