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The ride ho We pulled up to the house and I pulled the jacket tightly around my cold body "Keep in touch, won’t you?" I s day

"Of course, honey You’ll be alright here?" he asked looking unsure

"Yeah, I’ll be fine Drive safe" Leaning over, I gave hi and a peck on the cheek before I pushed the door open and stepped out into the rain

I’d had time to reflect on the drive hoht to be mad He didn’t say a damn hen his whore had been cruel to me, and that showed me exactly what I meant to him

I put the key in the front door lock as it swung open I stu s then I’ll be out of your way"

"Stop," he ground out, hands balled into fists by his side Ignoring his des as I could, as quickly as I could, and prayed to God I wouldn’t run into his tart along the way I wasn’t sure I could take it if I did

"Teeny!" he yelled up the stairs "Will you fucking stop for a second?" The thud of his bare feet pounding on the stairs urged ers Within seconds, it was shoved open sla Trip in the doorway

"I’ my stuff Please, just leave me be," I told him in a hushed voice I et, tired, ive hi," he told me as a soft fluffy torapped around et sick"

Really? That comment seemed to perk me up a bit because the next words from my mouth where laced with sarcaset cold after standing out in the rain On My Own"

"Shit I’orously over my arht I’y

"That’s great, but I wouldn’t want to keep you from your date, and I sure as fuck don’t want to be here for it, so I’ll just go" I took a step forward and pulled outit onto sleep with her I just wanted, shit, I just wanted you to see," he rushed out running his hands through his hair with agitation

"You wanted me to see what, Trip? You wanted me to see me put in my place? You wanted to see ht, you know? I’m just the chick you knocked up and I sure as shit heard your silence loud and fucking clear" Daet out of his space The anger started to drain out of me, and all I was left as a bone-deep tiredness that could only be cured with days of sleep and pints of Ben & Jerry’s

"You can’t go," he whispered "I--well, I didn’t want you to go back to that dump, so I convinced the landlord to break your lease," he rushed out, sounding worried

"You what?" I ground out "You’d better be fucking withwith me, Trip" He wouldn’t He--shit, he totally would The look on his face confirhtly and rubbed atin

"It was a dump You can’t live there Not you or our baby You just can’t" He orried I was about to lose my temper at him, but I didn’t have it in me I would have eventually moved, but it was up to s still, and hopefully, he’d been able to get my security deposit back I’d have to find a job--Shit-- I had to ith him I couldn’t let Scarlett down I couldn’t do that to her or to me I wanted that job; it would make a better life for the baby For that reason and that reason alone, I had to s ain, and stay with Trip You could bet your bottoh

"Can you please leave me alone? I’m cold and I need a shower And I rabbed so the door behinddown the wall of the shoith the hot water pounding down on me, I stared at the pile of ruined red silk that wasto fix what I’d broken