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I twistedan eyebrow "You stared at the wall for over an hour earlier"

"I’m not a movie person," I defended

"Yeah, but you didn’t stare at et bored"

I attempted humor "Jesus, Porter I’ love it But, tonight, you were off in your own little world" He pecked me on the lips and smiled "And you didn’t even invite me to come with you"

Unable to reply around the lump in my throat, I inched into his space until he rolled to his back and tuckedon his chest

My breathing shuddered as I fought to keep my emotions beneath the surface

"Jesus, Charlotte," he whispered, but he didn’t push to make me explain

His fingers played in ht while I forced myself to stay in that moment with him and not disappear into the past

His mouth caht too much for you? Like, with the kids?"

I tiltedmy stomach when I saw the worry carved in his face "No The kids were great I love seeing him happy And Hannah’s a doll"

He blew out a relieved breath "Good Okay So, was Brady a dick when you picked up Travis?"

I cut aze to the corner "He started to be, but then I realized he’s just sad Travis isn’t really giving hiest fan Apparently, Brady’s been talking shit about you to his wife"

I scoffed "Well, that’s nothing new"

His jaw became hard "Maybe not, but it’s a probleot to cut that shit out if he wants any hope of a relationship with Travis You’re his mother And, if he was any kind of man, he’d respect that and try to reinforce that bond, not tear it down"

My mouth was so fast that h tone before I’d released the words into the wild "Is that what you’re planning to do for Hannah?"

His chin snapped to the side "What?"

I clamped my mouth shut and rolled away

"Charlotte, what the hell?" he questioned as I started yanking ave him my back so he couldn’t read the lie on et ho, and you told hiht"

When I heard the et my shirt over my head before he could stop ed into darkness, which sent a tsuna down over me I didn’t want Catherine in the darkness That was mine and she couldn’t have it

"No Turn them back on! Turn theht flooded the room, andon?" he ru tothem on

I hadn’t made it

"You have to talk to o, but then he stepped in front ofmy path to the door "Let me in, Charlotte"

"I need to leave"