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The waves inside oing to happen unless I got the hell out of there

I yanked around and headed for the front door, ignoring my mother’s pleas andto be epic I suppose it was a good thing that my dad had already left for his repair shop, because I was pretty damn sure heads would have rolled

I ran out the front door and didn’t stop running for twenty , which was a nice piece of property owned by , I slid down near the edge of the large pond and then fell back, arms crossed over , I was thirsty as hell, and, well, just plain old pissed off

I don’t kno long I lay there, but I do know that when I realized I wasn’t alone anymore, I was still in a bad mood

A shadow crossedto the side

“Hey”

It was Everly

I didn’t answer, but I didti the sho’d called this place holide across the pristine surface

“It’s pretty out here,” she said “I have a place I like to go to, to just chill and think The old mill, but it’s not nearly as nice as this”

“How did you knohere I was?” I asked, ignoring her atterass, which made me notice her dress Which made me notice all that smooth skin, because the dress was definitely on the short side And here I thought church girls always dressed like old ladies

“Your ot upset, you liked to come to this place”

“Yeah, well, rily

“Really?” Everly asked “She’s your mom She’s supposed to be up in your business”

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??Whatever,” I muttered “I’s are looking up and then bam, a seizure I’m sick of how scared my parents are every tis are the way they were before when they’re not Nothing is ever going to be the saain”