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But frorave look in his eyes, I think the answers I’ soon So I tell hi

“Nothing happened for a long time after you left I watched movies Cooked meals Took a couple baths”

A flash of so war the i myself at home in his house, but he doesn’t interrupt me as I continue

“I’d actually just gotten out of the bath when Natalie texted ht she was just fucking with ” My stomach clenches as I wonder if any part of the structure was saved With everything that’s happened, I’ve barely even spared a thought for it until now, but I very well one

“What the fuck?” Theo mutters

I nod, trying to think about all of this as if it happened to soically if I pretend it’s notabout

“I…” My gaze catches Ryland’s as he leans forward a little on the couch, listening intently “My whole life is in that apartht I could do, but I wanted to be there I wanted to help So I drove over”

Marcus nods “And?”

“And when I got there, Natalie was there too Of course she was Her apart, and she told me ere supposed to wait across the street” I lickof pain atCarson, I think Natalie lured ht to him”

All three men are focused entirely on me, and there’s soto get everything out before one of them explodes

“I woke up in the roouy he called Dom”

“Dorowls “That slimy little fucker”

I’m not surprised the men know him The way he talked to Carson about them, it’s clear Dominic knows them too

“I was taped to a chair,” I add “They were talking about setting you up About using me as bait, and how you’d come for me”

Rylanda bull gives right before it gores someone Given what he just said to e he’s feeling—toward Carson and probably toward himself and his two friends What happened toMarcus to stay away from me