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"I told you to keep an eye on her" Was that really Charlie?

"I was" Well, that was definitely Jase

"Not good enough" Okay, that had to be Charlie, although I wasnʼt used to hearing hiruffly towards anyone, especially Jase "I swear, if he touched her" There was sorowl At first I thought it had co the stupid zo their paws off of my sister"

"My paws have been over 300 ust" Yep, definitely Charlie And definitely not happy "I waited until Tuesday to come home just so I wouldnʼt be anywhere near her I didnʼt want you to worry your pretty little head even though you know I could never do anything to hurt her"

I glanced over at the calendar on my desk Friday had been Charlieʼs last final I had assumed he waited until Tuesday to come home so that he could celebrate all weekend It appeared Iabout and you know it" The e to the conversation Well, that or the pounding of my heart "You kno she feels about you, man"

He did? Oh God, no No, no, no, no, no

"And you kno I feel about her"

How did he feel about me? I didnʼt kno he felt about e?

"Sheʼs htly distorted, I could tell that Jase was talking through clenched teeth It didnʼt take ination for me to visualize the hard look he was sure to have on his face "Anyways, donʼt you already have a girlfriend?" Charlie had a girlfriend? Since when? And what did that have to do with me?

This wasnʼt exactly the sort of infor, but I found it infinitely fascinating And hu

There must have been a noise that the recorder hadnʼt picked up, because one of them asked, "What was that?"

"Toby and Scout" That was Charlieʼs voice "Toby is trying to convince her to start training again"

"How? By throwing cookware at her?" Well, that wasnʼt too far off the mark

"Who knoith Toby, but he’ll do whatever it takes He thinks it’s his job as Pack Leader to keep her safe I’uard her 24/7" Pack Leader? Huh? And guard who? Me? From what? Alex? Did everyone knoas a olf?