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Heether, and if you didn’t believe that, you wouldn’t have signed that notarized letter”

“We aren’t together, and noon’t ever be together I have to leave I can’t stay I can’t let you get fired over me”

“I won’t let you go, and I won’t get fired”

“I had a right to privacy Terrance should have asked perned a forht now Kent and my alcoholic asshole father—who thinks if he puts ‘functional’ before the ‘alcoholic’ it’s actually acceptable—weren’t supposed to know I’m here If I wanted them to knoould have told them”

“Kali—”

“And I didn’t run away from those people, like you accused me of I chose to shut them out and be happy This was supposed to be my place and now it isn’t Now they know I’m here and everyone here knows about us”

“This is your place, Kali, and I’ers twine inood together”

“What about—”

“We’ll figure it out Together, Kali We’ll figure it out together” And then hispastme close to him I try to resist, but it’s more because I feel I have to, because I should Only I don’t want to resist this man Not now and not since theas I sink into the kiss I knoe are headed for trouble, and I’ve had enough trouble But I have not had enough of him

I tug at his shirt, suddenly desperate to feel his skin next to ined it would My fingers slide beneath the cottonhis body heat and the warmth of taut skin over hard muscle

His ether,” he proa shiver down my spine

“Yes,” I whisper, and I don’t letto hiet closer to hih

He cups the back ofonly to seductively trail his lips over my jaw, my neck, my ear, and I am lost in the haze of desire

“I want you naked,” hemy dress up over my hips, and, with that, an unwelcome jolt of reality hits me

I grab at et caught”