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“Nathan Everets”

I stared into Taylor’s eyes, feeling the world slide away at the sound of her father’s voice

“I’lanced behind me at her parents

You know that moment when your world is about to implode? That moment where you have to face a truth so hard you knoill knock you on your ass and you feel sick inside?

Yeah, I’ht now, and as I turned back, it was all I could do to meet Mike Lewis’s eyes He used to like me A lot Hell, I spent more time at the Lewis place than my own, because Mike lovedand as loud as anted to

Or I had Past tense

God, everything was so screwed up

Trevor’s dad is built like a Mack truck He’s six foot six with broad shoulders and arms that are covered in tattoos His thick neck and square jaw are inti biceps

A sob sounded just behind hiain at the sad, forlorn look in Trevor’s e as my mom, but she looked at least ten years older now

I guess not knowing if your kid is going to live will do that to you

“I told you never to show your face here again,” Mike said slowly, carefully, as if he was talking to an idiot Which I guess he was

He took a step toward me, and every muscle in htened, and for one crazy second, I wished he would just throw a punch Just one, because I needed to hurt more than I already did

“Dad, leave him alone He just wanted to see Trevor” Taylor tried to play nice, but her father wasn’t having any of it His eyes narrowed as they left hter

“You stay out of this I’ll deal with you at ho, I swear you could see it in the air

And I was choking on it God, was I choking on it