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“That’s a pretty bleak view for a sixteen-year-old girl to have, Karsen”

She tucked her hair behind her ear just like I did and turned back to look at me

“Mom and Dad loved each other at one point, but they ended up hurting each other and us The boys fro they want because they live in a particular zip code and they don’t care who they hurt Dovie almost died because of badto do with her Pain is everywhere, Brysen I’m not blind Everyone’s choices affect other people Look at where we just left our mom”

Well, fuckher fro at them far clearer than I ever had

“That’s a very good point”

She lifted the side of her rin that turnedabout this kid

“Besides, Race is a total babe You’d be an idiot to pass on your chance to get with someone that hot”

ThatI would be an idiot to pass up on taking advantage of everything Race see to offer me, his sexy self included

As we got closer to her school so I could drop her off, her words nagged at irl who just wanted everyone to get along and be happy Her statement that the boys at her school felt entitled made me uneasy

“Hey, that boy you liked, whatever happened with him?”

She lifted a shoulder and let it fall Her eyes locked firmly on the mirror and the truck

“He wasn’t as nice as I thought he was”

That hten reflexively on the steering wheel