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May as well get right to the point Suffering is not rips her knees so tightly her knuckles are white She won’t look in my direction and that kills uy downstairs The one who said azes out the"He’s not familiar"

"That’s Mitchell Mitchell Landers His dad is soul and his mom is on reality TV" No joke Mitchell’s parents are the real fucking big deal His dad is a billionaire and hisshow that put her excessive spending habits on display for the entire country to see

She’s still not looking at aze trained on her knees "Oh"

The silence hangs between us, bloated and full of tension, like a heavy, dark cloud just about to explode with thunder and lightning My skin feels tight,stand it any longer

"Rose" She hangs her head farther when I say her name "What did Violet say?"

"I don’t want to tell you" Her voice is so quiet I almost can’t hear her "I don’t want to talk about it"

What? "You just said …" I blow out a harsh breath, resting h my veins I don’t kno to handle this "You said you wanted to talk about it So let’s do it"

"I don’t want to hear your side of it Or hear you defend yourself and us end up getting into a fight Not anymore It’s just … wasted breath, you know? I don’t want any of that Not tonight" She lifts her head, her eyeson your lap earlier, taking pictures and kissing your cheek?"

Ah, hell I was really hoping she wouldn’t mention that "How did you know about it?" I ask carefully, feeling as if I’ into a minefield and Rose has already set the trap

Her lips thin "She sent the photo to Violet and she showed it to me"

Fuck me Everyone’s out to screw me over, I swear "Whit kissed my cheek and took the picture when she first showed up I shoved her off aze doesn’t waver fro on you when I first walked into the house?"

"I told you She’s drunk She’s high She’d just done a few lines And she’s pissed that I lost interest in her She still tried to getabout as honest as I can get If she wants to askelse, I’ll tell her the truth Nome