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I opened my oing to admit to hione, and I still craved that connection with hiain

So I decided it was his turn to talk

"Now I have a question for you"

He edged backward and sent aze hooded But he answered, "What’s that?"

"Why did you kill Jereh, he scrubbed his hand over the stubble on his head

I knew it had to be in self-defense I knew it But I wanted to hear hietting out Did you not think you’d get caught, or did you just not care about your freedoh?"

I hoped an accusation like that would draw out an explanation, and his eyes did widen as if he couldn’t believe I’d ask such a thing Honestly, I couldn’t believe it either, but I illing to try anything to get hirand laid-out plot, like I killed hiht track with this line of questioning, I shrugged

"Well, it’s a little hard to believe otherwise He’d just been transferred to Statesburg from some prison in Florida where he’d shot soirlfriend just days before your attack But, oh, if you’re trying to tell me it was all a coincidence, that you accidentally took his life, then you’re going to need a little more to convince rowled in a low voice

The e so close to just letting it all bubble over So I snorted as if I totally didn’t buy that "Excuse me if I still don’t believe you But his father was the reason you went to prison"

"No" His voice rose "Your father is the reason I went to prison That guy was just his lawyer and doing his job I had no idea the punk was his son"

"But I told you Jeremy’s name I talked to you about how creepy he was And you just, what, forgot about that?"