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Momma reached up and patted my arm "Thank you," she whispered then stood up and headed back down the hallway to her roory anymore

I Take It Back

CHAPTER 29

MAGGIE

I called West as soon as Brady toldBut he hadn’t answered I’d texted hi to his house, which was fourI waited All day

It was after nine that evening whenI was curled up in n of him His name lit up the screen "Hey," I said as I pressed the phone to my ear

"Hey Sorry I missed your call and texts I slept all day Haven’t been up long Nash’sShe’s gone back to bed now"

"I hoped you were getting sleep Did you eat too?" "Yeah It was good lasagna"

"I’retted leaving I shouldn’t have let hio home to sleep He’d lost his dad, and I hadn’t been there for hi you could have done I wanted you to go get your rest Don’t apologize for doing what I asked you to do"

"How’s yourhim"

"How are you?"

He didn’t respond at first I almost wished I hadn’t asked that He’d probably been asked that enough "I’m in denial, I think Does that happen? I h the door anyOnce I had stopped screah a time where I expected my mother to show up at any ht "That will fade When it does, it isn’t easy Right now you’re coping" He didn’t say anything at first We just sat in silence on each end of the phone

"I’ve slept all day I won’t be able to sleep tonight Would youwould you sneak out after your aunt and uncle are in bed and go riding with et out, but I don’t want to be alone"