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Whichto callrid of the only two people actively working to save Reservoir

I will not give that fucking asswipe the satisfaction

“You better go” She sniffles “He’s not patient today”

“Fuck Shane I don’t care if he wants to seeCome here, baby” As I approach, she looks up at me ary, wounded eyes and backs away

Her expression stabs me in the heart No, I didn’t put it on her face, but everything inside me compelsreal So filled with joy

“It doesn’t work that way”

“It does if I want it to I don’t give a shit about Shane I care about you”

Sloan closes her eyes and looks away, lips pressed together like she’s holding on to her composure by a thread

God, it fucking hurtsapart

When she looks hs bitterly “This is so fucked up The people who should care about me most—ht off Or if I never even existed But you, the person who has every reason to storound and crush me with your very expensive loafers? You’re the one who claims to care”

“I do” I risk stepping closer

This time she doesn’t back away And when I enfold her in ainst me with a sob

“Shh” I soothe a gentle hand down her back, relieved she lets me comfort her “Baby…”

“Why do I let that asshole get to me?”

Because with her one, she’s alone in the world No wonder she keeps trying to win even scraps of affection from the people hom she shares blood She’s desperate for faive her that…if she’ll let me It may not be perfect It may not be what she hoped for But she will have people always in her corner