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He raised his brows "There’s a type who doesn’t like school?"

She gestured at hiive society the er and tell them to eff off, you know? Like, you don’t put up with bullshit, and I bet you didn’t put up with the bullshit at school"

"I did well in school, Magan And, yeah, I’ve always been the type to tell people to eff off, but the type you see sitting in front of you today? That’s year’s worth of work You’ll learn as you get older that you grow into yourself as you go And part of that is taking all the steps through life that lead you to discover who you are"

"Ugh, I hate steps," she complained

Griff chuckled "Yeah, you and your sister, both"

My tummy fluttered that he’d re dislike of working through steps to get things done

As I watched the two of theet to know each other, I couldn’t help think what a strange world this was, bringing three people together like us

Three people who truly needed what the others had to give – friendship and acceptance

Griff dropped my car keys onto the kitchen counter and reached forme back to him, he said, "I like your sister"

We’d just dropped her at her house after dinner She had planned on calling her boyfriend to co her in my car I was pretty sure that iven her that

"I can tell that she likes you, too"

"How?"

"You’re clueless on teens, aren’t you?"

"Can’t say I spend any tiht talking to you, and asking you about yourself, and the conversation never felt stilted after the initial ave me the tiniest smile If I’d blinked, I would have , but he didn’t

Frowning, I said, "What were you just about to say just now? It was like a thought ran through your ht away"

He stared at me in silence until his chest rose and fell quite hard Blowing out a long breath, he let h his hair His eyes revealed a hurt or a pain that hadn’t been there earlier, and I hated that I’d brought that on, but maybe he needed to talk about it

"Griff?" I pushed hionna be a father…" his voice drifted off