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"You can’t even take care of hi care of hio to court to get hiive up custody of hie that he’s yours?"

"I still don’t even think he’sparent than you’ve ever been!"

"You can’t take--" Moan, but was cut off

"Keith’s my son!"

Chapter 20

Grey

December 21, 2014

EVERYONE FROZE AT Charlie’s words The only sounds in the house were Charlie’s quiet sobs as we all stared at her Jagger and me in shock, Mrs Easton with a look that was beyond my comprehension She looked like the very incarnation of evil, and all of that evil was directed at her daughter

"Shut up!" Mrs Easton hissed, and I watched as Charlie shook her head back and forth

"I’ine," she cried as she looked froer finally said "Don’t do this--don’t try to save Mom She’s not the kind of person you think she is"

"I know all about her," Charlie responded with a sad snancy from you It wasn’t hard since you were alith Grey that summer, and I just wore loose shirts thethe house when it became obvious Then you didn’t even come home that winter break after Keith was born--it wasn’t hard to play it off as Moave birth to hi a e, and that’s why I don’t like leaving here I can’t be away froive custody back to !" Mrs Easton cut in "Don’t listen to her She’s just trying to take the blame so you won’t have to"

"Just stop!" Charlie shouted "Stop with everything You are hurting everyone, can’t you see that?" She took deep breaths in and out, and aited long moments for her to continue "Grey, you know I loved Ben I’er was sorry for loving you when you were Ben’s"

I went still I wasn’t sure if I was breathing I wasn’tAll I could do was think about the couple of times Ben and I had been in Thatch in theabout her baby and because she’d been in love with Ben Jagger turned to look at one, but I couldn’t look at him

A choked sob burst fro break of your sophoton State, you all caht you were hoer didn’t come ho with this?" Jagger demanded