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She wasn’t leaving et a towel and clean upone"

"Couldn’t help it, love Your tight little puy h kinda sent e"

Her eyes flared, and the heat was back Hell yes My girl liked sex

"Blythe"

"Yes?"

"You’re perfect I wouldn’t change a thing Know that," I told her, then turned to go get a towel Now that I knew she’d lived a life of being put down, I intended toreminded hoonderful she was

Chapter Twenty-Four

BLYTHE

Krit was outside the door He wasn’t ready to face Malcolm, and I wondered if he ever would be I walked into the room and sat down in the chair beside Malcolo ho hier I had to get back tofor

"You’re leaving," he said as he opened his eyes and looked at me

"Yeah It’s time I went hoo to, and that felt good No, it felt auy?" he asked

I nodded "His nalanced at the door "He out there?"

"Yes, but he doesn’t like you He, uh, he isn’t sure he should be around you He doesn’t forgive you for" I didn’t finish that Malcolm understood

"So he loves you then," Malcolm said

"Yeah, he does"

"Do you love him?"

"More than life He’s my home He’s healed me Fixed all that was broken," I told theHe turned his head and looked out the"Go be happy, Blythe Go live the life you deserved all along Let him love you the way you deserve to be loved"

He didn’t say he loved o So I stood up and did as I was told When I stepped out of the door, Krit’s ar me close to his hard safe body "You’re o home," I told hih the waiting roo to visit Malcolm They all looked at me and then at the sexy rocker whose arm was possessively wrapped around me I smiled at them and walked away Away from the life that hadn’t wanted me and toward the life that I wasinon her apartotten home late, and she was exhausted I slipped out of bed, jerked on my discarded jeans, and headed for the door before Blythe was disturbed

Trisha stood outside Blythe’s door with Britt and Jedrick Owens I’d gone to school with Jedrick Last I heard, he was playing football at Oklahoma State Dude was athe sleep from my eyes

"Inside!" Trisha barked, and strutted in She had her "don’t mess with me" look on her face Britt and Jedrick followed her, and Jedrick’s eyes met mine

"Your sister scares the shit out me, man," he rin and turned to look at Trisha, who looked like she was ready to lay the smackdown on anyone who interrupted her "I took Britt to the doctor I was tired of her not going, so I ht me on it a little, but then she decided it was in her best interest to do as I said," Trisha said, shooting a glare at Britt, who stiffened "She’s pregnant, all right Four o Britt wasn’t even in Sea Breeze She had gone to see her aunt in Oklahoma It was su break and had been talking on the phone

"Problem was, Britt’s daddy is a redneck and a racist Britt knew her daddy would never let her date Jedrick Didn’tdrafted into the NFL He was the wrong color So, Britt ran off to spend time with him" Trisha stopped and looked at Jedrick

"Now you tell us all about the protection you used with Britt," Trisha told Jedrick

The guy stifled a yawn Apparently, my sister had woken him up too "We didn’t Britt said she was clean and on birth control"