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Con’s words were fierce and I wanted to cling to the adrift I looked at hi to me

But Con didn’t lie and on the rare occasions he even tried, I could see it in his eyes And I didn’t see even an ounce of dishonesty in them now

He was telling the truth

“Aleks likes grits Do you have any of those?”

Con srandfather everyfor fifty years If there isn’t a box of them in the pantry, I’ll throw my next match”

I let out a little chuckle We both knew he’d never intentionally let so, so he had to be pretty sure about the contents of the pantry

“I’ll bring them up in a bit,” Con said

I nodded and moved past him, then went upstairs to the bedroom which, thankfully, wasn’t locked

But it was also empty

Chapter 12

Aleks

He found me pretty quickly and I felt bad when he threw open the bathrooed to shut on my own this time) in a panic

Vaughn took a few deep breaths when he saw me

“Sorry,” I et the blood out,” I said as I motioned to the shirt in hn’s out in the sink and while I’d et the worst of the stains out, I actuallyit And it didn’t smell like him anymore