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In fact, I knew I didn’t

“Babe…” he tried, but I shook my head

“No,” I said “I want you to leave I want you to loseto et about O’Ryan and what you promised to do to him I want you to leave and never look back I want to be someone you used to know”

Beau looked like he was about to cry

“You hurt someone I love,” I told him bluntly “For a year, I had to eat, sleep, and pee when another man told me to I had to obey his every coo to the bathroo whether I should ask permission first I… you al I can ever forgive Even if you want me to”

Beau said nothing

“And, to be honest, you don’t even see what you did wrong as wrong You almost sold not just a woman, but a baby, into that mess You have no idea just how bad that could’ve been for the because he wasn’t very nice But in comparison to some of the others… Beau Do you know that a wo is raped thousands of times? I don’t even have a statistic for that But… that could’ve been a woman Your best friend’s woman Or your old best friend’s woman And her child A ave her to that You… that’s not soive”

Beau sed

“And you forced hiot pissed at what you did Soet pissed over So, I’ harsh, but you deserved it You deserved worse than what you got He deserved so athered my purse into my lap

“I…”

He started to speak, but a vehicle pulling into the lot caught my attention

Will

Wasn’t it just my luck that that hen Will decided to show up, when I was talking to Beau

I glared at hiet out of his department issued cruiser

He earing a uniform today Well, kind of

He was in black tactical pants, a black polo shirt that had ‘Paris Police Departht yellow block letters, and he had on a gun holster that was strapped around his thigh

I couldn’t pull un holster