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“No Iaway the dreams filled with a blue-eyed woman whose head fit perfectly under my chin

“Is it yes or no?”

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“I talked to her a couple days ago at Heath’s She said school was going well and she’s fine”

“Seriously? You think she’s going to spill just like that? I need to knohat’s going on with her, need to know she’s okay Being this far away is going to drive h the line I pushed aside the bitter pill of his anger, focusing on why he needed me to do this

“I’ll aation”

He let out a deep breath The past year, his worry about her had shot through the roof I knew all about being protective of a younger sibling, especially when you turned into a default parental figure, but the pressure he was putting on her was insane Maybe by talking to her, I’d be able to figure out why he was going off the deep end

“Thanks I’lad I can still count on you”

I squeezed the bridge of ht twice about it

“You know you can” Guilt knotted in ht not think so if he knehat I’d just been drea about He’d probably break my nose

We ended the call, and I picked up ain

Me: Hey Liv, want to get ice cream on Thursday?

What was she, five? Delete!

Me: Liv, we should go to a movie this week

That would be the perfect way to pick her brain: sitting in a dark theater for two hours while laser focused on where our arms touched on the armrest Delete!