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“Wait, is that the call that had you all pissed off?”

“Mmmhmm She said Todd kicked her out and she needed money and there was nowhere else to turn, so she called me as an old friend”

“And you turned her down?”

“Hell yes, I turned her down I wasn’t going to give her anything So when she showed up a couple days ago, it was suspicious She had soether”

I bristled when he mentioned that part

“But I showed her the picture of you and told her how insanely crazy I am about you and how you’re my future”

“You said that?”

He nodded “I did I wanted her to see how happy I ith you How happy you make me So I shoved the damn picture fro and I left h for her to get the photo Now I realize she was approached by one of the outlets to get the scoop on me She did it for the money She doesn’t care about who you are or that she cost you your job She doesn’t care about what it did to me to see you hurt She’s always been a tunnel-vision kind of person”

“And a complete bitch,” I added

He laughed “And that”

“I didn’t want to leave the Goddesses, Saold boots”

“I know, baby But I think I have so to cheer you up”

“What is it?” We had been on the road for over an hour and ere getting closer to the city

“You’ll have to wait and see”

I felt as if I could finally breathe I believed him I believed the entire story about the ex and the picture The whole thing made sense Sam didn’t have to drive to Austin to kidnap me He did it because it mattered to him whether I believed him or not