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Julia continued to protest, but Jake carried/dragged her out of the bar, leaving behind another aard ex-couple Dani pressed a hand to her forehead She couldn’t i to hih her It took all her fight in one blast

He was looking at her like she was a stranger His top lip lifted in a ser he didn’t like

"Mitch, honey," his friend started, patting his shoulder "Maybe we--"

"Jenny" He interrupted sainst hiht out"

Surprise lined her eyes She looked at Dani, then Boone, then the door "Uh Okay" Her hand slid out from under his and she reluctantly walked for the door She looked back twice before finally slipping outside

"Boone" Her eyes fell back to the counter She didn’t know if she could bear looking at hiain, see the disapproval or even the distaste in eyes that she once thought she loved "I--"

"Don’t" He gentled his tone "Please, don’t" His Adam’s apple moved up and down "I came to see you, and it’s been two days"

"What?" She looked up now

He was hurting A vein stuck out froht you would’ve found me, so that we could’ve done this in private"

She hadn’t

His voice was so quiet "You never did"

Oh She laid her hand on the counter again, and spread it out Her palm rested flat She needed it for balance It was like an anchor for her "I--"

"You should give the ave you You should give it back"

Her eyebrows pulled in together She was given that because she tried to save a house full of orphans Her"I didn’t know that came from your family’s business You used a different last name I didn’t know you were a Quandry until you showed up in ht? She’d been hailed a hero, even though so many children died She had no doubt the ht you didn’t have anything"

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