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There was just so wired in my brain that made me always need someone around

Unless I orking, I was either always at my parents’ place, or Adam and Amelia’s place If they weren’t available, I would hijack a couch at Sam and Cheyenne’s place, Blaine and Elliott’s, James or Shiloh’s, Max and Peyton’s, or Gabe and Ember’s Or evenmy pseudo aunt and uncles, or actual aunt and uncles, who couldn’t care less if I was occupying their couch for long periods of time

It wasn’t that I couldn’t handle being alone, I could

I just didn’t like being alone Being alone sucked

Being with people made me happy

My dad and mom liked to say that I was always in need of someone around because in the womb, I’d lost my twin My forever partner in crime

Anyway, the idea of being at a remote place, with nobody to talk to, seriously made me more worried than the bullet wound in my shoulder

The bullet wound that was thankfully feeling much better Thank freakin’ God

“Cat…” my brother started

“No,” I disagreed alo someplace and sit there onto happen And, just sayin’, but he’s not going to show his face if I don’t show o to either of y’all’s houses because I wouldn’t want to put y’all in danger He’ll expect ”

My dad sighed “She’s right”

“She can stay with me”

My eyes blinked open as if I’d been jolted with a lightning bolt

My head turned, and I saw Laric standing in the doorway, a dog at his feet

A dog that had a muzzle on and looked really freakin’ scary

Were Labs supposed to look that scary? Because this one did He had soht at me like he kneas the weakest link in the room

“Is that dog going to be with you?” I found oing

Only half kidding

Laric looked down at the dog, then back at me “Not with us, no He’s too… volatile He has a roo with each other When we are, he always has his muzzle on”

Volatile was one word for it, that was for sure

“That the one that bit you and caused you to get stitches this ?” I wondered

“Yesterday ot hos have caused hi on theh them or not If you catch my drift”