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“And I love

you evenher forehead, I place a hand on the suide her into her bedroom I need to touch her and reassure myself she’s whole Inside her room, I pull her to me and wrap my arms around her waist

“Ollie?”

“Do you kno i happened to you, I’d loseto do this on your own I need you to promise me”

“Ollie—”

“It’s no longer just you It’s us” Her eyes dilate, and her nostrils flare “I’ haul, Quinn Where are you at?”

“I’m here with you”

I fist her hair “Then this will never happen again I take care of the people I love, and you’re on the top of that list I ca withelse you’re hiding frolance down at her and study her face

“No I’m sorry I made you feel that way”

“What do you expect, sassy?”

She shakes her head “I couldn’t think It was like everything around ht because my head was full of static Then the paranoia kicked in, and every car was a potential stalker, and every noise was a potential break in And I couldn’t bring that around you Not with Rolly—”

“Did you stop to think if you’re in danger, so am I?”

She covers her mouth with her hands “Oh my God”

“We can’t let theot your back one-hundred percent, just the way you’ve had s packed and settle you in et all this shit we have no control over, and too froe they’ve pushed her toward

“Okay”