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I laughed softly “Yes, I noted howon and all thoselooks you sent his way”

“I don’t like how he hovers, alaiting for a chance to be alone with you”

Then I would certainly never mention the fact that Kyle had told me he lovedhe and I would eventually have to address, deal with I felt bad that he still harbored feelings Feelings that had always been and alould be unrequited

That was a complicated mess I’d have to sort out once Dane and I ascertained what the hell was going on with Ethan and the others What ht not have been when it came to Dane’s father

I’d also have to devote some time to my own family drama Try to helpMommie Dearest from our lives Perhaps when she discovered Dane had survived the Lux blast she’d run for the hills again One could only hope Though I couldn’t count on it and my fear was that, any day now, she’d land a book deal and then all hell would break loose

Too, I wondered incessantly what she’d done or was doing with the iven her to stay away froh it already? In a year?

Honestly, I had no clue as to how oals were, and why she simply wouldn’t just exist the way she used to without me in her life

The re of our day had been I tried to keep out of Dane’s head, for thearound seven in the , East Coast time

But I was too keyed up to get otten so fucked up this past year? Dane’s dreaether had been shattered Now his trust had been shattered

That had to rub him raw

I was certain his mental state wasn’t the best, and that hurt me all the more I didn’t know exactly how to co would be okay I’d learned that from the onset, from the first time I’d met him

The bottom line noas that I hated the constant torment Even as he tried to hide it fro him and that broke my he

art Made me even more apprehensive e made our descent into Philadelphia

What would we find here?

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