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"No" I saw nothing but a blinding white light as the bundle in my hands squirmed and started to cry "Is she okay?" I asked "Fuck, I can’t see shit The kid’s okay, right?"

"She’s fine" Pick’s voice caed fro to worry about the girl, I doubled over and clutchedeye "Goddamn"

"Ten, are you okay?" Buttercup asked as she touched hed but then quietly said, "Then give a thuh to race over here and check on you"

I iood," I called "It’d been too long since I had a black eye Thought I’d get caught up again"

Soo, Zoey You can now officially join the Gave-Ten-a-Black-Eye club with Quinn, Pick and me"

"Shut up, fucker," I yelled back to Gauided me toward the house "I bet Blondie’s bruise will spread a lot bigger and darker than the little dink you gave me"

After the girls fashioned a baggie of ice forto Pick and Mason because they seemed to be located the farthest away fro to keep me away from her I didn’t like that So I didn’t listen totrack of everything she did across the yard

This was rinned and clasped me on the shoulder as he spoke to Pick "Just look at that puppy-dog expression on his face while he watches her"

Pick grinned rather sot it bad"

"Shut it," Ias I drankby But seriously, one year olds took freaking forever to open their daifts They actually wanted to play with their toys as soon as they opened the and see what else they’d gotten Seriously, as up with that?

I was leaning against a fence post, trying to encourage her brother to toddle over there and help her rip apart wrapping paper when fro strong--she grabbed her sto over My full attention immediately zooaze met mine, her eyes ith shock and pain

"You okay?" Ipaler, and sas slipping down the side of her face She wasn’t fucking okay at all Suddenly, she dashed to a nearby bush and heaved over it, upchucking all her lunch

"Shit!" I leapt forward, but Ha up at him, I tried to pull free "Don’t fuck with me, man"

He shifted closer "Noel’s here He’ll take care of her"

My breathing escalated I wanted to shrug hio to Caroline anyway Pick, and Hart, and Ga around her, as were all three of her brothers What would be wrong if I went over there too? She was my woman, damn it

"This would be the worst time ever to expose your relationship," Ha like a caged ani far ahile Caroline continued to e with her?" I o

Ham shook his head "I don’t know I don’t think--" He broke off when Buttercup slapped a hand over her ht before Lowe followed her, cradling his sto on the lawn too

"Food poisoning?" Blondie guessed just as Gamble’s wife lifted her arood thing I didn’t like shri But it didn’t keeppassed from Caroline and her brother, Gam scooped her into his arms and carried her away When his ent to help Brandt stand, Quinn started forward "Here, I’ll help" But I grabbed his arm