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Hisat ood reason why she didn’t tell you? What if you, being the stubborn asshole that you are, are sitting here stewing about it while that douchebag is co her broken heart?"

"I told her I’d call her e got back"

"Moron, we’re on a road trip How long do you think it would take for him to weasel his way back in? Hopefully not literally?"

"She wouldn’t do that Not with hi hi to her She’s heartbroken She’s going to be looking for some sort of shoulder to lean on"

I felt sick toI could say often

I got back to the hotel rooame and checked my phone before I took a shower I had four missed calls--three from my mom, which I wasn’t in the mood to return, and one from Shae

I didn’t have to think twice about whether or not I was going to return h I was nervous as hell to do so Had Mom and Dad talked to her yet? Did she know? If she didn’t, could I act nor? I didn’t want to be the one to break her heart

"Hey, kiddo" I tried my best to sound cheerful when she answered the phone

"Brody!" she blurted out when she answered "What the hell is going on with Mohed "They told you, huh?"

"Yeah They calledthey wanted me to find out from them, not you"

"How nice of them," I said sarcastically as I stretched out across the hotel bed

"What happened with the" Her voice was quiet, sad She sounded how I felt

"I don’t know They didn’t say ers "I wasn’t there long, though I kinda stormed out"

"Mos," she said in disbelief

"Did they tell you how long they’ve known about this?"

"Yeah," she yelled "A whole fucking year! What the hell? This is such crap, Brody We have to do so"

"Shae, what can we do?" I understood how she felt She was reacting the saht when I was determined to fix theether until they decide to drop all this?"

"Unfortunately, life doesn’t work like that"

"I’m mad, Brody, and hurt and confused and… mad"

I took a deep breath and let it out slowly "I’m mad too, kiddo I just don’t knoho to be , just as I had the previous few days, by sending a text to Brody that he most likely wouldn’t respond to

YOUR SILENCE IS KILLING ME I MISS YOU SO MUCH I ACHE PLEASE CALL ME XO