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I’d have to have a conversation with Jake soon

I was getting restless

I wasn’t the only one

We were all on edge, feeling the end of our ti soon

War was inevitable

The killing would start again, but Ash, she was changing

She had changed

I just wasn’t quite sure how she’d changed Not yet

I caught her twisting a lock between her fingers a lot

She washer blonde hair It had started to return to her dark coloring again

Then one day

Doas on the other end “You need to come back”

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The hairs on the back of my neck stood up, and when Raize stepped inside, I kneas right He was locked down Coood

Seeing him now, as he looked at me, we both knew

It was done

I gave hioing to happen, but we all knew our time here was a momentary break

Jake was on the floor with Gus, as tearing apart a couple of squeaky toys as if his life depended on it Cavers was in the kitchen, cooking dinner, but it was like everyone felt Raize’s chill All heads lifted and all eyes went to him He stood just inside the door, his phone in hand, and he looked right at Jake

“You have two options”

A chill went downhis ‘motherfucker’ tone, and it was directed at Jake, and Jake knehat thataround here

Jake stood, slowly, and his eyes got guarded “You want to watch how you talk to me?”

Raize wasn’t deterred He shot right back, “You want to watch how you’ve been lying to our group here?”

Jake straightened, his head shooting up and his shoulders falling back “Excuse me?”

“You’re not just fucking her”

Wait—what?

Cavers came into the room, a slow step until he was beside me

A whole new level of tension filled the room, and Jake’s head fell a little So did his voice “You want to say that again?”

“You’re not just fucking the hair stylist in town You’re having a relationship with her”