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DEWAYNE

The condos were going to be finished on time One less worry on h in July, I was afraid it was going to put us off anervous, and all that ca idiots should have considered the fact that weather slows shit down before pro buyers that the place would be ready before Christ offlot fro and headed forand didn’t need ainst the sun, I was able to ainst my truck with a smirk on his face Why was he here? He never showed up at et her hair done," Preston said, looking atidea what this was about, so I just stood silently and waited for there to be a point to this

I saw the moment when it finally dawned on hi about He pressed his lips together, then shook his head "You ht want to stop by Say hello," he said "Sienna is back"

I should have known Each day that passed withouther that the new neighbor was Sienna, I breathed a sigh of relief But it was only a matter of time before people in to her And what the hell was she doing at Hillary’s salon? That place was expensive, and froh prices for her damn hair What about the kid?

"She have her kid with her?" I asked, trying to ust in ot a kid? She married?"

She didn’t have her kid with her Fan-fuckin’-tastic She’d left the little boy at home alone What the hell kind of a mother was she?

"And you knew she was back? With a kid? Why haven’t you said anything?"

"She moved into her parents’ house I hbors for my parents Didn’t think it was important that she was back She was a part of Dustin’s life, not mine," I replied, then jerked open the truck door

"Liar Fucking full-of-shit liar You watched over that girl for years Hell, when she was a fresh When she was sent away, it fked with your head You were grieving Dustin, and then she was gone and you grieved for her too I would have thought you’d care that she was back Unless she’slike I hadn’t been super invested in Sienna and her happiness back then was pointless My friends knew the truth, even if my brother hadn’t noticed "She’s not irl I cared about is gone A cold bitch is in her place And if she’s getting her hair done at Hillary’s, then she’s a selfish bitch The piece-of-shit car she drives isn’t safe for her boy to ride in"

I started to close the door, but Preston grabbed it "Whoa,like an ass, and you’re not an ass Sienna is working at Hillary’s, not getting her hair done"

Maybe I was an ass

"Oh," I replied, wishing I hadn’t snapped in front of Preston

"Yeah, oh Sienna didn’t seem like a bitch at all She seemed niceShe was Sienna"

No, she wasn’t She was a

And if she orking, where the hell was Micah?

"I’m tired I need a beer and then my bed I’ll see you later," I told hiht?" he asked

Live Bay was the club in toe all used to drink and pick up wo up woood as hitched "Yeah I’ll see you there," I told him as I closed the door Then I headed toto visittoabout the way Sienna had sent hiotten defensive bothered me I wasn’t convinced the woot to my parents’, I parked beside my dad’s truck and made my way across the street before he realized I was here I didn’t want a fking audience, nor did I want his coone, so she wasn’t home yet That kid had better not be here I walked up the steps and knocked on the door I waited a fullconvinced she’d left her kid at home I wasn’t sure I didn’t know Sienna I didn’t actually have proof she was crazy

"Micah, you in there? It’s Dewayne I thought I’d stop by and check on you," I called out, but there was only silence

He wasn’t in there I was overreacting Why? I didn’t have a fking clue I turned and headed back down the stairs just in time for the beat-up Honda to pull into the driveway Great Now I had to explain lasses perched on her nose covered up those eyes of hers, so I had no idea what she was thinking She bent down and then stood back up I could see the s out of the backseat and then heard his feet hit the pavement

"Dewayne!" he called as he ran around the front of the car with an excited grin But then he stopped His slanced back at his mother

Sienna closed the car door and walked toward Micah She rested her hand on his shoulder, bent down to whisper in his ear, then handed hiluain When he got to the door, he unlocked it and went inside

"What are you doing here?" she asked in her very unwelco tone Apparently, the friendly s for me

Now, I could either lie to her or tell her the truth I wasn’t a liar "Heard you orking I was concerned the kid was home alone"

The expression on her face went froht pissed "Alone? Youyou think that I would leave my son alone?" she asked in a horrified voice "I’m not an idiot And if you haven’t noticed, I’m the only family he has I’m the only one anted hier atas fury siive a shit about hiht Get away froet about what your brother would have wanted Pretend that abandoning me and his son e needed SOMEONE was okay" She was breathing so hard her chest was heaving, and tears had filled her eyes Then she was running pastbreathe