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Chapter Twenty- Five

Crazy Girl by The Eli Young Band woke , I felt Sawyer’s arirl, don’t you know that I love you?" kept playing and I turned to look up at Saas reaching for my phone

"Why is ?’ I asked groggily as he looked at the screen and then dropped his gaze to mine

"It’s your aped at hiot your phone out of your bag last night and turned it on Finding you had ed your ringtone to the song that makes , "Have I told you lately, I love you like crazy, girl?" along withso-Saas just too freaking sweet Even if he’d , I took the phone from him and answered, "Hi mom"

"Oh, Lana, you’ve turned your phone back on I’ to come ho hoaze and wondered what I was going to do I wasn’t sure I’d be welcomed back at Aunt Sarah’s after I’d run off like that "I don’t really knohat I’ this? Is it still about Sawyer? I can tell you that--"

"Mo h his messy hair "He’s perfect I just don’t really know yet how I’ to finish htened aroundto vanish into thin air

"Wait, did you just say Saas perfect? I thought you wereman We’ve spoken a lot over the past teeks and I think he really loves you The boy has been so upset He calls h every tiht away and told him what you said and that you were fine Oh no I didn’t mean to tell you that Don’t be mad at me, honey He was just so worried"

I smirked up at him, "He can be pretty persuasive I understand"

"He’s a very good catch, Lana Wealthy fae too I was so surprised when he told otten a scholarship there for football That’s perfect"

"No, Mo that never got easier

"Nonsense Yes, he is going to help The aliivesthe house and downsizing It’s too much house for just me"

"Mom, no, you love the house and I don’t think you understand howexpenses--"

"I’m not an idiot, Lana I checked into all of that while you’ve been gone You’re still getting et the first quarter paid for I’ve held off buying things for your dorm room until you co?" Sawyer sat up quickly and pulled me up in his arms

"Is that Sawyer? Are you back in Grove?" my mother asked, as I patted Sawyer’s chest to silently calone into panic mode

"Yes, that’s Sawyer He, uh, foundat Saas watching me carefully with frown lines between his eyebrows

"Found you? Where are you? How did he find you?"

"I’ve been with Jewel all along She covered for me and honestly, I have no idea how he found ht I didn’t want to have to explain this all to my mother and she would want to knoas pretty sure who’d ratted one

"Listen Mos out today but I’ll be sure to let you know Let me talk to Sawyer, okay, and thank you, I love you"

"I love you too, Lana"

I disconnected and laidover on top of hiet my whereabouts out of Ethan? And is he still alive?"

Sawyer chuckled and shiftedActually, I left him completely unharmed I ran out of there so fast once I had your location, I didn’t even say goodbye"

"Good, now tellhim

"He just told me," he said in a husky whisper His attention was focused on my hands as I traced circles around his very firuess," Idown to press a kiss to the bruise just over his ribs "Did those biga trail of kisses across his abs and back up his chest