Stuff to Spy For (31 page)

“Hey.”

“No. Let me say this. I didn’t make this up, someone said it before me, but I mean this so much. So much.” She wiped the tears from her eyes. “To be your friend was all I ever wanted. To be your lover was all I ever dreamed.” She hugged me and hugged me and hugged me, and I hugged her back.

Damn. Now Emily was doing obscure quotes and I had nothing to give her back.