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"It wasn’t easy" He nods his head and waits for me to continue "I think that was one of the hardest conversations I will ever have in my life"

"How did she take it?"

"Better than I thought she would She’ll be okay because it’s Izzy"

He s to hisIzzy is now, and since she has Axel standing by her side, I know she’ll be able to move past this and not have it affect us

In a way, having the strength to tell Izzy is what gives th to have this conversation with Beck

"I would like to tell you e talked about, if that’s okay" I rush the last part out so that I don’t wuss out before I finish

He stops what he’s doing, sets his fork down, and givesif you want to talk now" His eagerness helps givefor this moment since I closedforcleaned up, and then go sit so to need it" I stand up and do nore the worried look across his face

I smile when I walk into the kitchen with our dishes, because I knoith not one single shadow of doubt, that I’m ready to have this conversation Not only that, but I finally can see with crystal clear clarity that, once I get this out, there won’t be anything left standing in our way

Chapter 17

I finished up cleaning up our dinnerroom where Beck’s on the phone with his sister, Julie The phone rang right e finished up dinner, and even though he’s anxious to get our conversation rolling, he answered with a smile

I round the couch and hand hi in next to hi the phone, and smiles

"Yeah, Jules, I know I prootten hoork a phone Yeah, she’s great" He stops talking and looks intoabout est sister, a few times over the phone, and once when she came to visit She’s such a sweetheart and we connected instantly His other sister, Peyton, I haven’t met in person, but each time I’ve spoken to her on the phone, I can tell that she’s just like Julie Both of thee heart and compassionate soul that Beck has

"I thinkdown to visit sometime next month You kno she is; she wants to wait until you and Pey can cohs at whatever Julie says in return

I settle into his chest and enjoy the feeling of his voice vibrating against h it’s just a sranted feels like a huge accos up the phone and turns toback to me

"What’s that s the moment" My smile fades when I realize that it’s ti to buy some tiives a snort, shaking his head a few ti tactics "Do you really want to knoould you rather I sit here and let you calm down a little while before we talk?" He isn’thonest

"You really do know h softly "I really do want to kno she is, but I do also need a second to collect ot all night Jules is good She’s co on and on about how she shouldn’t have waited until she enty-eight to go back and get her degree She’ll figure it out though She says mom wants to come down, especially when she found out you had been hurt Don’t worry, I bought us so when he talks about his fa fa a father around, there was never a lack of love in his life