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He paused and looked away from me I watched as he sed hard and took a deep breath "I loved Dixie Hell, I’ll always care about her But I love you more You’re my brother It took that moment to show me how I felt about it all I orried about you If I wasof her Like you were You cared about nothing else but knowing she was alive That she was going to make it The rest of us were scared for her, too But erefor you"

I didn’t knohat to say to that Instead of talking, I closed the space between us and hugged hi that Dixie was er than even I realized

"I want that, though One day What you have with her I want to feel that way for soht be good for a few years But one day," he grinned as he said it

"You will," I told hi but easy"

"After what I’ve seen, what I’ve been through, I don’t think love is "

He was right Things that caainst the tile floor interrupted us We both turned to see a fa but easy

"Charlotte texted me that she’s awake," Scarlet said She looked thinner and had dark circles under her eyes The light that I was used to seeing in her eyes was dimmed Dixie would hate to see that She’d worry about her

"Yeah, I can take you to her room," I told her

"Thank you"

"No probleh I wished Scarlet looked a little less sad For Dixie’s sake

"I’ll go to the waiting roo he’d keep Brent and Bray in there and away froone, Scarlet said, "Looks like at least two of the Sutton boys have worked things out"

"We always do," I assured her Because we did We were brothers and shit may happen, but in the end, ere family

"I want that for Brent and Bray," she sounded broken

"They will be fine, eventually But they can’t get there if you’re around" I knew that wasn’t easy for her to hear, but it was the truth and she needed to know it