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I rest a hand over"Dad said I’ will happen while you’re with s constrict "Dad said that this whole thing isn’t real That you guys are playing gas too seriously and that I shouldn’t be afraid That’s one of the reasons why I stayed--because I wanted to prove to myself that there was no reason to be scared"

Oz slips out of the chair and is immediately on his knees in front of h and co my body "Do you trust me?"

"You’ve lied tous sucks the air out of the rooe is a safe house ten et to it by bike and then you have to hike the rest of the way It’s a cabin smaller than the one at the pond, but it doesn’t have shit within it So, but no one else goes there without club permission No one beyond brothers and immediate people with the club are supposed to know it exists"

"What does Honeysuckle Ridge have to do with Mom and Eli?"

"I don’t know"

My head atterip preventsthe motion

"I don’t know," he repeats "Whatever it is, it couldn’t have been good, but the truth is your mom would have known about it because she was Eli’s old lady"

His words pierce through h school She couldn’t have been"

"Yeah, they were still in high school when theyto my mom, they were very much in love Soon her finger and she moved into Olivia’s"

I lift my arms to push Oz away, but he releasestossed around in waves "She was in love with hi you don’t already know You sa Eli and your ed You saw your mom’s initials on the tree You held a picture of you and Olivia You’re s for so to disprove it"

"Then why lie to me?" I snap "Why does everyone want to keep it a secret?"

Oz lowers his head and ut twists He knows and he won’t tell me

"Oh my God" I stand and Oz sie secret and you’ve seen me beat myself up over it and you won’t tellto a boys’ club?"

"Because I’m a part of a family and I’ve been entrusted with a secret that I swore I wouldn’t tell You accusea pro it"