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By the ti The adjust was daht the anxiety swirling aroundMelanie stayed back, toup a second shift When I raised ed and said, "Bills, babe Fucking bills are a killer, and I have a sister to look after"

Yeah, she wasn’t so bad at all

"Well, thanks for everything," I told her sincerely "I couldn’t have done it without you"

She winked "You’ll get better and then you’ll make it up to me That’s e do around here We look after each other"

Okay, so she esooodbye to her and cli jeep out front My eyes widened in surprise when I saw Carter there, half-asleep

"What’s going on?" I asked as Roed "He had a bit to drink"

"A bit? He’s smashed!"

"Yeah, don’t knohat happened He ot back I thought he’d been talking to you and you guys started fighting or so like that happened"

"Well… I don’t know He got back, shitty like I’d done so, and then he drank hi nonsense since then, so I wouldn’t pay any attention to hi disaster, but the voice on hiot a good feeling about this"

I put ainst Carter’s forehead He eaty and hot, and his eyes opened and looked at me His lips flinched doards in a frown and then he closed his eyes and kept theot to the house, Rome helped him into the suite He crashed into hiswho he’d otten hi?" Ro up Pizza?"

I nodded "Sure, that sounds good"

"Cool I’ll be back in twenty then"

He left us after that and I crawled into the bed Straddling Carter, I grabbed at his ary, and when I was at the second sleeve, he stirred again and mumbled

"Don’t hate me"

I paused and stared down at him "Carter?"

"Don’t hate me, Leah"

"Why would I hate you?"

He opened his mouth, and it stayed that way for what felt like forever, before he whispered, "Cause I killed her"

My body tightened I was so confused I leaned over hiainst the side of his face "Who, Carter?"

He was too out to respond I sighed heavily and rerabbed at his shoes and took the over hi