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Was I even lovable? There was a reason Pastor Williams and Mrs Williaot close to er and had it been wrong?

I glanced up fro at while I was lost Itoward me Had they finished the set? He had said they did three tonight with twentybehind Krit, I saw Green scowling as he followed Krit offstage Was soht?

Krit was in front ofhis beautiful face

"What’sI don’t know? I--" I stopped talking when Green grabbed Krit’s shoulder and jerked him around

"What the hell was that? We had fiveWe were scheduled to do another song Did you not look over the fking lineup?"

Krit took a step and got in Green’s face "Don’t Fucking Interrupt Her" He snarled then shoved hi Green to stumble

The instant fury that lit up Green’s eyes sentto let hiot in Krit’s face

"We are working! She was fine You could see her What the fk is wrong with you? This is our job, assle You can’t go doing shit like that e have a packed house!"

Krit shoved hiain "Don’t tell me what the fk to do"

I had to stop thee, but I kneas aboutwith his best friend

"Stop fking shoving ed for Krit

Iin front of Krit to stop him The force of impact when Green didn’t stop hit me directly in the chest It was as if soen froripped me when I realized I couldn’t breathe

"Fuck!" Krit yelled, and his ar toto breathe It wouldn’t work

"Baby, please breathe," he was pleading, and I wanted nothing more than to do that, but I couldn’t It hurt, and the terror that I was about to die settled over onna be okay," Matty said in an calmer voice

And then the vacuu for filleds over and over while he rocked me back and forth

"Take him out of here," Matty said

I couldn’t look up to see who he was talking to, but I grabbed Krit’s ar about hi you," he said as his hand began running downanywhere"

"I was going for hi panicked

"When Krit is sure she’s okay, he is going to beat the end and let him calm down first" Matty’s words were more of an order this ti? YouGod" He took a shaky breath "You couldn’t breathe He hit you so hard and you went down and fk, sweetheart I’ve never been that scared in ain without pain, and I had to fix this This wasn’t Green’s fault I didn’t knoasn’t going to be able to stop I thought he would stop froonna hit you," I said, wincing from the pain in htened

KRIT

"Fuck," Matty whispered

He’d heard her

It was ht it was an accident But she’d fking done it on purpose To protect o," Matty trailed off I listened to his footsteps until he was gone before pulling back and looking down at Blythe

"You got in front of six-foot-three one hundred and eighty pounds ofto hitto hit you I was just going to stop hiirl Never in all ine there was anyone like her Never

"Sweetheart, how did you intend to stop him? I could handle him I’ve kicked his ass many, many times" I cupped her chin in my hand "I had rather had hi happen to you That was fking unbearable You can’t do that to hed, and her eyes looked back toward the stage "I s with the two of you so you can get back onstage?"

The distressed look on her faceht But she was really upset about this I had overreacted She had been sitting over here staring at the floor with the saddest lost expression, and I couldn’t think straight I had to get to her

"I’ll get Green, and we’ll go back onstage But you have to proain I take care of you Not the other way around," I told her

She reached up and touched my face "Then ill take care of you?"

No one had ever cared about that before That wasn’t soh "You safe in lanced away fro to that," she said

God, she was adorable I pressed a kiss to her head "Couys," I told her as I stood up and brought her withto Green then?" she said, sounding hopeful

"No" Until you’re asleep tonight And then I’ his ass

The look on their faces when Blythe apologized to Green and explained she was just trying to keep hiht be sick, he was so upset over hurting her If I hadn’t held her in ht to breathe that could have possibly been enough punish to feel better until I busted up so that Blythe couldn’t see I’d have to be careful with his face She wouldn’t understand