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She huffed, displeasure clear as day on her face "I’m just confused as to why you leave your child with a woer flashed through mental attitude I leaned forward and stared her hard in the face "You should get your facts straight before you go shooting your mouth off For one, Lisa isn’t my kid Two, that cat isn’t mine either And three, the last place I would leave Lisa, if I could help it, would be with her own fucking mother"

Surprise flared across her face "Oh"

"Yeah, oh is fucking right"

"Scott" Madison tried to shut me up

I shoved my chair back and stood up "Yeah, I’o"

"I’m sorry, Scott Please don’t leave because of what I said," Harlow apologised but I didn’t really want to hear it; people had one shot with h forbecause of you but I’ll be honest; I’ve got no interest in anything else you have to say"

Her eyes widened and Madison sucked in a breath She looked pissed off with me "Fine Go" Yeah, I was in ain but it was a place I was familiar with

Without even bothering to say goodbye to J, Nash or Stoney, I left through the side gate I stalked to er was directed at And my suspicion that it was actually directed at myself only served to annoy me even more

Chapter 6

Harlow

I sat in stunned silence Scott had just storether, because ofthis to happen, and really freaking shitty that I’d judged hihts out loud to him It was so out of character for ht stuff about people but never had the guts to say it to their face Keeping the peace was high on enda in life For me to say what I’d said to Scott was so far out of left field forto work out why I’d openedhad happened after he left This also surprised et hiht about it, the o and catch hirabbing Madison’s attention as I did this "What’s wrong, honey?" she asked