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“And you didn’t think to tell me that shit? You think the draft and the money means more to me than flesh and blood?!”

I can’t hold in the anger pouring out of ainst his best friend’s wishes to tellher because he felt I had a right to know He knew her hurt and humiliation could be stopped if I claimed the baby

But my best friend since I was three years old hid the news froive At that point in our lives, the daone to her and known the truth

“What the fuck? I was protecting you Are you even sure he belongs to you? I saw Luke and Ari together They were definitely more than friends The way I saw it, he knocked her up and they wanted you to take the hit It was too coincidental that you were about to be rich and fa is questionable? I didn’t know Ari well, but I knew she didn’t come from much With the way y’all broke up, I was convinced she was looking for a meal ticket”

“You motherfucker! You don’t know shit Ariwhore You kne utted for months over her It wasn’t your place to keep this infor ht of the Sugar Boin”

Jack’s face falls and he stares at uilt in his eyes “She named him Davis?”

“Yeah, you sack of shit She did He’s the spitting ie of me”

“Is this why you needed the PI?”

I nod my head

“Reed, I had no idea he was telling the truth Why did she breakup with you if she was carrying your baby?”

“She didn’t”

He looks athim one

“What does that mean?”

“It means you are a sorry son of a bitch and I want you out of my house”

He gets up and walks by rab his ar his jaw but doesn’t lift a hand to hit me back

He stares at uilty, but then I think about the little boy down the road