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“Yes, many times It lessens it fractionally, but it comes back, and when it does, it’s worse than before It’s like once I find that relief from myself, it makes my body hypersensitive, and needier”

“Have you always lived here in Atlanta?”

Her hands stopand she tips her head back to look at me with confusion

“Since I was an adult, yes?” She for

“Do you ever sleep with the sauy more than once?”

I gather frouys sleep over, that she also doesn’t like to sleep with the sauy more than once But that’s difficult to believe There are a lot of guys in Atlanta, but there’s not so ht years straight

“That would be pretty damn impossible not to do, Blue,” she ansith irritation in her voice “No, I don’t like sleeping with the sahts I need to I just try to put a lot of time in between

I nod, figuring that would be her answer My next question, I’ to hate the answer to because I already know it, but it’s so I need to ask

“There has to be times you can’t find soetting at, though Her body stiffens, and she looks back down atmy eyes

She doesn’t answer ers follow the path of my happy trail, until she reaches the waist of my pants I stop her movements with my hand

“Just tell me, Abby,”

Her hand balls into a fist against my sto radiating off her

“Nathan and Tegan, but mainly Nathan” She says it so quietly, I almost don’t hear her “When I can’t find someone, I call them They’re always there when I need them”

I close er I feel It’s not her fault and it’s not Nathan’s, but I don’t like knowing she’s close friends with a guy she’s slept with repeatedly A guy that she’ll continue to be friends with A guy she’ll call on if I’m not around, or if she pushes me away

Abby senses le and doesn’t like it, because she asks ry