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His expression darkened, but his touch reentle “You mean me?”
“I mean men period All men leave”
“Not all ainst her cheek
“Yes, all men” She pulled aalked across the room to stare out at the ocean “My own father didn’t even stick around Why would I expect any other h for my own flesh and blood?”
“If your father left, it was because he wasn’t good enough for you, Faith Not the other way around”
Spinning to face hiht”
“I’m serious”
“Fine, but you know it’s not even just eneral Men leave It’s what they do best”
His brows knotted together in a V “How is it that I never knew you were so jaded about the opposite sex?”
“Being logical is not being jaded,” she pointed out, h to free herself froround “I’m just realistic”
“Right,” he mimicked her earlier sarcasm
“Fine” She shot hi look “Give me one example of a man who stuck around”
He shrugged “Easy My father stuck around, Faith Until the day he died he lovedand happy relationship”
“Oh? Why don’t I see you leaping down the path of love and happy relationships then?”
“That’s different”