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"I didn’t kiss hi up sharply
"No, Alice" He smiled sadly and shook his head "That’s not what I ain"
"I’m sorry" My voice quavered, and a tear slid down my cheek "I’m really sorry, Jack I didn’t think I had a choice"
"That’s the thing with you You never think you have a choice, but you always do" He bit his lip and shook his head "But you wish you didn’t" He looked away from me "Sometimes, I think you wish you’d never met me, there had never been a choice between me and Peter"
"No, Jack, that’s not true!" I stood up "That’s not true at all! I love you!"
"Oh, yeah, I know you do" He nodded, and hisback tears "You love me so much, and that just really sucks for you Cause if you didn’t have that, you could just do whatever you wanted You could be human or a little vampire Nancy Drew or hook up with any of my brothers If only you didn’t have to worry aboutThis is astupid I know that you’relittle I didn’t cheat on you I didn’t hurt anybody"
"You repeatedly lied to my face and snuck around behindthe point, Alice I can’t trust you anyain When you asked me not to break your trust, you told iveyou to forgive "
"I did say that" His voice was so quiet, I barely heard it, and his blue eyes sith tears "But you knohat? I lied too"
All the strength drained round onhi had ripped open inside me I couldn’t even cry, it hurt toohis ar on?" Leif asked
I heard him, but I couldn’t see him I couldn’t liftto hold in the pain I had to physically hold ulped down air, desperate to keep back the vomit that threatened to coot in Jack’s face "Did you hit her?"
"I would never hit her! And she’s the one-" Jack pointed at me, then shook his head "Never mind It doesn’t matter You should just be happy, because now she’s free to do whatever she wants!"
"Whatever you did to her, fix it! Apologize to her!" Leif shouted
"I didn’t do anything wrong!" Jack yelled back "And what the hell is your deal? Why do you even care? If I break up with irlfriend, why is it any of your damn business?"
"Because I’m her father!" Leif shouted
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