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Will didn’t turn, but his shoulders did relax fractionally

Haggard, otherwise known as Thief to us, stepped aside and out of the circle that he’d formed with my brothers to face Will

“Did you honestly think that when I could see that you had a man that you liked, that I would be able to stophim out, Gypsy?” Thief asked

I glared at Thief

“I think that I trusted you, and you shit on that trust, and now I’ll go out ofmore,” I snarled

Haggard’s face went remorseful

But it was Shine, est brother, that said, “I can’t believe, after everything that’s happened, after that du like this—you finding someone you want to spend the rest of your life with—that we’d just stay out of it”

“I can believe it when I haven’t even gone on a date with him yet,” I snapped

A hand brushed iving me a once-over”

My head whipped around, and I glared at him, too

“I realize that you think it’s okay, but I wasn’t able to control o poop I was told what to eat I was told where to sleep, when to sleep, how long I was allowed to sleep I was told how to do my hair, how to cut my hair, what kinds of products I was allowed to put in my hair” I drew in a breath “There was one ti a bite of someone’s leftover chocolate cake…” I paused “I just wanted to experience that happiness of eating dessert again, and I got my arm broken for it” I stared hard into his eyes “I need control over ive that toin which they failed to do”

Haggard inhaled deeply

I hadn’t told them, or anyone really, how life had affected me when I’d been forced to live with O’Ryan for an entire year

I had asked theive me what I wanted if it ithin their power

That ard to stay out of it for a while and let et my toes hen it ca easy for them to do

“If it er withto go out on a date with you They thought they were confronting me at work”

“Yes,” I growled “Because it very clearly looks like you’re dressed to work”