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I tried to think back to the restaurant, but I couldn’t even re it I just reone when the waitress asked if I wanted a box I’d said no As for the clothes, today was the first ti in years I usually just put on clothes and left, not caring to see how I looked

"Well, what do you wantYou have no idea how hard it is to lose soe part of your world for over half your life Who has owned your heart for most of that Who you were supposed to marry days before they passed! You don’t understand what I’ve been through," I seethed, and wiped at , what more do you want?"

"I want you to live, Grey"

"I just said--"

"You’re existing," he barked, cutting h thethee me based on what you’ve seen of half a day A day that is a horrible rerabbed ain, his voice was cal any of this only based on what I’ve seen today Janie’s worried about you--"

"Janie? Janie?! You’re having my friends keep tabs on me, Graham?"

"Grey--"

"How often do they check in with you? Huh? Do they only see ? Because I don’t see theain, who the hell would want to be around so?"

"Grey!" he snapped when I opened the passenger door and ju bullshit, Graha the only way I kno, and I A downI was overreacting because I was terrified that he was right, and I didn’t want hi atquiet when I walked into themstill I was tired of the way everyone see like I was giving the Graha my keys from my purse as I ran toward et in there before he could catch up with me The keys slipped from my hand, and I reached out for them at the same time as I tripped out of noring the spilled contents ofonas hard sobs worked their way through rabbed at my upper arms to help me up, and I swatted at him "Leave me alone, Graham!" I cried

"Shhh It’s okay," a deep voice crooned I liftedhim pull me into his arms "It’s okay"

I pressed my forehead into his chest and shook my head back and forth "It’s not This day won’t end, and the way everyone is looking at "

"Failing?" he asked, and tippedat his lips "Hardly, Grey I told you, you just gotta keep , not everyone sees that because they’re waiting for you to break Just because they’re expecting you to not be handling this doesn’t "

"But they won’t talk about him, they won’t talk about what happened Grahaht He said Janie’s telling hioing through theHe’s not with you every day to see how you’re ireen eyes bored into mine "Your fa better, so they don’t kno to handle the situation--especially because of what today is and the fact that you are upset He’s your brother, he’s going to be worried about you; but, Grey, don’t let hi better than you should be Today is an exception And he just happened to see you on an exception, all right?" His arhtened around ainst the wall "You’re doing fine, I pro, and releasedree with hiht you could use soo so you can spend ti behind ainst the wall opposite us, his are look on his face "How long has he been there?" I whispered to Jagger when I turned to face hiain

"The whole time"