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There is a knot in ut Did the abusive ex find her? Did he hurt her? My hold on her tightens yet again at the thought of anyone hurting her

“Colt?”

“Yeah?”

“I can’t breathe,” she wheezes

“Sorry” I loosen ht of so you” She’s quiet, and I know I’ve said the wrong thing “Please keep going, Hollis I need to knoe’re up against so that I can help you” There’s a brief silence before she begins again

“She worked so hard on the picture, I didn’t want to bend it, so I decided to just carry it hoht, just a block over froust of wind blew the picture fro meant so much to me, and to her, that I didn’t have any other choice Iit on e, and I didn’t want to break my promise to her”

“Because you’re the sweetest woht her to rateful to have her not only in my life but my son’s

She laughs lightly “Have you met your mother, or your sister-in-law or Gwen? You’re surrounded by somen”

“Maybe,” I agree “But you’re the only one who’s mine” The tension in her shoulders eases just a little at my declaration

“Um… your mother?”

“Dad’s already claimed her,” I tease

“Fair enough,” she says, and I can already hear that she’s starting to relax a little “Anyway, I chased after the picture It had soto both of us The wind blew it down an alley, and as fast as round behind a dumpster I didn’t even hesitate to kneel down and reach for it When I finally had it in ”