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"I don’t love her, Grey Simple as that"

Disappointment radiated off of her "Then why do you look just as bad as she does?"

I shrugged "I don’t know, but she knew She knew I didn’t believe in love"

"And so that’s stopping you fro with her? The fact that you think you don’t believe in love is what’s causing the two of you to look like this for alh burst from my chest, but I didn’t respond

Grey just nodded, and sat up "I have so for you"

My eyes narrowed and darted to her, then over to where she was looking If it weren’t for the baby in Jagger’s ar I’d been waiting for all er passed Aly off to Grey, I did exactly that I scrambled up and curled s to his sister, but she’d broken et in any free hits

"Here, Deacon"

I shot a look to Grey, and flinched away fro their baby out to ed, and took another step closer to ger, and shot Grey a dark look "Dude, keep it away I’ve been trauh for a lifetio"

Grey sly, and tried to come closer "She’s just a baby, Deacon"

"Yeah, and it also crawls now You knohat else crawls? Bugs" I twisted ahen they got close, flinched when the baby grabbed forout in the living roo in my chest lurched when I saw his etting all about the baby and Grey, and Jagger’s murderous stare, I dropped to ht him when he launched himself at me

"Deaton! Deaton! Where was you, I miss you"

Fuck "I missed you too, kid," I said, my voice thick with emotion "I missed you, too" I held him away from me so I could look at him, and had to clear my throat before I could ask, "Who are you today?"

Keith’s face fell, and his eyes dropped to the floor "Keith"

If he hadn’t looked so upset over that, I wouldn’t have pushed "Not Captain Aonna knock me over just then"

He shook his head stubbornly, then looked at me hesitantly "You and Mommy was s came and took hted you went to the grassy place"

It felt like the ground rocked beneathso much more as I tried to putthe I’d died

I felt like I’d abandoned him, like I’d failed him