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I had a pile of good, solid reasons anting so more with Scarlett was a bad idea And that was before I threw August into the mix If this went bad, the fallout wouldn't just affect the adults

All of that was perfectly reasonable Sensible

I didn't care

I could take things slowly

Really?

I'dher less than an hour and had sex with her only a few days later Okay, I could start taking things slowly I wasn't going to ask her tothis was just about sex

Fucking Scarlett had been spectacular I couldn't wait to do it again A lot As often as possible If it had just been that, I would have been fine Nothing wrong with so adults

The probleust, Scarlett curled into me while we read the news and she rubbed his back I wantedin the pool I wanted to take the them to my favorite barbeque place

I wanted to show them my life I wanted them to want to be a part of it

I wanted Scarlett to tell me what put those lines of strain around herto see her phone What was she looking for? Who did she need to talk to? Why couldn't she trust me?

In the back ofan older brother ht say He'd probably insist that I couldn't possibly knoanted soo Relationships are built over tiht one