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“Continue,” Lindsey said, giving me her full attention

“After I was attacked, Luke told me that he had been hired to protect me I had decided that I didn’t want a relationship full of lies, so I o”

“But you didn’t,” Lindsey cut in She took a big gulp of her wine, and shook her head apologetically “Sorry That’s obvious I just wanted you to knoith you Go ahead, I’ll shut up,” she said, gesturing with her hands excitedly, see the break in conversation to down lass of wine I turned around, and saw the waitress already heading back over to us It was apparent that she didn’t have much to do

“Ready for another?” she asked with a bright shter bubbling at the back of my throat

“Can I buy a bottle?” I asked, while siet the story out if I kept drinking this fast

“We really don’t sell it by the bottle, but you’re LLC’s girl, right?” she asked, her body relaxing, and her head tilting to the side as she eyed me curiously

“Right,” I confirh Just bring us three glasses apiece and charge me for each individual one”

“That I can do I can check with the bartender though, if you wantsweetly atnice, but I could have sworn she was sucking up

“No, really, it’s not a big deal Let’s just keep lasses” Sheesh Had I have known it would be such an issue, I wouldn’t have asked

“Okay, I’ll be right back” She walked off, and I rolled my eyes at Lindsey’s smile

“What?”

“Look at you irl’”

“Whatever Anyhere was I?”

“You didn’t let hio You wanted to, but you didn’t”

“Right, so during our conversation, he told hway 98 if soiven it to thewithwas to happen tothe uess this was a way to ensure that the mayor kept his end of the deal I’ to a son he had”

“So enty-five? I e?” Lindsey asked I twirled lass in my hand, as I contemplated her question

“I don’t know Luke said my dad hoped to see that day, but didn’t This was all in place before anything happened to hirand to Tennessee for college, so I guess he just wanted to ensure e He couldn’t watch over ht that at twenty-five I would bemy own life, and that my husband could protect me”

“Or, he thought that would give hih time to take your safety into his own hands and do aith the people that would do you haret you? The same people that killed your mom?” The waitress appeared at that moment and I hoped she had not heard our conversation She seelasses of wine she carried for me to worry too much about it I slipped her two one hundred dollar bills, waving her ahen she started to inform me it was too e She gasped a few thank-yous, and I responded with a sreedily took a gulp of wine and continued, considering Lindsey’s insight

“I don’t knoas so special about twenty-five, but I’m sure both of our theories have some truth to them Anyway, Frankie was the one who killed my mom That leads me to my next story Maddie is the result of an affair between my dad and a woman from Mississippi A woman as asked to abort her child, and, when she refused, was paid good money to keep it a secret She also later married Frankie, who happens to be the only father Maddie ever had” I let my words sink in, as I downed lass “That’s why Maddie hated me so retfully, still wishing things could have been different for Maddie