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Kennedy’s face tightened in pain at ht you because of all the ways you were like his ached fro to keepto her, but just as she’d protected herself over the past five months, I needed to protectto happen with us "Sit down," I ordered softly, and waited until she did "What happened after I left?"

"We talked He told me about why he left and how he foundher

"My dad As soon as his undercover assignave him the address to the condo"

I keptuess we knoho your parents want you to be with"

"Not necessarily," she whispered "Neither of theot ot the chance to I’ve talked to my mom about you a lot, my dad just knows of you because he doesn’t really care to know about Kira’s and my relationships I think my dad just remehim to California Besides, I think he sympathizes with Rhys because of his own time spent undercover--and he knohat it can do to a person and those closest to them But that doesn’t mean he would rather I be with hiive hi?"

"No," she responded immediately "It made me more mad to finally know all that I told hihtened in my chair "You did?"

Kennedy started to speak, but stopped and her face pinched together Like she orried that what she said next would crush my hopeful expression "I did, but he never left He’s been sleeping on the couch the past three nights When I ca hioing to stay until I was ready to talk to hiain, and I haven’t been And to be honest, I don’t think he’s ready to talk to ain either He was really upset about you He didn’t say that exactly--but it was obvious in the way he looked at avetoday"

As much as it pissed lad that Kennedy hadn’t talked to hi for her to But not one part ofthat he didn’t like ht there with him I hated his relationship with her "If you didn’t want me to leave then, why did it take you three days to come to me?"

"Because I didn’t knohat to do," she said honestly "And I didn’t knohat I was supposed to say to you after you stor I never thought would happen"

I studied her for a few seconds, then asked, "Were you ever going to tellabout you after finding this out"

"You do," she assured me "You know more about me than Rhys ever took the ti to tell you about hiht that I would tell you soon I just didn’t knohen that would be"