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“You wouldn’t listen to rabbed Violet, and we flew out here last night to show you”

My thumb skimmed over her bottom lip “Who hurt you?”

“Cannon,” Lyric answered for her “He was drunk and pissed at Shaw over so that happened earlier So, he took it out on Violet”

“You said…” I stopped and clearedit “You said you were drinking, and it just happened”

Violet sed hard and pulled back fro

“No,” I whispered, already shaking …” My knees felt weak

“Shaw kissed Jagger, so Cannon thought it was only fair that he should get to kiss ht it would make them even” She shuddered and wrapped her arms around herself “I didn’t want hiht him, and he…hurt me”

“When I showed up at Uncle Shane’s, he didn’t want to leton with Violet She called you and you orried, so you sent ed Violet to his side, as if he needed to feel her so he didn’t lose his mind “He letShe told us everything, and things got ugly after that I’ve never seen Uncle Shane lose it like that Luckily, Aunt Harper was there, or he would have probably murdered that little shithead then and there”

“Tellthis to her”

“He’s still breathing,” he told ot done with hi he wasn’t”

“Not good enough I want that little fucker in the ground” I scrubbedin front of them “He touched her without permission, and he hurt her He—”

“Luca”

So my breath, I stopped in front of her She stepped forward and pulledon my neck “What the hell is this?”

I touched ut to lead

“This,” she whispered, her eyes glued to the same spot “What Is This?”