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"I’ht Sorry I didn’t call you yesterday I fell asleep inI thought you ht?" I questioned, sitting up in bed

"Yeah Why?" He sounded confused

"There was so arrested? I was so worried about you!" I couldn’t control the nitude of my concern

"Why didn’t you call ht about what I was going to say "Ryan, I don’t want to bother you You have enough to deal with"

"Huh Taryn, you can call, but as soon as I see I missed your call I’ll call you back"

I shook my head in silence Every tiuys in the past, eventually they wouldthem I had heard the words "I just need souarantee that they would end up running in the opposite direction after that Ryan would be leaving soon enough; I didn’t want to give him one more reason to run faster

"Taryn, are you still there?" He sounded annoyed

"Yes, I’m still here"

"You didn’t answer my question," he stated directly "Are you afraid to call me?"

"I can’t," I whispered My reply was so truthful on many levels

"What do you mean you can’t?"

"I don’t have your nu

"You’re a bad liar, you know that? Good thing you’re not an actress, ‘cause you’d be out of work" He chuckled "My nue People I don’t want to talk to call me all the time but the one person I really want to hear fro to progratone just to irritate you"