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The tears let loose
"I’ to hurt you My therapist said I should be honest with the people in my life You hurt me, Sky So I punished you Because I knew you loved h to inflict pain as payback" His eyes blazed with regret "Do you forgive ive you" I wiped iive me?"
He hesitated and then, "I want to"
The door buzzer broke the tense"Who’s that?"
"It’ll be Brandon"
"Don’t let him up"
I stared incredulously at him "Micah, he flew over five thousand "
I was right He still didn’t get it "It isn’t always about you and me, Micah"
The petulant look on his face as I walked out to let Brandon in edroo up the elevator It was a different feeling entirely anticipating his arrival With Micah, I felt sick With Brandon, I wanted to throw my arms around him as soon as I saw him
When he appeared, so tall, all bearded, purplish circles under his eyes that told htand as he whispered my name, the sob burst out ofhome
IT WAS HARD TO TAKE ht that captured o I realized as all three of us sat in my apartment and talked that he held me captivated because I had no bad memories attached to our relationship
When ere on tour and I was tired and lonely, he’d snuggle up with me to watch a movie on the tour bus, or he would take me out for dinner so we could unwind and pretend ere ordinary people grabbing a bite to eat He was the one who kept Micah at bay when I’d had enough
He was the big brother who protectedthe craziness that was our lives
Of course, I loved Austin too, but he was h and annoyed the hell out of nant" My eyes widened as Brandon shared this news "You’re going to be an aunt"
That he would offer me that ratulations Tell Heather congrats too"
"I will" He grinned "She’s been worried about you"
"We all have," Micah said sullenly He was standing at the French doors looking out over the Clyde and had been the entire tihtFuck Two years Who can believe that?"
Sobered by the raw pain in his voice, I offered, "If I’d been in a better fraotten to that point It ized enough," Brandon said, scowling at Micah’s back "You’re here and you’re healthy and that’s all that matters"
"Oh?" Micah whirled around "Is it? A couple of apologies and we’re okay?"
Brandon narrowed his gaze "Three days ago, you would’ve given anything to hear from Skylar and know she was okay Remember that"
"Brandon, it’s fine," I soothed "There’s no way in hell I expect any of you to forgive me so quickly"
"Well, I have"
I loved hiel The rest of us are just tellurian"
He grinned at my joke
Micah huffed, "I’m starved," and strode into the kitchen He pulled open the fridge, perused it, and cursed under his breath "Still a health nut, I see" He slammed the door closed and turned to ed "We could order takeout"
So that’s e did While aited, we talked about Austin and Selina, about Gayle, about friends in the music business We did not touch on Macy and the band, as if ere all afraid toIt was Killian "I need to take this," I told the guys before disappearing into my bedroom
"Hey," I answered once I’d closed the door
"Hi, I’s for Brandon, I hadn’t realized how tense I was until I heard Killian’s voice It was almost as if I could feel the solid heat of hi hi into it Catching up"