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I didn’t say anything in response Austineach other, he pulled the blanket from the back of the couch over our bodies We kissed, we held each other tight, and I don’t re up to an e the void Austin’s absence had left

As I stared into the dying ee my shoulders, and I felt ton Freely hand ive you control in your life where you currently have none We’re alton Give yourself to oal Let us reach perfection…

Closing my eyes, I let the voice’s words seep intoh a breeze swooped up and carried away all ht, I felt myself relax and whispered to the silent rooive ht you anymore…"

Chapter Twenty-Three

Austin

BCS National Championship

Rose Bowl Stadium, Pasadena, California

"Fuck, Carillo! We did it!" Ro touchdown against Notre Dame

"You did it, Bullet! First-round draft for sure!" I replied, truly excited for h over the last few months, the brother deserved it

Rome’s forehead pressed tothe fk out of this place and starting new lives"

I nodded but didn’t say anything in response Roirl in the stands Molly had returned just before the game, after weeks of no word She had come back to Rome, to Bama, and I’d never seen Ro at aze across the field behindof the croas Pix, her eyes fixed on ht… a little dark pixie

I felt an overwhelhin her eyes She looked so tiny in her Cri white pompoms in her hands, her black hair perfectly curled and her scarlet lips and kohl-rimmed eyes routinely in place That’s when I noticed the slenderness of her ars Lexi irew blank and stared at the grass

Shit