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“I thought you were going to the city with Amelia”

“We had a fight”

His gut clenched and he longed for the beer in his refrigerator

“I had errands to run yesterday” The words burned his tongue He couldn’t stand to lie Ever But to tell her the truth was just plumb dumb He was not a masochist

“And today?”

“You caain today?”

“Twice”

“Tressa”

“I know But I needed you, Jem”

“You didn’t call”

“I wanted to see Levi”

She was feeling insecure because she’d panicked and called him to pick up her son She was afraid that it made her look like a bad mother He understood He just didn’t have patience for her at the moment

He had real problems to deal with

Like the fact that he was falling for a woman who didn’t appear to want a relationship with him

And a son who’d been clingy again that night, wanting Jem to lie with him in his bed until he fell asleep