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“I’ I can say to explain the way I’ve been acting” He paused “The only thing I can tell you is that I realize I rong to take out ize if I’ve caused you any trouble”

I inhaled deeply throughwith you?”

“If you missed what I just told you,” he said with a bite to each word, “I guess I need to spell it out for you I don’t want to tell you what has been wrong with me”

Was he born stupid?

“In fact, I didn’tto let it go I deserve to knohat I did to upset you soperson in this equation I should be ignoring you, not the other way around So you have to own up to it and tellon”

He shook his head “It’s nothing”

My irritation set ? So, you have been Mr Nice Guy to everyone else except ?”

He folded his arance “That’s right”

The staring contest lastednowhere, and whatever it had been, clearly he’d gotten over his issue He did apologize and I’d learned froo—to knohen defeat was inevitable and to stop pushing Instead of continuing and beating ainst the wall of Kipp McGowen, I snorted “And you call me difficult”

He grinned, apparently pleased over his win “You can’t have it both ways, you know”

The look deserved a slap in the face, but since I couldn’t hit him, I clenched my fist as a substitute I should have left it alone, but of course, et the better of me “What do you mean both ways?”

“You can’t hide from yourself and expect people won’t hide from you”

This ghost was about to be hell bound “Don’t you dare go there! I mean it Don’t try to turn this shit around on me You’re the one who has had a stick up his ass for days The problem is yours, not mine Got it?”

His jaw clenched before he answered, insolently “Heard loud and clear”

Silence fell between us as we glared daggers at each other Zach obviously took the lack of conversation as a sign to return to the truck He opened the door, slid back in his seat and looked at me