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Then so to what Doo "It’s Brittany" I stated Oh shit! Holy shit, Brittany wasway!

"I’m afraid so I’ve known for a while that Jason had another daughter Now, knoho it is and what everyone thinks she did, it’s time that everyone knows" He looked off into the distance, "I o, that I’d always look out for your family and I’ve kept that promise I’ve kept tabs on your dad all this ti out of trouble since that last ti on your er than Jaylinn" I wondered if Mom knew about this "Brittany’s mom passed away from breast cancer when she was three and it’s just been the two of theinia but didn’t realize that Brittany was going to school with you and MacKenzie" He looked disgusted, "I didn’t see a need to keep an eye on her too," he huffed, "guess I rong" I could see the disappoint awful that he hadn’t been ation

Fuck! This is a lot to process I kicked a rock that was by ain until the sidewalk stopped at the end of the block The guys were hanging back a few feet I continued, walking the same path to the ball field that I’d made hundreds of times, and mentally checked out

So not only was my piece of shit dad around, but I had a half-sister as well and she’s bat shit crazy This bitch tried to run my fiancé, my son, my whole world, off the road and then left them there to die Did Mom know about Brittany? She couldn’t have; she would have told me, surely Hoould I ever explain this to CC? She’d never forgive Brittany for what she’d done Would I ever be able to forgive her? After all, it was her nephew that she’d almost killed Did she even know about Jaylinn and ain?

CC and I never discussed the accident I’d knoho hit CC the second the detectives gave the car description She talked to the detective a few days after she’d gotten home, but after she told him what happened and that she didn’t knoho it was, that was the end of it She’d never brought it up and it was a chapter in our book that I wanted in the past I knew that in the end, Brittany would get as co to her I knew, just by protocol, that I wasn’t allowed to be involved in the case It’s a matter that involved s before the law Because of that, and everything that had happened, I was ordered to take time off due to the Family Medical Leave Act, for at least six weeks This actually worked out well for e herself, let alone a newborn -- she needed care twenty-four hours a day Plus, with everything going on it was exactly what I needed I also kneas their way of ation and let the law do its job

I had too many questions that remained unanswered; and there were only two people that had those answers I ht not be the best one, but it was the best one for now

I stopped walking and turned to face the guys, "I can’t tell her yet I need a little hed loudly and Cooper hung his head I knew this was going to be hardest on Mason Hailey knew about everything and was putting the pressure on him to tell CC I couldn’t blame her, they were best friends

Andrealked over and placed his hand on my shoulder, "Your faave my shoulder a squeeze, "but I need to talk to MacKenzie I’ve kept h"

And that was the start of the can of wor that everyone she loved had been trying to protect her fro betrayed by her fa, confident and has the patience of a saint, especially when dealing with her brothers, but there is only so ot back fro baseball at the field behind our house, all of theirRyder his bottle when they walked in, Hunter caers over Ryder’s face and his eyes fluttered closed

"You have the ic touch, you know that?" I was amazed Every time Hunter did that to Ryder he’d have him asleep in no ti hiht about it that way He was right though, most of the time ere cuddled with Ryder I’d tried a few ti or ran out to the store but he never fell asleep forhis lips linger a little longer than norirls and I had been talking about the wedding Moet the date out of et back We were talking about different venues After I’d told the, everyone started voicing their ideas about what this should look like and how that should look The girls wanted to go out and see what kind of dresses would look good for the theme; I told them I wanted to wait until reed and we set the date that we’d start as the weekend after Thanksgiving I was due to havehealed the way it’s supposed to

Mason had walked up behind Hailey and put his hands on either side of her hips He whispered so into her ear and they left the room Just a few minutes later, Hailey walked into the kitchen, face all red, "Hey Kenz, I’ to head out I have a killer headache I’ll call you tomorrow, ok?" She rubbed her hand over Ryder’s curly dark hair and sled up inon?"

She just shook her head, "You’ll find out soon enough" She said it just loudly enough so only I could hear her, but walked away before I could ask her what thatroom where I assumed everyone else had disappeared to