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No "He misses his mom sometimes and Olivia is one of the few people he feels he has left"

Eht to thank you Olivia’s happier with you here"

Emily’s eyes immediately flash to mine with the nonanswer What happened to Razor’s mom is his business and it bothers him when people talk about it behind his back

"Is Olivia also like a h I overhead Emily ask the question of Razor first, it still creates a ripple of pain I love Olivia and she’s dying "Olivia is a lot of things to a lot of people Me included The world will be a dark place if she dies"

If, because the next round of che new They have before There’s no reason to think they won’t present us with a s her body "I’rowing up with a hell of a woh-snorts and it’s cute on her "I o--but she’s still crazy All of you are"

"And ear that title proud" I like a little tooof curiosity What do your fancy rich-doctor’s-kid friends say about you being a child of a motorcycle club?"

Her smile fades "They don’t know"

I didn’t realize how ht of her statery at her for obviously looking down on us, but tonight, after watching her with Olivia, after seeing how she’s made people I love happy, I offer her a chance "How coainst her ariven how I’ve treated her, she has good reason to be concerned I walk across the kitchen and then lifton the counter beside her

The scent of the beach hits e her withlike we’re friends or so and that will totally ruin the whole ‘the only reason we’re in the saic circuhost of that beautiful smile she showed before "Isn’t this what people do? Ask random questions to find out if they want to be friends?"

"Then try favorite color, do you have a pet, what’s your favorite food"

Fine "Give oldfish and meatballs"

Say what? "Meatballs? Who the hell likes ey" But there’s a tease in her voice

"You gotwithout thereat sandwich You are totally underesti and she’s sh alone, but it’s bothering me that she didn’t answer about why she hasn’t told anyone about Eli "Why haven’t you told anyone?"

It’s like I blew out a flickering flame and I so, sucks in a deep breath and says, "I don’t like re my father I’iven, that isn’t the one I expected I had prepared myself for her to be asha me the honest-to-God truth "Why?"

Eerator Most of theroup photos and there isn’t a snapshot that doesn’t show our crazy side My favorite is of me, Oz, Chevy, Razor and Violet from last year, covered in mud after we created a homemade waterslide on a steep hill on the other side of Cyrus’s property You can’t tell much about us beyond our open eyes and smiles

"I may not understand a lot about all of this craziness, but I understand that Olivia loves you like you’re related to her Like she never had a choice in loving you, but my dad did He could have taken one look atto do with a woman who had a child He had a choice and there isn’t a day I don’t thank God that he chose not only Mout twists for her "I’ve seen your dad around you The man is nuts about you"

"He is, but wouldn’t it hurt him if I was curious about any of you? If I talked about Eli with all my friends?"

Emily turns her head so she can s me to my knees Olivia didn’t have to love me Neither did Cyrus or Eli or anyone else in the club, but they do So because what does it say aboutht down This club, this fa that I took her to a place that bothers her, I hop off the counter and draw Eht around herself She doesn’t fall intome," she whispers