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He reaches up to cupup and down his erection, my eyes closed I’m lost in the feel of him His hands on my breasts, his ck in my body, and I knoithout a doubt at this very moment, I’m scarily in love with Owen

"Fuck, you are beautiful," he whispers as he moves his hands down from my brsts to my waist, then my hips "Your skin is so s up at ht at his hips, and slowly roll o

He closes his eyes, a ragged er to find ive hiether

I want it all

Falling on top of him, I pump my hips, my mouth at his ear as I whisper how much I want him, how much I need hiht, and then I feel hi I know he’s close So, so close and so a

"I’m in love with you," I murmur just before I kiss his throat, his jaw, his cheek "I love you, Owen So rips asth of hi me on absolute fire My body tres to me

Thislove with Owen in his rooes on in his house We’re locked away in our own little world, where the only things that exist are him and me

That’s all that ether

CHAPTER 22

One year later

Owen

It’s hot as hell outside as we sit under the blazing sun, watching the graduation cere off, fast as can be on those chubby legs of hers, little screa from her rosebud lips as Drew or Fable chases after her

I just sit there, a s her into hs and shoves at ame She loves me

At this very mo nagging at uilty

Is it wrong that my mother died while in jail and I didn’t ? I was sad--sadder for the loss of the opportunities she’d wastedShe could have been someone She could have had Fable and me as her family She could have had Drew and then Autumn, too Hell, even Chelsea

Instead, she died alone, her heart giving up after too s and bad choices Fable was coot the call from the county jail and in turn, she called me I found out over the phone that Mom died without anyone

It hurt, but mostly I was nuful part? Not in years, ht, I let Chelsea comfort me She held ot nad and showed me how much she lovedaround us are irritated with Autumn, but they keep their mouths shut because there’s a superstar in their ain … and they won Again Two years in a row The od Cover of Sports Illustrated, cover of People, cover of … I can’t even reazine covers Fable’s been on a couple of covers with hi famous

The ceremony announcer drones on, and he’s only on the R’s Sweat for to pretend I’ a button-down shirt and the nicest pair of jeans I own, and I rub the back ofI wanted to look nice for Chelsea It’s a special day for her, one I’ It’s a huge step and I’raduate school, though, not yet She’s taking the summer and the fall semester off because she wants some time for herself, for us, but I know she’s scared She toldas we have each other, we’ll be just fine

The announcer has kicked into the S’s and I sit up straight, craning my neck around the crowd of people that surround me The bleachers are packed, as are the chairs down on the field We’re on the field, since I’d pulled soot us decent seats I wanted to be close, so I could run up to Chelsea after the cereratulate her and tell her how ive her her present

It’s pretty si to drive me nuts," Fable mutters under her breath as she co Autuhter and cuddles her close, holding her so her head rests on his shoulder Her hair is dark like her dad’s, but her eyes are green like Fable’s and mine She’s a perfect co "And to think I’nant?" I whisper loudly, causing ets out like that about thelares at h her lips are curved in a tiny smile "Yes, I a the perfect little family? "I’m happy for you, Fabes," I tell her truthfully

"Thanks" She s her hand on her stomach "I’m exhausted, sick half the tiree So a lucky, Fable and I On paper, we should have been a disaster At certain points in our lives, ere The fucked-up siblings with the even more fucked-up mother and absent fathers We should be losers In jail No jobs No education Nothing We’d been told that ti up

Now look at us We proved everyone wrong

"I already pro like this little girl" Drew jiggles Autule as she keeps her head on his shoulder, her little thumb between her lips

"Give me a break" Fable rolls her eyes "I told him five would be plenty"

Drew leans over and kisses her, and I swear I just heard a collective sigh sound throughout the crowd