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"Do you think ant your stupid business?" I yell "We never wanted it All anted was a father that showed us some love after we lost our mother"
"I’ve done the best I can"
"No you haven’t," I’ so loud my voice hurts "You didn’t even try I used to cry myself to sleep and I would hear you walk past, but you didn’t even stop You couldn’t show me any comfort Money and work is all you’ve ever cared about and all you ever will care about Take it all, I don’t want it I don’t want any of it"
I turn and run out of the rooets indown ate opens for me, that doesn’t surprise me He doesn’t want me here, he never did I’ve never been more than an easy way for him to set up his business
"I wish you were here, ht to the studio, needing the only people I have left I get out of the car and run inside Maggie is standing at the lockers, pulling out her shoes for todays lesson She hears the door sla i the shoes and walking over "What’s wrong?"
"Ito ie All ruined"
"Hush now, child Tell ot you so broken?"
I hiccup I can’t tell her about Nate, I can’t face her if she tells me how disappointed she is in me I understand it I knohat kind of person I am I don’t need a reminder of that
"My father just disownedwith e, you have us, Avery"
Is that enough?
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NATE
"Just tell rowl
"Fuck off, Nate You shouldn’t be here and you know it," Kelly says, glaring at me
"I’m not here with her, I just want to know Fuckin’ hell, Kelly Just tellforward and shoving my chest "All because you’re a selfish son-of-a-bitch and you don’t fuckin’ deserve her"
"Push ain," I hiss "See what happens"
He shovesit down over his jaw He bellows in pain, taking two steps backwards His eyes groild and he lunges atme backwards down the stairs His fist connects with hit down over and over, sla jerked off hi arms around oin’ on?" he barks
"That fucker," Kelly growls, getting to his knees, "is fucking Avery"
"Was," I bark "I fuckin’ was"
"You’re married," Keanu says, his voice low and deadly
"I fuckin’ kno letat hi his eyes travel over me
"You’re drunk"