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"And you were there with theood"

"I know," I say softly "He approached me It wasn’t the other way around"

"Did any of them hurt you?"

"No"

"Scare you?"

Yeah, but souy that was near me fixed my phone"

Liam chuckles and it relieves soainst e up "Yeah"

I need a new one, but with nine kids, three of theht that phone withsoft-serve ice cream last summer at the Barrel of Fun

"Jesus, Bre Just, Jesus" The lightness fades as Liam rolls his neck "Are you sure you’re okay with this? It’s only three blocks and Addison’s house is on the way"

It’s not okay, but what difference would it make if I said so My response is to leave the car I have the fleeting thought to ram my fist into Clara’s stoer seat with a smirk on her face She played her hand and she won

I hate her I really, really do, and for the level of hate festering into hell

Lia cars blur into one another I tilt ht star in the sky A long tio, I used to wish on stars, but the act is useless It’s a fairy tale created to make us think we have some seic, but I’o

RAZOR

THE WATER BEATS down from the showerhead and steam rises aroundto near scalding, but the heat eases so theif it’s uys from the club crash here if they require a place to lie low

A knock, then the door to the bathroom opens Cooler air sweeps in and a thunderstorainst the wall and I diper than needed Finished washing o, but I let the water fall over ht, and thirty seconds after striding in, I figured out Dad brought a girl ho a beer on the steps to the porch