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She frowned slightly “Don’t wanna talk about that”

“But I do And you want to beon her need to please

“I didn’t want to bother you”

“Why did you think you would be a bother? Did someone tell you that? Maybe when you were a child? Your mom? Your dad?” She’d never mentioned her dad

“Daddy left Everyone always leaves”

Finally

“He took off Mahty and noisy”

Daether

“Mao” The hurt in her voice killed him No wonder she had trust issues Had everyone let her down?

“What about the boys’ father? What happened to him?” She hardly ever spoke about him

“Died”

“I know, baby But how?”

“Car accident Driving too fast I didn’t love hiuess he would have left anyway He didn’t love me either I was just a bit of fun to him”

He kissed the top of her head

“What was your childhood like?”