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"Well, come on in"

Pick stepped back and opened the door wider Still wearing the saht before, Knox kept his face lowered and took a step forward, until he looked up and saw me

He jerked back into the hallway, and seared Pick with an accusing glance "What--?"

Pick lifted his hands, clai innocence "She just showed up I had no idea she was co Knox’s side, as if he wouldn’t have letover, or if Knox had been here And why the hell did Knox not want to see er filled my veins, I narrowed my eyes

How dare he? How dare he run from me after six years, after I waited for hi him? How dare he not even want to seeJulian at his father as I keptthe door, I pulled it shut behind me and closed it in Pick’s face as he scrambled to catch his kid

But once I was alone in the hallith the stranger clairew

He’d changed so much His hair was shaved close; it made his head appear to be shaped different The beard scruff he sported hid a lot, but I could still tell he’d grown soh his face had lost sorown lean, his body mass had practically doubled And it was all , they seemed to obstruct his mobility until he didn’t , absolutely nothing looked the saood look at theht, but what I’d seen of theht, they were brown again and I could finally recognize some of my Knox, except only the color and shape were the same They kind of had a dead expression to the in hied beyond repair

Pain deep in ht bundles

What the hell had he been through?

My gaze ht," was all I could think to say

It felt like the stupidest comment in the world, but what else was I supposed to say? Hey, long time no see? I missed you like crazy? I still think about you every day? I can’t see you, noto happen