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They sounded like such a real family And fro at the playground with Copper referring to her as Mommy Then they’d head to her house where they’d eat the casserole she prepared Copper would read to Beth because she now refused to be read a story by anyone but hihter drifted off to dreaive in to the desire that grew throughout the day They’d fall into bed exploring each other for hours then sleep wrapped so tight they were almost one body

Do in Too bad it was all a fragile web of deceit She paused, phone at her hip If she played her cards wrong, this man could end up in prison for the rest of his life Rusty would do it Despite Copper’s love for his brother, Rusty hated hireen he’d do anything to have what Copper did And that was a dangerous thing

Could she do it? Would she do it? Keep vital inforths to keep Copper out of jail, and had in the past, she wasn’t sure she could continue to lie to hihter?

Rusty’s daughter?

Shell shuddered at the thought of that hter

“Mo?” Beth asked

“Yeah, Moerated Beth’s whine, h despite her mood

“Sorry, I’” She hurried forward until she was at the opti down the slide “Okay, let ’er rip!”

Beth let out a whoop of exciteh the first loop of the slide then came to a dead stop “Hey!” Beth said “What happened?”

Copper wiggled his hips, then frowned “I’m stuck” He took his ar her, she coasted the rest of the way down the slide with a “weee” Hands going to the sides of the slide, Copper tried to push himself forward

“Darumbled

“Mommy! Copper said fuck!” Beth called as she ran from the bottom of the slide over to Shell “Mommy, did you hear him?”

But Shell couldn’t drag in enough breath to reply She was laughing so hard her stomach hurt, and she bent forward

“What’s wrong with Mommy?” Beth asked “Her face is all red”

“I-I’m o-kay,” she said, finally able to suck in a breath Ohso funny in her entire life as the giant badass MC president wedged into a child’s spiral slide

“You fucking laughing at rowled as he shimmied an inch at a time further down the slide