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“No, it doesn’t And I think that’s what scares me the most about it, Sam Is this even real?”

I stared out theat the indoor practice field “It’s real for me I’ve never asked someone to move in within my neck

“I want to be there too, but I think we should try things like this for a while Can we do that? Plan weekends? I’ll come see you next time Or we can meet in the middle?”

“Thein thelouder

“Okay, as soon as you left I started looking up soes on Canyon Lake We could rent one and no one would see us and we could spend tiether”

I huffed “This is a fucking first”

“Excuse me?”

“Most woraphed and seen with me and you’re the exact opposite”

“Sam, I tried to explain to you how important it is that I do this on my own I don’t want a handout If you can’t respect that I don’t want your ”

I closed ht with her I didn’t want to push her away

“I’ I didn’t mean it like that I’m sorry”

There was silence on the other end

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lia?”

“Yeah I was thinking” Her voice was soft “I’ll let you go and we can talk after our gaain, but if you can’t handleon the dance team, then you need to letto keep it”