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“Don’t? Are you kidding me? Don’t?” She practically screamed At least it felt that way In reality, her voice wasn’t er, the seething, the fear and uncertainty, the total disillusionatives that he’d caused

Just as he had with Nina The arguh his mind He’d been a jerk then, too, when Nina had tried to salvage their friendship

He wasn’t good at this relationship thing Maybe that hy he did one-night stands

No, he knehy he did one-night stands

That had been abundantly clear when he’d seen Charles He didn’t want to get attached, to care again, ever

Because he didn’t want to get hurt, again

He used Nina as a shield, a defense, a reminder to never let himself care

He’d failed

He cared about Sarah

He didn’t want an argument to be his last conversation with Sarah as it had been with Nina

Which hy he was going to have to ads he’d never admitted to anyone, never said out loud

“Don’t an When she looked ready to toss hi me explain”

“You owe ers “We’ve already established that”

He’d done that, caused her anger, her lashing out, and he deserved her to toss him out rather than hear him

“I shouldn’t have said what I did, Sarah”