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“Good luck with that one”

“I’?”

“In a minute, I need a little time to think” I open another beer and lean back on a deck chair

“Reed, you didn’t know Luke didn’t tell us for you to beat yourself up”

“Well, I can’t help but feel regret”

“Man—”

“No, Jack, I need a little time to let this sink in” He looks like he wants to say so but I beat him to it “You kno many woman I’ve been with over the years? Too many to count”

“That was before”

“You wanna knomy child Then when he was born, she did the best she could She dated a few guys, but the assholes couldn’t take co in second So she put her personal life on hold That’s not all, knohat I do now, I can’t get the i with me So yeah, I need a few minutes to think”

“I’oes inside

It’s alht illu roo that has happened Even though I can’t see, I know she’s there

“What do you want, Cara?

My sister steps out of the shadows and stops a few feet away “Can we talk?”

“Nope”

“Please, Reed, you have to let me explain”

“Thought you did that last night?”

“I was upset last night and you ot flustered If you’ll just listen, you’ll understand”

“Let ht and you tellA spoiled, rotten bitch irlfriend to breakup with the wo to me, you believed a bunch of lies and hurt a lot of people in the process I sat around miserable and you watched me suffer so you could join the popular sorority when you transferred Then you letright before the biggest event into outrun the pain Does that about sum it up?”