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“So, this is the reason you’re piling all of this shit onhis level best to keep everything he’d just learned in mind

It was clear that Alex had a lot on hisoff the grid, iton hi

“Why didn’t you tellfor Alex to need help, it was entirely different for hi it

Another shrug fro to lay into Alex for being so da selfish He wasn’t fond of the idea ofto burn out quickly, but from what he’d learned in the last half hour, it wasn’t like he had much of a choice

“I need you to explain it toon here In the past week, I’ve been te ass and just leave you high and dry At the very least, I deserve an explanation I’ kept in the dark”

The stunned look on Alex’s face told Cole that he’d pretty s on the line there

And for the first ti anyone else

Chapter Eight

With the day pretty well shot to shit after thewith Alex, Cole opted to head home If he was lucky, Luke and Sierra would be there, and he’d have a chance to have dinner with them both For some reason, after the conversation he had with Alex, he felt the need to be close to theet to have a lot of down ti today would be different If they didn’t learn to slon a little, it was likely they were all going to burn out at some point, not just him

Based on the last real conversation he’d had with Sierra over lunch, he was pretty sure they were rapidly heading in that direction without even realizing it It occurred to hi like they used to and that worried him on more than just one level As much as he tried to convince hiets in the way, and you wake up to realize that the is were left behind, Cole orried they were taking soranted

Maybe his conversation with Alex had affected hiht