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She nodded and turned toward the porch "Moot theued as Kacie walked up to him and held her hand out for the keys

"Please" She sniffed "If you want to s better, please make this easy on runted, dropping the keys in her hand "I live in the Meadowbrook Apartments on Maple Do you knohere that is?"

She nodded and sat down in his truck, turning to watch as he walked back to my truck I hopped up intowheel, watching her She pulled her eyebrows in tight and looked at o over, pull her into my arms, and take away her misery, but she caused mine and I was pissed the fuck off

"In the back, D" I watched as Diesel woke up and gingerly crawled into the backseat, still half-asleep

Zach opened the truck door while I looked out my orried that if I met his deadbeat eyes, I’d pull hiain My hand throbbed as I wrapped it around the steering wheel, and the thought crossed et it checked out and I couldn’t complain Not this season

He climbed up and sat down Before I even put the truck in reverse, he tried talking

"Listen--"

"No You listen," I interrupted, finally looking straight at hio You’re not going to talk to ardless of why you’re back or what the fuck has been going on, we’re not friends and we’ll never be friends And talking about Kacie is so fucking far off-li about her, I’ll put your head through ht ahead and didn’t say another hile we followed Kacie the whole way to his apartment I put my truck in park and he opened the door iround, he turned to ht She didn’t even knoas coot in my truck and drove there, so if you want to be ht you back because, aside fro blindsided, I probably deserve a broken jaw for all the pain I’ve caused her over the years Even so, I’ize because I do want back in Lucy and Piper’s life in some capacity"

"You don’t deserve to be in their lives," I seethed

He tilted his head to the side slightly and nodded "You’re probably right about that, but when I watched them play at the park, it hitto let theh your fingers, asshole You threw them away I picked them up, cleaned them off, and have been there for theh to think this is going to be an easy road for you," I warned as he backed up and shut the door

I watched as he walked over and took his keys fro to her, but she just shook her head and walked back to er seat and dropped her face into her hands, crying quietly Peeking at her out of the corner ofspace,her

My fingers tingled I wanted to run theh her hair and pull her into et through this, but I didn’t even knohat the hell ere getting through yet Then, Zach’s words from before he walked away replayed in my head

When the fuck did he watch them play at a park?

I didn’t speak one word to Kacie on the way ho driveway to the inn and I saw Sophia sitting on the front porch sith Fred next to her Kacie ju for "

Her mouth flew open and she took a step back as new tears started falling froht out the front , ry I can’t talk to you right now"

"Brody," she sobbed, "please I need you"

My eyes shot toward her "You knohat? I needed you tonight I just ca I’reide as her hands clutched her throat