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Razor blinks, and the horror mirrored there as he realizes he o seconds frotime friend

Chevy offers Razor his fist and with a deep breath Razor shakes off Mr Hyde for Dr Jekyll

Regret deepens the already constant pain in Razor’s eyes and instead of bu Chevy’s fist, he holds out his hand for a shake Chevy accepts and the two end up in a brief half hug Razor’s haunted by a hurt too deep to understand His in to kno to heal, and because of that, we’ll always have his back

When they let go, Razor nods at ood

Razor picks up the football, taps Stone on the back and pitches the ball in the air "Let’s work on your catching"

Stone reaches out his hands and the ball soars straight through Chevy turns his head to hide the wince I school my expression but internally feel the pain Olivia used to read a book to me when I was a kid about a lion that was a late bloomer I sure as hell hope that fifteen will be Stone’s bloo shit

Nota beat, Razor swipes the ball and leads Stone away froarettes and laugh loudly Everyone’s roughed up and bleeding The game’s more tackle than two-hand touch and that’s the e like it

We’re in the large grassy area between Olivia’s house and the clubhouse Thanks to the utility poles, we can play football all night and typically we do, but this summer, my ass has been on Emily patrol

I lift lance over to the porch to check on E dark hair forward like a shield She’s playing cards with Olivia on the porch and even though she’s dealing, I will her to peek at me one more time

Eli’s gone again and so isfor the business He was here for a few days and was stuck to Emily’s side and now he’s on the road and I’m back on duty

Everyone was banned froain, anyone who is a brother is allowed to co, no old ladies, no friends of the club, no hang-arounds and above all, no strangers

All of it is to protect E to Eli, is to desensitize her to the way things really work around here

Chevy kicks at the back of my knee and I sock hi at E her the back of the clubhouse and sharing dirty secrets You do that with Eli around and you can forgetprospect He’ll put a bullet in your brain" He er, then stuh I know he’s right "She’s hot"

"That’s sick She’s my cousin"

I don’t mention how Violet was like a sister to o when he was solid with her made me want to voular

Chevy flicks his chin to where Razor’s showing Stone how to hold his hands together for a catch "Ever wonder if we’ll get a text fro us that we need to help hide a body?"