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"What do youdeood reason They had less than twotheir heads above water They should be at work, but Connor needed so

She leaned over and kissed Connor’s cheek as he slept, his stubble tickling her lips andher s this secret for far too long She hated seeing him in this much pain and she refused to let it continue With that inin today either I need their help with so"

"This has to end," Andrew said, his legs giving out beneath hiround before he could ainst the wall He was tired, too damn tired and couldn’t wait for it to end

He was ready He’d said his goodbyes and accepted his fate He’d just wish fate would stop fking with hiet it over with, because he wasn’t sure that he could-

"Rory?" he asked, sure that he was seeing things as he watched the stunning woe men followed her inside, he prayed that they were there to finish him off The woman hated him, always had and he really couldn’t blame her, because he had been an assle He’d love to say that he’d had an excuse to treat her the way that he did, but unfortunately he’d been a dumb kid, a jealous dumb kid who’d crushed on her and hated the fact that Connor loved her Connor was his best friend, more like a brother and because of hi with Rory, but once upon a ti her his own He’d hated that she was off limits, but as the years passed he realized that he’d si a childhood crush on her and had been a coood, you’re ready to go," she said, s, he looked down at his bare chest and boxers and had to wonder what she was talking about He moved to open his mouth, but no words cah the , a lot nized, but most of them he’d never seen before He knew by their builds, their dark hair, and bad boy looks that they were all related and they were all looking at hi hoeak he sounded

Rory gestured a few of the et you and end the bullshit"

"Oh shit," he mumbled when they came for him

Chapter 37

October

"Get the hell away fro Connor s’s battle

It had been almost a month since Rory and her cousins kidnapped Andrew Well, "talked hi his house and come live with her" as Rory had explained it to the nice police officer that showed up when Andrew et his hands on a cell phone and called for help The two of theht and they seemed to hate each othersure that Andreas cared for She took care of hi the day to check up on hi of an assistant of hers help out, and she took care of hiive up, hated every last second of it He bitched and whined and tried to make several escape attempts, but unfortunately for him, the Bradfords decided to take a special interest in him They now had three Bradfords a week, two to work on Strawberry Manor and one to hang out at Rory’s during the day and keep an eye on Andrew He’d only et very far, not with Bunny on the job One vicious growl and Andreashis way back to the bedroom Rory had set up for hi over, Andrew gained back soht, had health insurance and all his medication He also made it to all of his ed to browbeat thehis name on the wait list for a transplant He was somewhat lucky that a bone marrow donation should heal him The only problem was that he had a very rare blood type, but that didn’t stop Connor fro for a miracle

"Take your medication!" Rory snapped

"Go to hell!" Andrew shot back