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What the hell was I supposed to say to that? I would never knohat my life would have been like had he stuck around, and honestly, I didn’t want to knoas happy where I was, proud of what I’d been able to acco in his as I thought about what to say back, how to follow that up Before I could forhts appeared at the end of the driveway

We both looked up, squinting our eyes at the approaching lights

"Who is that?" Zach asked, not letting go of ot closer, I realized it wasn’t a car at all, but a truck A big black pick-up truck

Brody

Fuck Fuck, fuck, fuck

I pulled my hands back quickly as the truck screeched to a stop I’d barelypurposefully up the steps "What’s going on?" he questioned, looking froo inside and talk" I putto slow hih rinned as he walked over with his hand out "Nice to meet you I’m Zach, Lucy and Piper’s dad"

The world moved in slow motion as I watched the realization of what Zach had just slurred reach Brody’s brain His head slowly turned to look down at er Intense, seething anger I could only iht he just saw as his chest heaved under et hih o inside and talk Please"

"Don’t leavetoward his still outstretched hand

Brody was looking at hed, Brody’s eye twitched and that was it I grabbed a fistful of his sweatshirt and pulled back as hard as I could, but I was too late

Brody reeled back and sith his right arm as hard as I’d ever seen anyone hit another person It happened so fast, Zach didn’t even see it co when Brody’s fist connected with his jaw,sound Zach stu the left side of his face His hat was askew and he was obviously disoriented and in severe pain, but that didn’t stop Brody frorabbed a handful of Zach’s shirt and pulled hi here, dickhead?" Brody roared through clenched teeth

"Whoa, whoa!" Zach threw his hands up in front of hi Zach even harder than before, this time with his left fist After another fierce collision, Zach covered his head with his hands, either in pain or self-defense and wobbled his way over to the railing

"Brody! Brody, stop!" I screa hi to ot out of the hen Brody reared back and punched Zach once rass down below

Brody walked over and stood at the railing, glaring down at Zach Blood droplets fell from his knuckles onto the porch, but it didn’t seeain What the fuck are you doing here?"

After he rolled around in the grass for a minute, Zach sat up and held each side of his jahich I was sure was broken--probably in irls," he irls? You have no goddairls"

"The fuck I don’t I’ht juht there on the lawn "Their father? What the fuck do you know about being their father? I’ fuckingto let her et the hell out of here"

Zach narrowed his eyes at rowled