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He cocked his head "Why did you stay in Storured out they weren’t the ones to bla to explain led to understand at the ti to explain the blind faith I used to put in God Faith is trust in action It’s so believed in, not from proof, but from feel and a deeply held belief Ireasons, but it was my faith in theiven him only four words, but those four words packed a punch Sometimes you didn’t need a lot of words to explain yourself

He scrunched his face "What the fuck? I cared about you My fa say we didn’t"

"There arethe person you supposedly care about to change theood for a person, Danny I always had to proveline and fit in ho you thought I should be Store who I aust and I kneere done here Probably done for life "I will never understand you or your choices I’ve tried to help you over the years but you’ve made your decision and now you have to accept whatever consequences that decision brings you Don’t co back toto anyone, asshole, and I’m not about to start now I rely on one person, and one person only –screwed over that way" I took a step away from him and said, "Now, if you’ve said all you caet on with ht"

He sneered at my words as he made a move to leave "You alere a bastard, Michael You’ve ed to take it to a whole new level"

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Danny and I were done

A couple of hours later, I was a few drinks in, watchingunsuccessfully to shift thoughts of Sophia from my mind It astounded me that on the day I usually couldn’t delete shitty fa bombarded by a woman

I’d treated her exactly the way she’d told me she didn’t want to be treated Used and discarded I hadn’t intended for that to happen – fuck, I hadn’t intended to have sex with her, but I couldn’t have said no to her even if I’d wanted to She had no idea how beautiful she was, and no idea how much I’d wanted her from that very first time we’d met in the car park at the bar Hell, that was half her allure The beauty of a woest turn-ons And, Christ, the way she lived in her vulnerability and let her mask fall – that sealed the deal for h We’d had our night, and now I needed to ive Sophia was not the woman for me

My phone buzzed on the seat next to me

Scott: Can you meet me and Wilder at the clubhouse now?

Thank fuck – a distraction

Me: On my way

I walked into Scott’s office to find him and Wilder deep in conversation, and a wo on the chair in the corner Her feet tapped in front of her like she was nervous about soot to her face, I realised why She was craving a hit