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He hated to let go, but he had to Once on the plane, all he could think about hat happened the last ti about being able to trust Sofia, and though he’d forgiven her, as et

With the distraction of arriving in a new country and getting settled in to his dorun to decline He’d all but stopped thinking about it He was alot the text from Sofia

I wanted to tell you before you heard from anyone else Brandon is home for the holidays But don’t worry, my brothers are already on it Sal went and had a talk with him and I haven’t seen him since the day I found out he was here

Eric felt the slow boil in his veins start up He called her back He didn’t give a shit about how expensive the call would be This wasn’t a conversation he was having via text She answered on the first ring "So you saw hiot back froel outside"

"Did you talk to hiht of Sofia kissing Brandon were back like a slap

"He said hi and he asked how I’d been then he left, and I cael and Alex, and well, you can i around here anymore Not if he values his life"

"Why hadn’t you told ht any doubt into their relationship Before this happened, he would’ve never questioned anything she did or said He told hio He didn’t want to dwell on it forever, but he couldn’t help feeling resentful

"Sal told ht do soet yourself in trouble Eric, please don’t be mad"

"I’m not," he lied

There was a short silence, then she asked "Isn’t this call gonna be really expensive?"

Glad she brought it up, not because he cared about the money, but because he suddenly didn’t want to talk to her anymore "Yeah, it is I’ll text you later"

"Eric…"