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"Did she adather this inforut lurched "No But she was lying" He studied Cal’s face, which reflected calaze head-on "Because I knew"

His fingers gripped the beer bottle Rage swept over hi ? Do you still hate e?"

Cal cut his hand through the air "Don’t be stupid, it wasn’t like that When you started crushing on her so bad, and she kept treating you like she’d known you before, I got curious So I Googled her Figured out he was her father I didn’t want to tell you anything, because I was keeping watch, and you both see, Dalton, that she wasn’t lying about how she felt I planned on confronting her if she didn’t tell you soon"

Dalton ju me? How could you not tell hter of a , Cal?" Tristan asked

Cal reree with Raven I don’t think this is about bla the other I think they were truly in love and were trying to figure it out"

"But she left," Dalton said "She took our baby teeth, reht that, too, but after this past year I changed myabout Moain and what I knew about her I think she took those teeth to keep us close with her, and I think she was co back Mom loved us too , maybe when she hed and looked out into the dark, his voice sad "Maybe I understand better because I nohat it’s like to love someone so much"

"I can’t believe it," Daltonher"

"No What she did sucked, because itwas real But if she was like us, and obsessed with figuring out why her father left, don’t you think you ht have done the same?"

"No," Dalton said stubbornly "I don’t lie"

"What about when you decided not to tellon me? Instead, you kept the information to yourself and made this elaborate plan to prove it That was a lie"

"I told you--I was young and stupid, I wasn’t thinking"

Cal shrugged "Maybe she got wrapped up in trying to defend her father’s reputation She was young when he died Dad ossip was fierce Hell, stores wouldn’t even sell his paintings any"

His thoughts whirled, confused "I don’t understand why you kept this from me"

"Because I’ve never seen you so happy before," he said sied It was like you found a piece of yourself, and that’s rare I wanted her to tell you herself, in her own time, so you could both work it out"

Dalton backed up, shaking his head "There’s nothing to work out anymore It’s over I can’t trust her, and God helpto bed"

He ignored his brother’s calls and headed to his roohosts of the present and the past

Raven checked her phone Nothing It had been an entire week since their night together, and he refused to return any of her calls or texts Panic was beginning to set in She’d never iined they wouldn’t be able to work past their history, but now she realized her lies had daed him on a deeper level She’d broken his trust, and Raven wondered if he’d ever be able to give her another chance

Sick at heart, she went through thefroo to his house? Did he need ht about reaching out to Morgan or one of his brothers, but that felt cowardly No, she needed to deal directly with Dalton, because he was the one she’d hurt