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“Race is a goodsome really difficult choices, but he’s always been a lot softer at his center than Bax His dad was a piece of shit, a oddamn oily son of a bitch, but when it hits hi through his old one”

I tiltedanywhere”

“Good”

I went to go get od when he suddenly ca behind Bax had Dovie folded into his side, and even though her eyes were dry, she ay paler than nor her tied to the here and now Race looked like he always looked That beautiful diold, and when he reached ave me a sweet kiss If I didn’t know hiht he really was okay, but there were fine lines of tension bracketing those evergreen eyes, and even with the diether behind the srasped my hand in his and started to pull me toward the front door before I could even ask Dovie if she was okay or offer her up a hug

Race didn’t look directly at me, he just said softly, “I have some stuff to take care of I’ll meet you back at the house later, okay?”

I looked at his face, saw all that darkness and ht hug “As long as you proht”

His eyes shifted away froue that point

“Seriously, Race Come home”

After akiss on ray I watched hi lot Ito head in the opposite direction where the BMW hen I was stopped by Bax’s heavy hand on rin and rubbed her cheek on Bax’s side

“He’ll be all right He just has to work through it” His tone was gruff “I’uy if I ever got the chance”

I shuddered at that and watched as Dovie looked up at him under her rust-colored eyelashes She huffed a little and shifted her gaze to me

“Don’t let him try and turn this into his fault, because he will”

I nodded and told her, “Call ”

She nodded “I’m fine I have what I need” She curled farther into Bax as he guided her down the steps and off to that wicked chrome-and-black monster of a car he drove I shen he started it up the engine sounded like a round

I wasn’t in the o to class, but I had no excuse to skip when I had alreadymy phone every five minutes Each time it came up blank it ht, so I went back to the condo, helped Karsen with her homework, made a simple dinner, and texted Race no less than five ti All went unanswered I orried, but I was also starting to get pissed I watched soave ht came and went I stared at es and decided enough was enough I had no doubt Race was at the garage, he was suffering alone, and I wasn’t going to stand for it

I knocked on Karsen’s door and told her I was leaving for the night She just gaveon her phone I think the poor thing had had enough of everyone else’s drama to last her well into her own adulthood

I got to the garage and punched in the code on those steel security gates, relieved to see the Stingray in the spot where the Mustang used to sit I opened the side door and practically ran up the , open space I al in the center of the floor, a half-ereen eyes hot and glassy I sank down to my knees next to him and took the bottle out of his hand

“You promised to come home”

His chest rose and fell and his tongue darted out to run along his lower lip Even drunk and moody, he was the prettiest man I had ever seen I reached out to cup his cheek in my palm and his eyes drifted shut and he turned to nuzzle into the touch