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"Listen, Brandon," she said, lowering her voice a bit "I didn’t think I’d ever get a chance to, but now that I have it I want to ize"

He stared at her confused "For what?"

"Everything that happened in the past It wasn’t fair that you took the bla with it You have no idea" She stopped and sood idea what it was like to deal with my brothers"

Brandon couldn’t help but sood idea"

"I want you to know I did try to explain to the it to Eric, but after everything that happened and given the history they had with you, it was iet the it As far as they were concerned, nona&iuave up trying to convince theh that was a long tio, I’ve always felt bad about it"

Of course, he’d never tell her how ht, he kneasn’t so much what happened between the couldn’t have been worse Aside froina, that year was one of the one doith her that same year, he just always associated her with the worst period of his life He’d been swept up into that ht he had feelings for and didn’t reciprocate shouldn’t have been so tragic

He’d since come to another conclusion, and that he would tell her "I was angry about that for a long tis happened the way they did"

Sht about the tattoo on his abdo his shirt and showing it to her He ally no one appeared to be paying attention to them, if he did, he’d be tackled on the spot

"Shakespeare said it first, but then a very oue’"

Her eyes widened, and she see poes that deep mean"

"It just means my past set up ina walked up to the her hand into his "And I’enuinely "And I’ot Sofia’s attention, and she excused herself Regina turned to look at hi a broith a smirk "I was jealous for aalone," she whispered, poking him in the ribs with her elbow "You don’t even kno lucky you are I walked up at just the right moment You would’ve had one crabby brat to deal with for the rest of the night"