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"And you’re jealous?"

"I’m concerned"

"About what, exactly?"

"What are your intentions with her?"

"I’ to be with her until the day I die," I say honestly without even thinking about it He blinks, clearly surprised byjealous, yeah," he says and wipes the towel over his hair "Not because I want her the way you do, but because for a long ti with life and ere doing just fine You need to know,haul Meredith is

"Don’trelatives, but do you knohat happens to a gay kid who loves to dance in the Deep South?"

I raise a brow "Enlighten me"

He swears under his breath and paces away then paces back "They get the shit kicked out of the day Their parents disown thehs humorlessly and shakes his head "Meredith is my sister She’s my best friend She’s the first person who has accepted and loved me just the way I am She’s my confidant, and I trust her implicitly, and you need to know, I don’t trust many And over the past ten years, I’ve been that for her too She ot drunk, which I think was exactly four ti but talk about you" He points at uys who made their way into her pants orthless assholes, and out of her life before the sheets cooled It’s only been you for her, and I’ll be Godda to stand by and watch you let her fall in love with you all over again unless you plan to also be around for the long haul because she doesn’t deserve anything less"

He’s panting now, his eyes feral with protective anger and frustration I’ve respected few more than I respect hih for her because no one will ever be," I reply cal day too I don’t know if I believe in souland hold my hands out as if in surrender "I don’t knohat else to say to you I can tell you that I would take my own life before I’d ever deliberately hurt her"

There are tears in Jax’s eyes as he watches my face and finally he nods and scrubs his face with the ends of the towel "Fine I don’t have any reason not to believe you"

"I’ll never give you one"

"I s out of the back, then stops and looks between us "Auy talk," I reply and sainst an and I are going out to dinner," he replies and checks the clock on the wall "I’d better hit the shower ether?" I ask Jax’s head whips up in surprise "If you don’t rees and nods "We talked about doing dinner this weekend anyway"

"Are you sure?" Jax asks

I nod and kiss Mer’s hair then sirlfriend accused ht She almost made me watch Pretty Woman"

"No man should have to endure that," I reply with a shudder

"I know, right? I’ll call Logan and take a quick shower"

"Cool"