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His jaw clenched and I was pretty sure I heard his back teeth crack under the pressure

“She doesn’t live here The place is empty It has been for years”

I blinked in surprise Mostly because I never would have pictured hiround like this

“I’ happen to her?”

If it was possible, his jaw got even tighter

“No I bought this house for her right before I got locked up”

I blinked at hio to jail when you were just a kid?”

He made a noise in his throat and rolled his head around on his shoulders

“You grew up in the ghetto Are we ever really kids?”

It was a valid point, but that still didn’t explain a nice house in a pricey neighborhood

“Why doesn’t she live here if you did so”

I was really starting to think Race hadn’t bothered to tell hts into his coht now

“Whoever said crireat, which is why there is so ht her a house because I knew eventually I was going to end up dead or in jail and I wanted her to be okay no matter what happened to me The one stipulation I put on her was that she had to be sober She can’t stay here while she’s drinking”

I hissed out a breath, because addiction and mothers were a sore spot for me as well

“You e and all she has to do is not drink?”

“Yep”

“Wow”

He looked at me and opened his door “Anyway, it’s empty and no one knows about it because she never dried out enough to ure out soot out of the car and looked up at the house This was my dream A cute little house in a safe place I had never even been close to so like this It was just sad that soh to appreciate a gift like this