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"Axel’s quiet, don’t say much at all Keeps to himself I actually kinda feel sorry for him He’s always on his own" I leaned forward to pat Lexi’s hand She squeezed ry all the ti him this way… both of the to make amends, but Lev just explodes if he does It’s hopeless"
"And what’s wrong with hiht he’d be excited And they’re playing Reece’s teaain"
"He is," Lexi answered, "but Axel’s due here any ed hi how excited Austin was that Axe was gonna finally see hi brother Even after everything they’ve gone through, he loves hi here today?" I asked in a wary voice, uy or even laid eyes on hi but trouble with a capital T Shit, he’d just gotten out of prison for Christ’s sake
Lexi nodded "Like I said, Austin wanted Axel here And credit where credit’s due, Axel’s really trying He’s keeping out of trouble and his head down He’s working at this fish anized as part of his parole, all the hours God sends But even still, Levi just can’t forgive him yet I think he’s afraid to trust him and love him like he needs, just to have Axel fall back to his old ways Levi’s lost tooto protect his heart froain so bad I’ll do anything to make that happen, for all their sakes"
As I listened to my little friend, I felt a swell of pride fill ht herself back froed to beco fro to pull together a group of brothers torn apart by years of nothing but acts of selfishness and grief
The three of us were sitting in silence when Lexi’s cell phone beeped She looked down anddown to ame"
Lexi walked across the suite to Levi and tapped him on the shoulder Levi moved the headphones froet him with me?"
Levi’s eyes frosted with veno the headphones on his head, he said, "Just fucking leave hied, and without looking Molly’s way orbreath out of my mouth, and Molly shook her head "It’s a ne, I nodded in agreeallery you’re designing It feels like it’s been forever since we’ve had a real chance to catch up"
"Well…" I started and launched into the goings on of the last feeeks and the ups and downs of constructing the Elpidio show
Too busy talking to Molly, my back to the entrance of the private suite, I didn’t see Lexi walking in behind us until Molly’s golden-brown eyes looked up over her glasses and she adopted a nervous expression Twisting in my seat, I saw Lexi in front of me
"Ally, Molly," Lexi said, and I stood fro someone enter the suite infrom inside my purse, and I saas the museum
"Sorry, Lex, let me take this," I said and rushed to the far side of the roo tenabout theback into the roo Seahawks crowd on their feet and the cheerleaders running on the field I headed to where Lexi sat, seeing her pixie face turn to ot to her feet, and I saw Molly raise her eyebroard a guy sitting behind Lexi I could hardly see hi his head up on the arm of the chair visible from where I stood
"Sorry about that, darlin’," I said "I’m on the clock twenty-four-seven at the minute!"
"No problem," Lexi said and motioned behind her "Ally, I’d like you to meet Axel, Austin’s older brother"