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The es were an ery and ad his rules There were a few in there fro in onup and how great it would be to have hout all of it Just like old times

We pulled up to the house and I went up toat the walls, at et out The rooht blue walls that I’d convinced my mom were more my style over the lilac she’d been deter the shelves abovethat happened in New York had all been a dreahtet out of there I knew exactly where I needed to go

I sat on the nest in ainstI wipedthe blankets around ain and I was alave in

Dahlia: R u ok?

Me: No

Dahlia: Do you want me to mail you his balls?

My watery laugh filled my little hideaway

Me: No, please do not remove any body parts from anyone in my absence

The phone rang in my hand

“You said absence Does thatback?” The hope in her voiceback to what? I had no job No one in the city would hire me And Killian was there

“I don’t know, Dahl”

“What do you want me to say if he comes by here?”

“I don’t think he will I think things were pretty well over when I left Plus, I broke his rules” I swallo

wed back the bile that threatened to race up my throat