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I slanced at et a hit in on the little prick"

I nodded h, sir I wanted to kill him I still want to, but…but I’ away from me, if that makes sense"

Gunner parked his truck behind Jeff’s truck "It makes sense"

We both jumped out of the truck, and that hen I noticed ainst Colt’s truck

I walked up to Jeff and shook his hand and then ave

"Boys, anted to talk to you about Alex--especially you, Will" My father gave me a weak smile

"What about, sir?" I asked

Jeff cleared his throat as he looked at Luke "Before you were born, Luke, youra baby I knoe’ve told you this along with thebehind your sister’s name before"

Luke nodded his head "Yes, sir, I remember"

"What you don’t know is, that day, I walked away froo to another wo story, and honestly, it’s not one worth repeating The point is, I left your nant She was upset, and she got on a horse to go riding with Ellie and Heather Ari’s horse got spooked and threw her"

Luke looked down and shook his head

"By the time I found out what had happened, I rushed to the hospital I still didn’t know your nant For all of about two minutes, I was happy as hell because she was okay Then, she toldin hell I hadn’t been there for her, and to this day, I’ve never really forgiven myself for the pain and hurt I caused her"

Jeff turned and looked at me "You didn’t cause Alex’s pain, but I see on your face how you blame yourself Will, you couldn’t have helped her any faster than you did"

I nodded an pulling away from me…from everyone I let it happen because I didn’t knohat else to do I figured she needed time…maybe she needed to hate oing to pull away I kno the three of you fiercely look after each of these girls You’ll have to give Alex space though, but don’t let her push any of you away"