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Jeremy absorbed the pain that came from Abby’s admission, even as he felt the shock that he could still be hurt.

“But in some ways your life isn’t so different from what I faced,” she continued. “I was the prettiest girl in school, the one everyone wanted to date, the one everyone wanted to be seen with.”

“Is that your argument for identifying with my life?”

“Maybe not, but my point is that nobody ever really took the time to get to know me. They never bothered to look deeper, to find out if there was something more than a pretty shell. So I can understand how it might have felt for you when they didn’t bother to look deeper than how you think. I think there’s more to you than a brilliant reclusive outcast.”

“You’re wrong,” he said. “That’s exactly what I am.”