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“Donnie”

“Don’t callBecause of you, I’ll never be…”

Anyone’s anything The words were stuck in her throat which was sorateful for, at least

“Neverabruptly because that stupid ball of eood a ti to cry

Da to cry

But not in front of Jack She’d rather jump off the dock and say hello to a whole school of sharks than let him see just how much he still meant to her

How much he could still hurt her

She took one step One step

And felt his hand on her arm

Chapter Nine

Jack felt like the biggest douche bag ever He’d never meant to worry Donovan Hell, it had never entered his mind that she’d even care

But she did And if he was reading the signals right, she cared a whole lot which s between them That was all on her

For just one second, Jack considered letting her go, but then that nagging thought that had been at the back of his ed hi nice Done with the whole, ‘I don’t give a crap thing’, because that was about as far froet

He was dah

Five years too long