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“Okay Daddy told me Aunt Gia is here”

“Yes, I’m sure Aunt Gia will be out soon”

“Yay” He flashed her a quick s out of the room toward the couch

The boy had lost enough in his short lifetime If he liked Aunt Gia, she wouldn’t run her off entirely She took a deep breath and leaned against the stove It wasn’t aShe’d already won Noasn’t the time for unnecessary stress

Chapter Five

De on the front porch, grabbed her ar her around “What the fuck was that in there?”

She blew out a stream of sirlfriend? Does she know, less than sixme at the same time on a damn near daily basis?”

Disgusted, he shoved her away and shook his head “What the fuck is wrong with your brain? I haven’t touched you in months You can’t be that hard up”

“You think it’s okay to just toss e?”

“No one even thought that shit You’re fucked up in the head, same as all of us I don’t fault you for that But when your crazy starts to leak out and affectto bemore”

“And I didn’t ask you for it But I was yours, wasn’t I? I had a place to belong and people who gave a shit”

“I still give a shit, but there are boundaries now”

She laughed and shook her head “That’s why I picked you I knew you were like ot comfortable and stayed with the person who knee liked I watched you for a long tiot under your skin”

“What the hell, Gia You don’t think you deserve more?”

“I—I” she opened her e and haunted