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Raising a hand to her cheek, Raine brushed away her tears She turned slightly, tossing her suitcase into the back seat Ha with her nose He swore to hie of her

Lia “Bloody hell”

Zoo back out, he noted the name of the taxi company, then jotted down the cab’s ID nu at the dispatcher

Two minutes later, he was absolutely nowhere with the wo

“Put your supervisor on,” Haive a shit about co to excuses furthered the distance between him and Raine The clerk put him on hold

“When did you last see Raine?” Hammer asked Liam “What time was it?”

“Not long ago, ive her a few ether,” Liam ranted “I didn’t think she could pack up and flee that fast”

“You don’t know her like I do,” Harowled

“You’re happy as Larry to keep re me of that, aren’t you?” Liam looked ready to climb the walls—or beat the hell out of him “I told her I’d be here to help her—always She didn’t hear a bloody word I said”

Haain “I have no idea why that’s a shock”

Liam paced furiously “Why the hell didn’t she come to you if you’re so important to her?”

The question brutalized Ha with an avalanche of other crap Sadness that neither of theh to reach her wounded soul Fear that Liaer that Raine didn’t love either of theh to stay and heal herself Just like Juliet

“Because you ran her off first,” Hammer snarled

“I literally ather my wits before I returned to talk to her,” Lia an eye on her so that she wouldn’t run I meant to make sure she understood”

“Understood what? I still don’t knohat the fuck you thought you were doing”

Lia bed”