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He cleared his throat, glanced at Gam, and then nodded "Yeah"

Gamble had been the star QB of our teaa us the rest of the way to the national championships We all knew it bothered Gaah he said he was happy settling down here with his wos--whom he’d taken away from his ed him

"Aspen find a job yet?" Ham asked him, hopefully

When Ga in his jaw "No," heon a year now, ever since she’d been fired for starting a relationship with hiht up another sore issue with Gamble He felt like a personal failure every time she applied for a new job and wasn’t hired But then he wouldn’t even let her apply for jobs that he found "beneath" her If their ht as I knew it had to be, you’d think he’d just suck it up and let her bewell, whatever, for a while But nope He stayed stubborn And she kne much it would bother him if she "lowered" herself, as he called it, so she stayed une And I kept pretending it wasdrinks at the coffee shop And Ga ular basis She’d gotten a little nest egg last year--though I never learned just how otten involved with that rich prick from her hometown and his parents had paid her off But Gamble adamantly refused to touch a cent of that money

I think each and every one of his rejections tore off a piece of her soul and left her bleeding a little et that et to spend it however the fuck she wanted to And if she wanted to help her fa brother should let her That was one of the reasons she’d taken it in the first placebecause of Gaer brothers

Ga her to spend it on no one but herself killed a part of her, and sometimes, I just wanted to wrap my hands around his throat and shake some sense into him, force him to accept some of her money already It would’ve made her happier

But I had no business in their family affairs, and I knew better than to butt in, no matter how many times I watched Caroline stiffen her spine, lift her chin and try to keep the pain from her eyes whenever he refused her help The too-proud, stubborn ass

"I think I’e my major," Galanced at him in unison

He nodded "Aspen and I have been talking, andbusiness ado pro, but ISo, I’et a teaching certificate, maybe beco hireat idea that was, my jaw dropped "What?" I couldn’t be the only one of us three graduating and roup, the perpetual college party boy I didn’t want to be the first to grow up

Galance "Since Pick’s raised okay We can raduate, and Caroline already has e taken care of, so I don’t have to worry about her I seriously think it’s for the best if I did this"

"Well, fuck" Now I really felt crappy Not only had I had the best sex of ain, but noas hearing that I’d be etherwithout ht

The second se to a close in a month A month I would turn nineteen a week after the last day of class, I had aan insurance office don after hours, and I’d just tricked the asshole ofsex with me

Yeah, I was a cos was the first thing I felt when I openedWhich flooded ht before Oren’s hand running upinto the back ofether as I hugged one ar breasts