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I didn’t knowtroubled kids get back on their feet through our foundation, I understood sealed records were closed to the public but still accessible to a few court or law enforceital information existed

There was a list of everything she’d done—robberies, car thefts, selling prescription drugs

Why hadn’t she told me?

Why hadn’t she trusted me?

I didn’t care what had happened when she was a kid Whoever she was then wasn’t who she was now, but I did care about why she hadn’t shared the darkest parts of her past with me

I stor to ht in the world

I ignored her and addressed Carrie “If s to do”

“Going to find your criirlfriend?” Josie’s lips twisted, her eyes hard and cold “I don’t knohat the problem is with you and your brothers You’re all attracted to white trash”

“Shut the fuck up, Josie,” I burst out, heat flaer If I could have fired her, I would have “Stay out of my private life and stay out of Noah’s You can’t stand that he loves Aubrey and is happier with her than he ever ith you”

I jumped into my car and sped to Willow’s apartment, but when I arrived, her truck wasn’t there I ran up to her apartainst her front door

No answer

I fished under the doormat, found the spare key, and let myself in She wasn’t there either, but all her stuff was Wherever she was, she hadn’t skipped town That in itself was a relief

I juain and went to her kitchen

The truck sat outside, and my heart soared

I ran up three flights of steps to her kitchen because I didn’t want to wait for the elevator When I shoved the door open, I found her boxing up her stuff

“Going so the emotion from my voice “You didn’t think you should’ve talked tofrom my life?”

She dropped aaround the room

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