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"U hiet" Ezra shook his head and crossed out Townsend and wrote my last name above it

"Why don’t we just leave it Townsend?" Jack suggested, looking up at me

"Cause it won’t match my driver’s license," I said

"I know but… why don’t you change that?" Jack asked

"Not this again," I rolled my eyes

"Oh, come on, Alice It’s weird!"

"No, it’s not!" I stood up, and Jack tried to hang onto my waist, but I pulled away fro the last name of your boyfriend and his entire family"

"It’s your brother’s last name too!" Jack pointed out "And I just don’t understand why you’re so against it It’s not a bad last name"

"No, it’s not" I crossed my arms over chest "I don’t have any problem with your last name It’s just not my name"

"Mae took Ezra’s last name," Jack countered, as if that would validate his point someway

"I don’t really want to be involved with this," Ezra said, slowly standing up

"Jack, we shouldn’t really be talking about her" I hurried to use Mae as a shield to deflect the argument

"It won’t kill him to hear her na about Peter aroundto the den" Ezra turned and walked out of the roo the tension so quickly it made me envious

"I hardly ever talk about Peter around you! I’ue!" I shouted, and realized just a s a lot worse

"Always?" Jack narrowed his eyes and stood up "Sorry, Alice I didn’tI didn’t knoas so hard for you to not speak about hihed "I’ve been careful of your feelings is all, and I think you should show the same respect to Ezra, since you kno he feels"

"No I don’t kno he feels He had a woman who loved him and wanted to spend the rest of her life with hi his last na we should strive for" I shookthe point"

"You’rethe point," I said "Why can’t you letthat’s mine?"

"What?" Jack was taken aback "I don’t understand This is all yours"