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This wasn’t the fucking life he wanted for Tulip Even as she laughed at whatever it was Jade said, he knew he couldn’t keep this shit up Running wasn’t the answer It wasn’t even fucking close

Almost as if his brothers felt his , and he recognized the number It was Rick

“To what do I owe the pleasure of your call?”

“We found your location The men, the bounty hunters, they’ve been taken care of,” Rick said

“I guess I should say thank you, but then you’re no closer to stopping them than I am”

“You need to come home”

“And you need to go ho your face around here Mandy is going to be protected for er? Not all of us has a twin as a fallback”

Silence rang out across the line “You’re pissed so I’ to bite to that one”

“I’ e”

“Landon, come home”

“Why the fuck did you bring her?” he asked “Do you have any idea the danger you’ve put her in being near me? Look what happened to Sarah”

“Sarah didn’t die because of you She died because your father was a piece of shit who got greedy If I could’ve saved her, I would have You know that Maddox and I disagreed on a lot of things, and this would have been so I would stop him on”

“It is, is it? You would’ve stopped him?”

“I would do whatever it takes to keep her safe I knohat it’s like to love a woman with all your heart and soul, but you and I both know Sarah wasn’t really yours, was she? I bet you’re looking at Tulip right now Seeing her le ht She ain, and what’s le moment, you want to touch her To convince yourself she’s real”

“I’m a dead man We both know it She’s at risk when she’s with me”