title: The Face You See: The Broken Series: Book 1
author:  Amelia Legend 
description: "In swift and relatable prose, The Face You See juggles the many difficult topics and circumstances that young adults face."
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  _Chapter Twelve_
  
  
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  **I**
  
  
  
  
  
  T BEGAN AS AN UNEASY SENSATION.
  
  
  
  
  
  He had been jerking his head around to see if he was being followed from the
  moment Amelia first hurtled into his life. In the nearly two weeks since she
  had returned with Alex, the habit had become so acute he was developing
  stiffness in his neck. He stared suspiciously at every man, woman and child,
  to the point where he was certain his neighbors had decided he was probably
  touched in the head.
  
  
  He had never felt welcome on his tidy little street of elegantly restored
  homes, occupied by respectable families complete with doughy-faced children
  and haughty servants. He had no doubt they preferred it when he was away, so
  long as his three odd servants came in once a week to keep the vermin out of
  his home. When he was absent, he posed no threat to his neighbors’ staid
  lives. Now that he was in residence with an American widow an