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I watched her closely and knew she was telling the truth

Thank fuck

Before I could say anything else, she took hold of my face with both her hands "Griff, I accept you for who you are and alill You never need to change yourself forto know stuff about you, but I knoho you are at your core – you’ve already shownto fit in, andI’ve learnt is that it never works The trick is to find your tribe where you don’t have to work to fit in, but where you effortlessly slide right in And to find your person – that one person who just gets you and doesn’t try to change you; that one person who only needs to take a glance at you to know if there’s so to be there for you when you need the for you"

Fuckworld

I clai I lost track of tih she sat naked on my lap, my hands didn’t roam over her body I just needed her lips for now When I’d had my fill, I ended the kiss, and said, "You’re mine, Sophia Forever"

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Griff

Two days later, when Wilder was in the clear fro shot, I walked into Church with a sense of apprehension It had been quiet around the club over the last two days, and I couldn’t read some of the boys They avoided eye contact with ured they were the ones ould voteme was of concern

I tookaround the rooh good times and bad over the last three years We’d packed a lot into a few short years, and I’d learnt what loyalty and acceptance uessed after today, I’d learn who believed in unconditional love

Scott finished going through the business he had to discuss regarding the fire at Trilogy and a few other o over Wilder spoke up, his voice full of nerves as he stumbled over his words "You reuys were outside The Eclipse Bar who none of us knew?" He waited for Scott to acknowledge that, and when he nodded, Wilder continued "I was given the wrong infor infory"

Fuck

I sat forward into be good news