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He shook his head "I don’t want to bore you I e, and he sood I wanted to lean in and take a deep breath

"On the Strip?" I asked

He led lance "That would be boring, wouldn’t it?"

I wanted to tell hi with hi had quickly beco that I had developed a real taste for The exciteh It wouldmy curiosity wasn’t completely obvious from my tone

A low chuckle frohts at all That, or he was just incredibly observant I could tell by the way he spoke and the way he held hient More so than any other uedclassics instead of watching TV? Da at the top of Caesars Palace The view is spectacular, and we’ll have some privacy It’s not the penthouse, but it’s the best I could do"

Wow Not what I’d been expecting I kneanted privacy Lots of it But so did he, apparently This hat I wanted Major had keptIt was OK forto think about Major again

Major

The waves crashed against the shore as I sat slu-necked bottle dangled froarette froht fucking now, I needed it I was lost and confused and so damn depressed I didn’t knohat to do with as, and with eachher words in my head, I realizedtoo much for the unstable, beautiful, crazy bitch of Rosemary Beach had put me here in this sad pit of hell

She had wantedto accept: not knohat you have until it’s gone The fact was, Nan htiness was a mask she used to cover up the vulnerability underneath I’d seen it Fucking broke uard down I could clearly see all the ways in which she was broken Instead of being the man she’d needed and wanted, I’d failed her I’d failed us

Cope would fucking break her He planned on sending her back to me destroyed, and I hated the idea of it She didn’t need to be hurt any bastard didn’t care, though He just wanted the inforet

"Didn’t know you’d decided that lung cancer was the way to go" Mase’s voice broke into usted frown