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At Logan’s frown, Shane exhaled “For good He’s moved back with his wife and h school if you can believe it” He ran a hand over his chin and shook his head “God, I haven’t seen Eden in nearly five years”

“Shit,” Logan said gruffly, grabbing his coffee and downing it in one long gulp

“Yeah,” Shane answered “And that’s not the half of it” He glanced down at his work boots “He cae house last Saturday He knows I finally randfather’s lawyers and he’s pissed that White Hall was left to me He offered to buy it back – says he can’t let me have it and I know it’s because he thinks I’ll fuck it up Ruin everything”

“And?”

Shane glanced at Logan sharply “I turned him down”

“But you haven’t even been out there I know that the farree to afor months” He shook his head “Seems to me like you don’t want it”

“I want it” The words fell out of his mouth before he could take the them

He looked Logan straight in the eye and spoke firmly so there was no way his friend could misunderstand “I want White Hall but I don’t deserve it”

“It’s been four years, Shane” Logan stood up and shoved his hands into his pockets “Your grandfather would never have left you White Hall if he didn’t want you to have it If he didn’t think you deserved it”

Shane shook his head, his throat tight, his mind shadoith s I said to his I did”

“No, I don’t and I don’t want to know But here’s the thing, you paid your debt and you’ve been given a second chance” Logan leaned forward “Your grandfather wanted you to have a second chance So why the hell are you throwing it away? You want White Hall? Then do so about it”

Logan pushed off from the desk and crossed over to the office door He paused, his hand on the knob “A few o when Billie had my head so screwed up I didn’t knohich as up or which as down, you told me that that life was too short to not take a chance on soful Soht about that Gallagher, so maybe it’s time you listened to your own advice”

“Easier said than done my friend”

But the roohed heavily and juh this day was to dig in and finish the dao home and lose himself in his art

In this crazy life that belonged to hirounded him Calmed him Kept him sane