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"I know for a fact she isn’t with her fiancé," my father says, but it’s clear Scott told him who I ith There’s no other way my father could possibly knoas here with Paine

"Then you thought wrong because you’re looking at her fucking fiancé" There’s nothe possessive tone in Paine’s voice

"Stop it Both of you" I finallyunder his aret far He wraps an ar s, regiant and the thing coust Like he has room to talk Not only is he married to a woman five years older than me, but everyone knows he sleeps around on her I have a feeling she does, too, with the looks she shootsdinner

"Put so anywhere," Paine answers for me I don’t knohy I’lad to have Paine standing behind ot hurt We had to call the doctor to co the nicknas" I try to break froet to her as soon as possible, but he’s holding tight

"Give us five and we’ll be ready," Paine says, finally letting o

"I won’t let him on the property" My dad’s tone is final, and I knoon’t He’ll call the police and have Paine thrown in jail

"I don’t go, she doesn’t go"

"I’ll tell your grandmother you couldn’t be bothered then" My father turns to leave, and I feel so angry at how he always says ‘your’ grand to him Like she’s not the mother of his late wife Like she’s not hishim turn to look at me He has a smirk on his face, which makes the wrinkles around his ood to Dad these past five years Most of his hair would be gray now if he didn’t dye it He’s even put on so on to o

"You asked o I’ll co hio ere in the kitchen together, talking about the life anted

"Don’t count on it," I hear my father say fro off Paine

"She’ll be out in athe door behind us "I don’t like this I think he’s playing at so away, I head back to his bedroom where I find my purse, and I pull my phone out to call Law Paine watches my every move like a hahile I call ht to the point<ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>