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I’d never heard or seen hiht confession I started to cry too and collapsed back on ht to my ear Finally I whispered, "Just stay on the line withas he replied, "Anything, baby"

I sighed and snuggled deeper against ," I repeated

"It could be nothing," he added

"Whatever it is, I’ht with you"

"Ssh," I hushed hi tio there "Just waste a little more time for me Please"

He was a silent a while and then he replied quietly, "Only a little, baby Only a little"

Adam’s phone bill would be ridiculous but I doubted he cared He stayed on the phone with me for two hours and we hardly spoke I just listened to hi up when Braden returned, but Adaoodbye and it was the first tied e But it was one thing for hiain that he lovedfor hih this crisis before I could deal with me and Adaled up into his side as he stroked ht with him because they wanted to co they could do right now and while I was stuck in limbo it would be best if I had peace and quiet and didn’t have to worry about how they were coping with this I appreciated it but I also gave them a quick call so they could hear my voice and I could ask them to take me to my appointment the next day They were okay at first but then suddenly Clark had to say a quick goodbye when Mum started to sob

Of course that set ot darker outside and the evening began to pass, the fear over what I’d hear tomorrow hit me

Braden laidof hot water and whiskey He sat on my bed as I drank it and he watched me until my eyes finally fluttered closed

They sla I was curled up in a ball onin through the largeI saw Joss standing at the bottoripped by hurt at her defection earlier, I just gazed at her with round eyes

At a breathy gasp,Joss was crying

Joss I knew she’d run earlier because of the baggage she carried around about her family’s deaths I’d known that on so fro her tears, I realized it allme

The tears slipped down my cheeks and moved Joss to action She crawled up onto my bed and as she settled in beside me I turned on my back Joss immediately rested her head on my shoulder and shifted closer to me She took my hand and held it between both of hers

"I’m sorry," she whispered

"It’s okay," I promised her and meant it "You caet through this"

I’d won the love and affection of someone as lost as Jocelyn Butler? For ht in a whole lot of dark and it overwhel sob as I whispered the truth back to her, "I love you too, Joss"

Braden had woken us up thatand he’d made us breakfast Even with the appoint over one horribly wrong with Joss and Braden Upon asking theuilty I failed

They’d clearly broken up because oftothe flinch of pain in Joss’s face, I wanted to intervene, I wanted to fix what I had inadvertently helped break, but they wouldn’t have it and I was ushered out of the room and into a shower

At one point I heard their escalated voices over the spill of water and then a plate crashing followed byWorried, I switched off the shower and clambered out but the voices had quieted to adried and pulled on a bathrobe, ready to put myself between them if need be

Instead as I walked quietly down the hall I heard Braden confessing that he loved her and that he wasn’t going to stop fighting for her He promised her in his way that he would be relentless The romantic in me almost passed out on the spot

"You’re insane," Joss hissed back

"No," I disagreed, co the for what he wants"

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