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I was growing tired of the questioning "You better be real careful about where you go with this"

"Loga--"

"Real Careful" My hand jerked, forlanced at me out of the corner of his eye He looked back to the road and sighed His shoulders relaxed a bit "I’irl is hurting And if I can see it, I know you can, too"

"You think I’ if you’re falling for her because she’s hurting"

Huh? I cocked ain?"

"Oh, boy" Nate adjusted his hold on the wheel and rolled his shoulders back He looked in the rearview aze returned forward "You fall for girls that are hurting Tate--"

I interrupted, "--wasn’t hurting"

"Yeah, she was She had that thing going on with her parents She was hurting back then, and so was Kris"

"Kris" I frowned She hadn’t acted like it, but he was right She’d been ive you Kris"

"And…" Nate softened his voice "Sam"

Oh, fuck He went there I shook my head "There was a briefti that up," I said

Mason was the giant elephant in the van at that moment The whole question of Sam and me had been dealt with It wasn’t a problem, yet Nate went there

"I know" Nate’s hands jerked on the wheel "I’m sorry, but there’s a pattern That’sto fall for her because she fits so-term They didn’t with any of the others"

The fuck? "I dated Tate for two years, and I ith Kris for one"

"But you didn’t love the you’re in love That’s the proble to fall for her and date her? God forbid"