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I jumped and pulled my hands back

"Jesus Christ, Court What in the heck is wrong? You look like you saw a ghost"

I sed hard and soe to talk The whole time, I kept my eyes on Reed "Tyler, I don’t want to talk about Noah--ever Please just let it go It was in the past, and I’d like to keep it there"

"He was right"

I snapped lared at Tyler "Excuse me?"

"Noah--he told et mad and say you didn’t want to talk about it Court, I have to ask Did you cheat on hi up on you after all these years I ed now…"

That poor girl If she only knehat type of a …

"And he seems happy now, but when he asked , and I stared at Tyler "When he asked you not to what?"

Tyler stood up and gaveNever lad you’re here, Court I love you and Sissy "

I smiled as I stood up and set ratulations on the baby again I’lad you found Reed and that he rinned "Thank you, Tyler, and yes, Reed makes me beyond happy"

As I watched hi coain, deathly afraid to be alone because hearound

Tyler was saying good-bye to everyone He was heading to his bachelor party He had asked Reed to go, but then he’d made the comment that Reed would most likely feel out of place Tyler had almost seemed like it bothered hio, but it still pissedto Tyler about it after the wedding My parents had made me promise to wait They had also been upset by how rude Tyler had acted, and it took everything out of me not to junk-punch him

I watched as Tyler walked out the door I turned and looked out theas I watched him walk down the sidewalk and up a little ways He julanced over to4Runner also I put my hand onI hadn’t had in so many years

He’s out of the country, Courtney He can’t hurt you any longer

When I looked back at Reed, he was staring at me He smiled that smile of his and made his way over to me

When he pulled me into his arht"

I closed my eyes and held on to him harder I had told my mother that I didn’t want to stay at the house I couldn’t bear the thought of Reed being in the sas to me

I hadn’t even had to tell Reed otten here, he had gone up to my room ahead of me When I’d walked into my room, I’d seen he had built a little tent on the floor When I’d crawled into it, blankets and pillows had been on the floor I’d looked at hihts I had thrown my body into his as I’d cried and told him how much I loved him