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"Whawhat?" Felicity whirled around and gaped at me When I just watched her, she threw her hands into the air "Ohbefore?"

I ushered her the rest of the way inside, and once ere both in, I shut the door at my back "I didn’t knohat to say He wasdifferent"

"Different?" she repeated, frowning

"He wasn’t at all concerned about catching up on old tiainst the Bainbridge family"

"The" She shook her head "Excuse me?"

"He tried to recruit me into his cause Said they all needed to pay for what they did to Mercy What they did to me For how they burned down our house" When her eyebrows lifted at that, I had to ask, "Was that fire arson?"

"II" she sputtered, before shaking her head "There were rumors, of course People came and questioned all of us, butno, I don’t…I don’t think they ever decided it was arson" Concern filled her eyes "Why? Do you think one of the Bainbridges did it? That they killed half your fa hteen-year-old boy filled with tooup reasons to justify his resent her relief But then a new hint of caution filled her gaze "And you’re not filled with that same hatred?"

If I’d neverwhat love was, I ht’ve been filled with s to hold on to than ani to the love we’d once shared would never let me stoop to Rocket’s bitter level

"No," was all I could tell her There was dark shit in me, but I wasn’t filled with hatred

She sent me a small smile and nodded "Good" When she turned toward her roolanced back at me as if I’d lost lared at you He thinks you’re one of the hisher head, she said, "What’re you saying? You think he’s the person leaving the ‘death threats’ onto find out"

An iht following his encounter with his brother I stopped pressing hi me away But there was still a distance between us I couldn’t stand

He was gone Saturday ym he’d yet to tell me he frequented But he’d brewedin its carafe for me when I stumbled into the kitchen I tried not to let that affect htfulness

The rest of the day, I hung out inout when I heard him leave the kitchen or bathroo room had become a no man’s land where neither of us spent any ti we could keep this up It didn’t feel as if it could last forever In fact, the entire day felt like the calm before a storm

I just had no idea the storm would come in the form of a perky brunette na

"Hey, I was just curious if you and Knox could co up in bed and yawning as I scratched ure out what the heck Mason’s girlfriend was talking about I’d only spoken to her a handful of tiure out why she was calling ether So I finally just said, "What lunch?"

"Oh!" She let out an embarrassed sound "Sorry, did he not tell you about the invite? Such a guy I should’ve called you Thursday and followed up on the details Anyway, everyone is invited to our place today for so you two could come just a wee bit earlier I have someinformation for him"

I frowned, really confused and twice as curious "You know Knox?"

"Uhno We’ve never met Butstill I’d really like toto wake up fully "Okay I guess What time did you want us there?"