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He nodded his head and walked toward her, wrapping an ared He pressed a kiss to her forehead “Thanks for co, Ave”

“Where else would I be?” she whispered

Anywhere, with someone worthy of your time and affection It was his deepest fear That she would enter a roo by the wayside It was selfish wanting her to reirlshe deserved more It worked for the

The years were passing swiftly, and she’d gone froht after in her career field First co the thought of the day she, too, left hiround of his brain

“Co him to the door

He allowed her to manipulate him

At five-foot-eleven, she still lacked the strength to , he liked to workout It kept his head fro overcrowded and allowed hi the door behind them, he followed her to the black SUV

She hit the fob and unlocked the door

Enzo was at the driver’s side, opening her door before she could protest He kne to treat a woman He wasn’t so fucked up that he felt a sick need to use and abuse thehtened his ass out, would skin him alive if he ever went that route

“Thanks, Enz,” she said, cli into her seat

He er side then leaned his head back against the headrest, and zoned out as she pulled out of his driveway and headed for their destination

Fog hung in the air, creating a thin layer of white The haze turned theon how one looked at it Bundled against the fall chill, they made their way from the car and into Ault Park, in the direction of the pavilion

After the climb, his eyes drank in the frosted landscape He shoved his hands in his pockets

This park held good and bad inally, he thought it was because she was a goodthe beauty the park offered As he grew, he understood it was a public place to get her fix No one thought twice of a h the woods

He would never forget the first tiave Uncle Ian was for drugs The tiny brown squares were heroin They’d found her body here on his sixteenth birthday, needle still in her arm, eyes vacant, and body cold She’d turned a day he already loathed into so even worse