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"I didn’t mean to hurt him," she cries out "I don’t want to hurt hi she means it, but I don’t knohat to believe anymore "I’m not sure it matters anymore He’s pretty done from what I can tell, and I don’t blame him" I continue toward the door

She shouts after et it! You don’t even see! I’ht she is Soht, I’ll ames I only hope that soed

Leaving the roo the door shut behindthere in the hallway, and concerned that Sara isn’t with hilance around, he says, "She’s still in the Hive"

I’ left alone with Isabel, but he continues, "You need to know that I checked out with Ary scratches down his cheek "Then why are you still here?"

"Because I was sure I was the one thing that kept her froo doith her"

He’s become who I ith Amber, or maybe it’s who he’s always been with her Maybe that’s all she allows anyone to be "Then get out before you do"

"If only it were so easy" His expression tightens "She threatened suicide"

That hits me hard, Amber’s shouts of "You don’t understand" and "I’ "When?" I ask "And has she ever done this before?"

"Tonight, and no, never before I would have said soer hat?"

"When I told her I’d leave her and the tattoo parlor if she came here, and she knew I meant it Was it manipulation? Maybe But the botto, and I can’t control where it leads"

I inhale a heavy breath and let it out "Then we have to check her into a treatht"

"She won’t agree"

"If we fear for her safety, I’et out of here before we can do anything I’ll wait in the observation room in case you need me Call or text one before you pass through"

"I’ll dooff the wall "But she’s not predictable"

"Understood I’ll be ready to ives a nod and then enters Isabel’s cha the door open, I pause in the entryway, holding my breath