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"I can get soerly and she laughed

"I’ll see you toan"

"I love you" I kissed her and she nodded

"I know" She hurried away froh the front door with my heart in my hand I wanted to shout out and stop her I wanted to hear her tell ain I walked back to the car slowly and happy I hadn’t lost her I couldn’t quite believe how lighthearted I felt I hadn’t lost her

I got in and started the car but for some reason, I didn’t want to leave A part of ht There was an uneasy feeling in the pit of my stomach I still didn’t really understand why she had dated Joey so quickly after we had fallen out or why had Jared called her I didn’t believe he was calling her looking for me Hoould he even have her number? I chewed on , and an odd feeling of foreboding filled ht I knew that with every fiber ofShe hadn’t even really askedwas off, and I was scared that I wasn’t going to like the truth

I tried calling Jared as I drove home, but he didn’t answer the phone As I pulled into the driveway, I saw Vincent waiting for

"Where’s Jared?" I jumped out of the car, and ran up to Vincent

"He left" Vincent looked at me with a scared expression

"What do you mean he left?" I shouted at him

"I don’t know" Vincent spoke hurriedly "He was pissed when you left to goHe called Joey to find out about the sale and when it was going to go down I don’t knohat happened, but he got really angry and hung up"

"Why was he angry?" I questioned,a hundred miles a minute

"I don’t know" His tone was tense "Then he tried calling you, and you didn’t answer"

"I was busy"

"With Maddie?"

"Yes, with Maddie"

Vincent looked away and , and I pushed his shoulder "If you have so to say, tell me to my face"

"Why don’t you just leave her alone?"

"I love her," I bit out harshly

"She’s bad news"

"I thought you liked her" My voice announced the betrayal I felt at his words, I had always known Jared hated Maddie, but I thought Vincent liked her

"I do like her, but she’s the hed "This isn’t the ti on her We need all our wits about us"

"Don’t worry about it" I tried calling Jared’s nu in Vincent’s pocket

"Why do you have his phone?" I shouted at him

"He left it withhe needed to take care of He told ether without him We just needed to wait for the call"

"What the fuck? Where did he go?"

"I don’t know" Vincent looked at me ild eyes "But he was crazy He told ht He said if you weren’t going to do it, he would"

"Do what?" I felt a chill run throughto do?"

"I don’t know" Vincent grabbed my shoulders "But he told me to tell you to trust him He said that no matter what happens, remember that he is your brother and he loves you"

"What the fk does that mean?" I broke away frorabbed hold of his shirt and pulled him towards me "If you knohere he is Vincent, you better tell me By God, you better tell me"

"I don’t know" Vincent pushed"

"GiveJoey" I took the phone from Vincent and dialed Joey’s nu

"Dude, you need to chill, okay? I’ with Maddie ’cause her dad wants me to, I told you that I told you before, she is nottits, but her ass is too big for htly, not saying anything I wanted to see if he would say anything of importance and I didn’t want him to know that I wanted to knock his front teeth out "Jared, you can be such a baby so? Does Logan even know you’ve been talking to her? I bet she wants to suck on your cock Her dad would be pissed if she caught her with another Martelli I wouldn’t do it, bro, he’ll fk you up Trust ht that battle Ha, ha, ha Jared?"

"This is Logan" My voice was tight and I wished I ith hi I kneas a piece of shit

"Oh," Joey paused "Where’s Jared?"

"That’s what I want to know"

"I was joking about Maddie" Joey laughed unco He hates her guts"

"I see"

"He just told ed o on another date with her"

"You were out with her before tonight," I growled