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"Yes" I looked back at her and stared at her slightly tre lips They looked so pink and luscious, and I could almost feel them on mine; soft, moist, and sweet I wanted to pull her towards ain Shit, I wanted to take her in the backseat of the car All I would have to do is throw the baby seat out

"Well, I guess that’s it, then" She opened the door "It was nice to meet you"

"I wish I could say the same" I turned away from her harshly Let her hate me I needed her to hate me I couldn’t afford for the lines to be blurred I was already feeling shitty, and I just needed to get away from her

"I stole the cop car because I wanted to meet you," she whispered before she slammed the door

"Wait, what?" I sat there in shock "What the fk is she talking about?" I cursed at myself as I opened the car door and jumped out "What do you mean?" I called after her as I hurried to keep up with her She alking fast and I ran to stop her

"Wait" I grabbed her arm and stopped her "What do you mean you stole a cop car to meet me?"

She turned around slowly anddown her face She looked up at me, and her cheeks were blotchy I pulled her towards me subconsciously and held her in my arms She rested her head on my shoulder and I stroked her hair and buried my face in her black locks I felt her body pressed rew in me

"Why do you hate me?" She looked up at et why you’re trying to hurt me"

"I don’t even know you, Maddie We just uy" She shook her head "You changed after we had sex" She sighed "I guess it’s e because we had sex" I shookher closer to me "We’re two people who shouldn’t have …"

"Shhh" Her eyebrows crept together "I don’t want to hear anything about being from opposite sides of the track or whatever We’re both adults here Yeah, I know you’re a criuy I knohat you do to help others"

"I don’t knohat you’re talking about" I looked away froht I had hidden my tracks a lot more carefully

"It doesn’t really uy, and I’o to the pier to steal cars at night And you know that I like to watch romance movies"

"I see" I frowned If the fact that I liked to steal cop cars at the pier ell known, then I had to choose another spot

"I wanted to see what it felt like to be a car thief" She shook her head and frowned "I wanted to be in your head"

"Why?" I looked at her in confusion

"I don’t know I didn’t think it through properly I figured maybe you would wonder who the new thief in your territory was, andtoo h et it"

"I just wanted to …" She shook her head "Oh, what does it matter? I’ to takeon ever seeing ain?"

I looked at her and at that ive her a different answer "No No, I’m not," I replied honestly, I didn’t tell her that I wished that the circumstances were different It didn’t matter what I wished; they weren’t now and would never be

"So it doesn’t irl" She let out a quick self-deprecating laugh

"You’re not stupid" I shookI knehat I could say to make her feel better My intent had been to hurt her, but now, seeing her crushed and disappointed face, it didn’t feel as good as I had always hoped it would

"Whatever It was nice finally ave me a quick kiss on the cheek and pulled away from me She walked slowly up to her house and I stood there in i away from me I saw her at the front door and then walked back to the car I sat in the driver’s seat and stared at the house, unseeing I didn’t even have to have my eyes open to picture every detail of that house and lawn I’d been here soto stories I’d hated this street and this house for more than half my life I’d hated the fa as I could reh I’d seen the mayor and his wife before, I’d never seen Maddie We didn’t even know she was called Maddie; we knew her as Maddison I had hated Maddison Wright and her family with every bone in my body, and now I sat in my car with a ball of confused emotions Because I didn’t hate Maddie, not even a little bit I didn’t hate Maddie at all But there was nothing I could do to ever let Maddie know that

As I walked through the front door, it felt like I had been away for years, even though it had only been a few hours I surveyed the ht I could only iht her here

"Logan, what did you get?" My dad’s gruff voice called out to e, scruffy brown leather couch, with a beer in his hand

"Toyota"

"Highlander?"

"Corolla"

"Good for resale" He nodded and took a swig of beer "We got worried Why were you gone so long?"

"There was some drama on the pier, I had to wait it out"

"No one saw you, though?" He looked up through sht"

"No one saw"

"Good" He frowned as he drank the last of his beer and threw the can into the corner "Go and get e"

"Okay" I walked to the kitchen quietly, not bothering to ask if he was sure he wanted another I no longer cared how drunk and obnoxious he got; he wasn’t ever going to change

"Hey" I nodded at Vincent as sitting at the table with a stack of books in front of hihed and slammed the book shut and juer than I thought it would" I opened the fridge and grabbed a Bud Light "Want one?" I lifted the can up to Vincent

"Nah" He stared at me "You should have told ed