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"She’s going to end up getting you killed Do you not see that?" he yells, standing, causing the chair he was sitting on to slide back and hit the wall behind him with so much force that therattles
"Sven" I shake ie, you choose"
"You can’t ask that ofmy hand toward him as I take a step in his direction around the desk His eyes drop to my hand and he takes a step back
"Make your choice"
"What?" I breathe as nausea and anxiety fill my stomach
"Make your choice," he roars, and I stumble back a step whilethat of me is not love," I tell him quietly Then I turn onLane, who’s eyes lift toward Sven’s office, looking pissed as they co now, but I feel the tears building inbefore I break down
"Maggie!" Eva yells, rushing toward me from behind the bar when she spots me
"Sorry," I whisper, running past her
"Slon, girl," Teo says, stopping e hand wrapped around h the outside door
"I need to go," I cry, atte on?" He frowns, studyingdesperate I want to cry I want to screao inside," he says gently
"Let et free Running to et in then lock the doors I don’t think anyone is following ain Putting as then sla the car to jerk andthe car in drive, I press the gas then swerve tolot I don’t even look as I pull out onto the road I just say a prayer there isn’t a car coan is standing out front with a backpack on the ground at her feet As she spotsand rushes towardin and buckling her belt, reo without a seatbelt, but I didn’t even think to put it on "Are you okay?" she asks, and I don’t look at her I can’t I just put the car in drive and take off toward the highithout answering
PULLING INTO OUR parents’ driveway, Morgan asks, "Seriously, Maggie?"
Once again, I ignore her, the sa e got on the road Then again, when I took the exit for Pullman, the community my parents live in, I honestly would never have planned on coht about it, and the more I realized it’scare of people It’s tiht hurt, because Sven should have been the one to do just that He should have put his personal feelings aside and had my back Even pissed, he should be here for ain I picked the wrong man, but unlike all the others, he was able to hurtmy car in park when I reach the end of the dirt road that stops near the front porch of an, then you do thingsout without another word
"MoonPie?" Myout onto the porch followed by ed much since the last tie, with long white-grey hair, big blue eyes, and a sht, drinks water, and exercises--or in her case, does yoga regularly My dad’s age is starting to show, but he’s still handsoes, but blends in with the blond His skin is dark fro outside daily in his garden or on the house
"Morgan," my dad whispers a second later orry etched in his tone, and I look across the hood to see that Morgan has gotten out of the car and is staring up at the front porch at both of the down the stairs, only to pause on the last step and cover herry I’an was ry they didn’t send out the troops like hter But I’m pissed they left all of this to fall onwas hunky-dory
"Come on, we just sat down for dinner,"My parents are passive; they’ve always have been passive, never letting er and disappointan is s?" he asks, turning his eyes toa nod before he takesbehind the her know silently that she’s not alone
My parents’ house looks the sae covered porch that has been white-washed every winter since I can reh to hold two people, a two-seated white wicker couch with brightly colored pillows, a wicker coffee table with a large ht red outdoor rug, where h the front door isrooht floral colors with live plants on almost every flat surface The kitchen is old but well kept, the wood topping the counters is the type you would find on a cutting board Instead of cabinets, there are open white shelves holding dishes, and swith my dad, I notice the round four-seated table is set for tith a big covered pot in the s has always been family dinners around the table, and even with one, she has still stuck to that tradition
"Get two more plates, Maisy," ain Nodding, she goes to one of the shelves in the kitchen and grabs two an tells Dad, and his head turns, his eyes pinning her in place then dropping, taking her in, and I know he sees what I see when I look at her
When his eyes er as he co on her feet