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"I’m not" The way she answers too fast with too much conviction twistsbullets for her stand by and let insults be thrown at her, how can I convince her otherwise?

"You are You deserve better than this"

The air thickens with her quiet resolve I slide over and wrap an ar Come on, Haley "Istream of air and I briefly close my eyes when she settles her head on ether, Haley"

"I slept with Matt," she says

My head drops back, but I keep her body tight to mine, even when she tries to pull away She slept with Matt Slept with hiether for a year What the hell did I think they would be doing?

I long to reach inside es those four words produced Thinking of her with another guy--killsof her with the bastard I hate the most--slays uy Unfortunately, her adood enough person to keep the edge out of my voice

"While Matt and I were together, Matt told Jax about ourum" Haley covers her eyes with her hand and her shyness, her eer

"Extracurricular activities?" I need a shotgun to blow the scenarios out of my head

"Yeah, that Matt told him before a match to piss him off and it worked Jax lost his teaht Sound fa on"

"I’"

I es of Matt too near you for co before I perform my own lobotomy"

"AnyhowI was mad at Matt So mad I wouldn’t talk to him for days"

She hesitates and I want this conversation over as quickly as possible "So?"

Haley folds into herself "After the fight, Jax called ainst ized," she says in a quiet voice "He caized I had never seen hihs "Until when he thought I had lied to hiht"