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But he refused to let hi situation It was over and done with, couldn’t be changed What he needed to focus on was the present, and when Mia returned a little while later and curled up beside him, that sense of pure joy only intensified He stroked her hair, twining one silky strand around his finger, enjoying the steady beating of her heart against his chest
Danny popped back into the rooing noise "Can’t you two cuddle so out with Angie on this very couch last night"
"We wouldn’t have to make out on the couch if you hadn’t enforced your crazy keep-the-bedroom-door-open rule," her brother retorted
"Don’t you have sorabbed his letterman jacket from the armchair "Later, Jackson," he said as he headed for the door
"Goodbye to you too, Daniel!" Mia called out after hih "You two kill me Are you ever not bickerin’?"
"Not really It’s kind of our thing" Grinning, Mia sat up and tucked her hair behind her ears "Hey, listen, so I wanted to ask you for a favor"
"I’ll do it," he said instantly
A laugh flew out of her mouth "You haven’t even heard what it is yet!"
"Fine, I’ll hu to Irvine next weekend with the teaht"
"Yeah, he aht? But I just found out I have to work at the sandwich shop on Friday right after I finish up at the park" She nibbled on her bottole one of his games, but I could really use the ht"
Jackson raised hi position and touched her cheek in a reassuring caress He kne hard Mia worked to support herself and her brother, and he wished she didn’t have to struggle so much But at the same ti She’d sacrificed everything for that kid--her privacy, her freedoled two jobs in order to take care of him, and no matter how stressed out or tired she was, she was always sitting there in the bleachers every Friday night to cheer her brother on
"So I ondering if ame," she finished "You wouldn’t have to stay the weekend--the charity game isn’t i as Uo insmile to her face "Really?"
"Absolutely" He stroked her delicate chin with his thuar"
Her smile instantly faded "Oh Um"
Jackson narrowed his eyes "What?"