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“What do you o?”

Collin winced as his sister yelled at hi his eardruh-pitched tone

When he’d gotten to his apart her that he was at ho Raevynn back to her hotel Seconds later, his sister was calling hiiven her a brief rundown of what had transpired, concluding with things being left unresolved with Raevynn, Avery had lost it

“Did you at least tell Raevynn you loved her before you let her go?” his sister asked, reiterating his stupidity

“No,” he replied, hearing the defensive note in his voice

She groaned “What the hell, Collin? Why wouldn’t you tell her how you feel before you went your separate ways again? How you still feel about her after all these years?”

Collin dragged his fingers through his hair as he paced his living roos easy on her So she wasn’t torn about any decisions she needed to s for her I didn’t want to muddy the situation”

“Just like you didn’t tell her what Joyce did to you seven years ago? Just like you walked away fro her a choice in thesound thatreprimanded “Jesus, Collin You’re an idiot”

Having all that thrown back at him definitely made Collin feel like one

“She’s a big girl who can think for herself,” his sister went on relentlessly “An adult, if you hadn’t noticed”

“I noticed,” he growled irritably

“And as an adult, she’s capable ofher own choices” Avery was on a roll and barely stopped to take a breath in order to ht decision if she doesn’t know all the facts Like the fact that you love her”

Collin rubbed at his te hold from his sister’s unfiltered opinion on the ht, daet it I made a mistake” And dear God, he hoped he wasn’t too late to fix it

“Yes, you did” Avery huffed on her end of the line, cal down a fraction “But at least it’s a mistake that can be corrected this time Do you want Raevynn in your life?”

The question grabbed at his heart, and he squeezed his eyes shut, seeing hiether He’d never seen any other wo I’ve ever wanted”