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"Eaze snapped to his worried eyes peeking backward over the sofa where he sat cuddled next to someone else, someone I couldn’t bear to see me like this Someone whose brown eyes were locked onto me andthe danger At that moment, I seemed more hazardous than the fire I reached around the fla the spray attach it would put outto jump out of my chest, and my cheeks flamed as hot as the shirt I’d just destroyed

Captain Wilson escorted the tea the Rose’s They’ve been warned This faned no releases, and you are not authorized to use anything you heard or filmed here today"

"June, I hope you’ll reconsider" Uncle Mike put his hand on Mom’s shoulder

"Not a chance, Mike"

Whoa Mom spoke up, a hint of her usual stubbornness I kneell peeked out What a relief

"Please--"

Grahter-in-law asked you to leave, sir Please don’t abuse her hospitality byher ask twice"

Uncle Mike shot one le, arched eyebrow said he wasn’t getting anywhere with her I hadn’t lost her to the void if she could still fight back

Before I could make more of an ass out of myself, I walked out the kitchen door and stood on the porch Themy vision, but all I could see were the fla and let the chill seep in

The door slid open on the track, and I cringed

"Hey, you okay?" Josh’s voice washed overa wave of coo co postal

"I told you I had this You didn’t need to co next to me "It’s okay to lose it every once in a while"

"Every once in a while is ht about now, and I don’t want you seeing it" I took a deep breath to stop anyair burned in ave up exa and lifted et it? I ive me space and ti or he’d really think I was a nutcase Instead, I started laughing, only solidifying my insanity "Man, I never used to yell, and now it’s all I do"

He reached out and ran his hand down my back, and I hated how delicious it felt I jerked away from the touch and didn’t miss the wounded look that crossed his eyes "You can’t be here You can’t see me like this, because if you do, it’s all I’ll think about when it comes to us You can’t save me all the time"