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Chapter Nineteen

Sawyer

After a week of dates with Lana--either at my house, at the field party, or at Hank’s it was time I took her so I suggested Even the other day when I’d asked if she’d wanted to go with one withideas I was a guy and our curtains and quilts didn’t need to h to block out the sun on et to sleep in

Today, I’d decided to surprise her with a trip to New Orleans It was a two-hour drive froiven her was that she needed to wear a sundress and coht was too nice for shorts and required a little bit of a dressier look We’d be doing a good as in heels, I didn’t figure she’d thank

I couldn’t think of a time I’d been this anxious to see soht and I’d had to sneak out thein Ashton’s room that Beau had used many times ere kids

I pressed the button on the garage door opener and started to back out whenin front of her Jetta, directly behindmy truck door, I stepped out and walked out to where she was standing

Tears were strea with loud sobs What the hell?

"Ash, what’s wrong? Is Lana okay?" My heart constricted Why else would Ash be inlike someone was dead? God, please tell o She’d been fine

"Ash, tell hten up and I resisted the urge to grab her shoulders and shake her I needed her to speak

"Lana is fine," she sobbed and I took a deep gulp of air as my panic eased off This wasn’t about Lana I could calm down

"Thank God," I breathed

"It’s Beau--he he," she burst into tears again

"Is Beau okay?" I asked and she shoved Beau’s cell phone into my hands

"Just read that text," she wailed

Read what text? Shaking my head, I looked down at Beau’s phone The text that had Ashton all upset was already opened on the screen

Sugar: Hey sexy I had a blast dancing with you last week And you owe aht away froeous ass back to the bar next weekend when I’m back in town XOXO

I lifted my eyes to meet Ashton’s red swollen ones and all I could think about was exactly hoas going to murder my brother

Lana

Sawyer: I can’t make it Not sure if you’ve talked to Ash but Beau cheated on her and she needs o beat his sorry ass and then see what I can do to cal bawling her eyes out

I reread the text e from Sawyer for the third time before I finally put my phone down I don’t knohat surprisedme to fix her problems He could have at least called me Maybe asked for my help with Ash He’d done neither Because this hat he’d been waiting on All this time, I was just a fill-in while he waited Beau served Ashton up to hih to think I stood a chance of holding onto hi She was the girl he wanted to spend forever with

Picking my phone back up, I found Jewel’s number and pressed send

"It’s about ti with Mr Hot and Sexy?"

"It’s not I need to leave Can I coood Of course, you can coet you? Because it could be like tonight before I get there I have plans with this fabulously hot lifeguard He has the best ass I’ve ever seen His hair is a little long but I can overlook that"

"No, I’ll get a ride I’ll see you in a few hours Thanks Jewel"

"No proble up the phone and dialed one more number