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Half the croas in tears and Tanner leaned into hter had pity sex with her sick boyfriend and they didn’t use a condom’” My father’s head snapped up and he shot us a look which I kneas h it was impossible

“With the help of Dr Reynolds, in Tennessee, ere able to bring Tanner back froain the senator held up his hand “I am now proud to say that Tanner has been in full rens of the cancer that almost took him from us” This ti Samuel” A hundred pairs of eyes turned to us and we had no choice but towith the crowd and laughed I would have given anything to be shrouded in the sanorant bliss

We stood next toSa him on her hip just as I had him She turned to the crowd and waved and Sarow more wild “Now I haven’t told you the best part,” the senator said,for the crowd to quiet down He was theto every one of his gestures This was the grand finale, because I kneas co I could do to stop it “This , in a small cerehter and Tanner Redmond were married” The applause fro The senator shouted into the microphone above the crowd “So, I would like to take this time to introduce you to the new Mr & Mrs Redrandson, Samuel May God bless your union” He cathat made my stomach turn

“You bastard,” I said “This wasn’t supposed to be a public display or a political tool” I was surprised, although I knew I shouldn’t have been The senator cared about the can supporters third

“It’s all a political tool All of it,” the senator said “You Me Tanner Saood” I honestly think he believed that crap He releasedof his own Unlike the scoearing, Tanner was senuinely looked like he was enjoying hie were real

I’ stupid

Suddenly I was so angry I couldn’t breathe I was angry atme, at Tanner for no reasonable explanation

My hands shook as I saw red

The senator waved to the crowd Nadine ca in oing to take hireat sense of when shit was about to hit the fan and I was glad for it

Because shit was about to hit the fan

I stepped up in bethereto the crowd and I added a wave of my own The senator looked atlike he’d just won the lottery and was accepting his giant check “It’s hot out here, isn’t it?” I said, leaning toward my father who furrowed his brow but then quickly corrected hiative facial expression in public

“It’s Florida, during the summer It’s always hot,” Tanner said before his eyes ide and the realization set in “Don’t,” he warned, but I didn’t listen

“If you want to putto have to put all ofan and took it off My father didn’t find anything unusual about ht It was Florida, during the summer It was hot But he didn’t knoas underneath the cardigan He’d yet to see it I held asp from behind me that I assumed came from my mother

“Don’t,” Tanner repeated, and this tiry I spotted a chair and turned to my father “Can I rest my sweater on that?” I asked him