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"And ere you doing during that tiht "So are you saying it was a mistake for you to do that too?"

"Nope," he said simply, and I looked back at hiht now? You said Chase would’ve regretted stepping back, but you stepped back and didn’t regret it" I paused for a second, and then said, "But at that time, it wasn’t really a decision between the two of you anymore since you and Mom were broken up So your situation wasn’t exactly the sa, "It was, and it wasn’t Your mo so long was because she didn’t wanttheir relationship in h your ht before, she was still too torn to be withon his ether a couple months later," I hinted, and he nodded

"The way your mom has put it was that she loved Chase, and was in love withEven though she told me she wanted me to find someone else, she and I both knew that ould eventually be together again one day But then Chase died, and it confused things as well as sped them up"

I shook my head and stared back out at the ocean "Doesn’t matter how many times I hear the storyI’ll never understand how you went through any of that"

"I went through it because I loved yournoise, I asked, "When it was back to being a choice of being with you again or notdid you still stay back?"

"No Hell no She told me she couldn’t be withwhat I thought I’d already known about us being together again But I told her I would be there for her and you Not just because of how much I loved the two of you, but because Chase was my best friend and I knoould’ve done the sarandparents’ house, every day Never pushing her, just always being there Well--I may have pushed her a couple ti "She ith you, then no one, then Chase, then no one, and then you again So Chase was there waiting for a relationship, then you both stepped back, and then you were there"

"Pretty hed heavily "What does that hed "It is the most complicated and simple decision In this situation with Kennedy and her ex, you need to figure out what stage you are all currently in, and then you need to figure out if you’rein that sounds siure it out"

December 4

Kennedy

"HEY, RHYS!" I called out as I walked down the hall and turned into the living roouard and took a step back when I found both Rhys and Kira looking at y, Rhys like he was afraid of what I was about to say "Uh, everything okay?"

Rhys glanced over to where Kira was sitting on the love seat then back to me "Yeah What’s up?"

"Er, well" I drifted off and shot Kira a confused look that i out of whatever weird state she’d just been in "There’s a farht There’s live rab for the kitchen, and I saw thes and funnel cakes It’s rocery store all in one, and I thought you o walking around tohen there’s a possibility offor you?"