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"How’s he doin’?"

Janey cocks her head "My brother’s always been hard-headed--this time it came in handy The doctor says he’ll be fine"

Beside To a whole conversation with their son without hi as my mum and da don’t talk him to death"

I snort, but just can’t oes softer "They’re sayin’ Duchess Olivia’s sister isit up

I nod

"Tommy said you tere close?"

A thousand me them back

"Oh, Logan I’ eyes "They’re still looking Nothing’s official"

Janey puts her hand on , we’re here You’re family too Most ti frorin, but a bit better than a frown It’s like Tommy said--Janey’s badass

I point towards the door to his rooto eat so you can sit with hiive his ears a rest"

After the Sullivans leave the roo note of his terrible coloring--he’s ale on the back of his head, covering a couple dozen staples and stitches they said he needed to close the gash

I look at hi my best friend to open his eyes

"I’m losin’ my fuckin’ mind, here, To my elbows on my knees "I need you to tell me you knohere she is You dropped her off somewhereor she left with so as she’s all right"

There’s a pressure on the back of my eyes that blurs my vision And my voice cracks "I really fuckin’ need you to do that You’re the only hope I’ve got left"

Regret is the sharpest blade It stabs, slices off pieces ofA cold, steady downpour that saturates your clothes and numbs your skin

But I’reat, heaving chunks I don’t fight the pain when it rushesin the car in the driveway outsideit shole, a thousand blades cutting at once

When I step out, the rain soaksfroony

I like your tie

She was here She was beautiful and precious and so very alive

One of these daysI’ to save you back

And I had all those years, all those moments when I knew--I knehat I felt for her, but I was just too fucking cautious to do soan

Men aren’t supposed to be hesitant Not men like irl She never was Not from the very first h , as I walk up the path to the front steps of my house

It’s always been you Always