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For as long as I could remember, Deacon had called me "Charlie Girl" and had tried to joke withfor years Out of his friends, he had been the fun one and nearly always had a lax suy was nowhere to be found now

Grey always referred to Deacon as a teddy bear Thebut

He was tall and had a large, intiyht over his chest and shoulders, and was stained with grease, as was his jaw His dark hair ild froh it over the course of the day And his honey-colored eyes, darkened with frustration, highlighted the angry set of hissonna try to finish that thought, Charlie?" he asked in a low voice "Is the shy, sweet girl trying to find a backbone for once? Oh wait, no, you know all about backs, don’t you? You were probably on yours when you got pregnant"

My h me "What?" The as nearly inaudible, but I couldn’t find my voice any wrong, and I don’t fucking get it Shy, sweet Charlie," he ain "No one would have ever expected you to try to ruin a relationship--and who kno ?"

"You know nothing," I choked out

He placed his hands on the wall above me, and leaned down "I know you fucked Grey’s fiancéthat’s all I need to know"

"It wasn’t--"

"It wasn’t what?" he asked in a dangerous tone, cuttingsorry for you because you had to "deal" with Ben’s death alone Had to hide the pregnancy, and then pretend Keith wasn’t yours None of that would have happened if you’d kept your legs closed in the first place"

"You’re an asshole"

Deacon barked out a sharp laugh "Why? Because I’m the only one ould dare be irl who is like my sister? Because I’m not as blind as the rest of them? You somehoisted the situation around so that everyone was not onlythat you had equal part in, and then lied about for years; but you also had the the situation for what it was," he said with a sneer, then pushed away from me and turned back toward o tell Grey and Jagger so they can feel sorry for you soed to fall, and gritted out, "I don’t need or want anyone to feel sorry for me I have never claimed to be innocent, and I will always hate myself more than anyone else could for what I did to Grey But I will never be able to regret what happened because it gave lanced over at ain "You mean the kid you pawned off on your brother for a year? Yeah, excuse me if I don’t buy your perfectbreath leftinsecurities clawed at ht desperately

As soon as he released me from his cold stare, I turned and slipped inside the warehouse, letting the weight of ainst it