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Penelope DouglasCopyright © 2020 Penelope DouglasCover Design © 2018 Pink Ink DesignsAll rights reserved. Except as permitted under the U.S. Copyright Act of1976, no part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, ortransmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrievalsystem without the prior written permission of the author.This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are theproduct of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Anyresemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is purelycoincidental.Proofreading & Interior Formatting by Elaine York, Allusion Publishing &Book Formatting
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Page 6 and 7: The Fall Away SeriesBullyUntil YouR
Page 8 and 9: “It is not light that we need, bu
Page 10 and 11: I bite the corner of my mouth, watc
Page 12 and 13: went, it made more sense not to kee
Page 14 and 15: Pushing up on my knees, I reach int
Page 16 and 17: and my father? Did he know my mothe
Page 18 and 19: TiernanI pull off my wireless headp
Page 20 and 21: I look over my shoulder, seeing my
Page 22 and 23: to new teachers and classmates. I b
Page 24 and 25: “No. We take orders, build them f
Page 26 and 27: I scrunch up my nose on reflex. The
Page 28 and 29: We head past the last of the busine
Page 30 and 31: A young guy walks out of the kitche
Page 32 and 33: I follow him around the great room,
Page 34 and 35: Jake grabs the door handle and star
Page 36 and 37: No distant chatter coming from my f
Page 38 and 39: in the dark the night before.My hea
Page 40 and 41: but Jake said Noah was his youngest
Page 42 and 43: “I was just keeping it warm for y
Page 44 and 45: Heading out of the house, I slow as
Page 46 and 47: “I said I know how to ride,” I
Page 48 and 49: My heart thumps, and I stop breathi
Page 50 and 51: I look away. “I’ll pitch in, bu
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It doesn’t matter where I go—ho
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“No, no,” Noah says, kicking th
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And then ‘Deep State’ Tom chime
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Jake stands off to my left, plantin
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While he keeps working the splinter
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What a Neanderthal. For Christ’s
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Pulling out lunch meat, the condime
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I snort, smiling despite myself. I
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be drained, my throat would be dry,
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there really no one else who knew h
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She pieces together a plate that ap
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A moment later, I hear Noah’s foo
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“Spill over?”Who is this woman?
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I stand there a moment, my muscles
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Tiernan“Is it okay if I take a tr
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“And so will I.” Jake leans bac
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He snaps the visor on his own helme
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“Grab what you need,” Noah tell
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“Just askin’,” she replies.
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Or in a hurry to get me back.I star
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And then I shoot out my other hand,
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He meets my eyes again, and I see t
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legs around him. None of this feels
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I look at Kaleb, not sure how to pr
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No.I throw off the covers and sit u
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I slow my strokes, my breathing tur
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After I left my uncle stunned stupi
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Noah clears his throat, but I can h
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I slow as I hit the stall.“Show m
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I pull Noah’s baseball cap off an
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Protection.I head back through the
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Lying back, I float, the weightless
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thought the District of Columbia wa
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And I climb on, hugging my backpack
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I spin around, walking for the hous
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what you deserved, because you used
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And before he can say anything, I r
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I blink my eyes awake, already blur
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But this is different.He’s holdin
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People who are a little abrasive, r
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I barely remember my grandfather, s
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was an immigrant, so is the tattoo
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Setting the box down, I take out an
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NoahHer arm whips out, knocking pie
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Nights are better. When I’m tired
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I’m not sure I’ve ever played w
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“Have you seen your father?” sh
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She doesn’t ask for anything—do
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“And when the water hit my mouth,
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And then a thought of what else a y
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nostrils, and I might enjoy the sig
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Tiernan“You said you didn’t wan
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“That’s where we want to get yo
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I gaze at his eyes and how young th
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My nipples pebble, the hard, little
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I blink, looking up at him. He clim
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He smiles, and I twist my lips to t
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Jake still busies himself working o
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I glance over my shoulder. Jake ope
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I can’t stop myself. “And in a
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The girl next to me shifts in her s
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Tiernan“Ah!” a whimper rings th
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Walking over, I open my bedroom doo
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movement. I have no idea what my ha
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Or does he mean leave the kitchen?H
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He thrusts into me from behind, and
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“Because I didn’t want it!” I
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But they did one thing right, I thi
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“Yeah.” I’ve been hungry sinc
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decay under the trees back at Brynm
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I laugh, barely noticing Kaleb lift
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“Pretty sure you’ll all just ne
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He pauses, the wheels in his head t
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“You’re tan,” Mirai says.I tu
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A feeling. Not a place.I close my e
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You were capable of so much when it
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Once the coffee grounds are loaded,
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a little cream in her coffee and st
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“And if I clean mine first?” sh
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“Lust, learn, and love,” she sa
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Tiernan“What’s this?” I dart
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But then…at least my parents didn
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business, and for the first time in
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peak—the view from my bedroom win
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“No, seriously,” he continues.
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throwing back shots. Her tight, bla
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for someone else. Everything I do I
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Holcomb and Cici’s words swirl in
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The truck races through the night,
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TiernanThere’s already three inch
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He slouches a little, his long legs
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I roll my eyes and cross my arms ov
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Apparently, the loser has a couple
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I scoot down, lying back on the sof
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He pulls my shorts and panties down
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want to happen?”“I don’t know
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He spanks me again, and I thrust fo
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The only reminder of me from the ni
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Maybe I was jealous that night I fo
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I press my forehead to hers, huggin
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She holds my head as I kiss her pus
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“Do what some more?”“Lick me.
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She kisses my stomach. “Do you us
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and up her torso.Lifting my head, I
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My throat tightens, and I grab the
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look away, shame warming my skin.
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She buries her face in my neck and
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his hip.My Mexico.He catches my eye
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“Close your eyes,” I pant with
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you are on the pill, this is too mu
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He quickly climbs off me, tosses th
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it.I look up again. “Yes, I’ve
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“It’s okay,” I say louder, le
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Snowfall isn’t like rainfall. Rai
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and I watch as a small grin curls h
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Noah nudges my arm. “Let me show
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He goes on. “Maybe you’ve done
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Until maybe now.He quickens his pac
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And I slide out from under the bike
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the choices before I finally pick u
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And when he wraps his arms around m
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“What?” he asks.I force my smil
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And at the idea of him catching me.
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Noah sits to my right, in his fathe
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“You needed affection from him,
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A cry sounds out from Tiernan’s r
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Kaleb pulls the fire hose out of th
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Scaring the shit out of me, yes, bu
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Turning, I meet his eyes, his brow
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My eyes pop wide, my mouth falls op
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Why the face?He closes the kit and
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My arm still throbs, but I feel bet
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Noah wraps one of the cheap rubber
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Kaleb rises, lifts me up by the bac
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I spread both thighs wider as his t
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me, and my pussy warms as I grow we
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My body accepts them both, and slow
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TiernanI wake up, the morning light
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“I don’t know what you were say
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burnt, and the scruff on his jaw is
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between us.In a moment, the bathroo
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“I don’t want you venturing off
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I reach out with my cutters and tak
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I throw a glance at the closed shop
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He plants my hand back on his chest
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But he doesn’t give me time to fi
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stare down between us, watching him
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me. “Phone call. It keeps ringing
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“Tiernan,” Mr. Eesuola answers.
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wreath off the floor. Holding it by
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He grabs my bottom lip between his
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He circles the bed, not taking his
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But he doesn’t slow down. He pull
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He doesn’t savor anyone like he w
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He pushes my back down more, making
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“It must’ve felt like he was bu
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The blue-green leg of my chest I pa
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TiernanI take a bite of my toast, h
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So, he’s jealous. So, his father
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And if he walked through the door r
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my college applications done, and t
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“Jesus, fuck,” Jake growls, pul
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He’s relenting? Noah’s desperat
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I let the pages fan closed but spot
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I want to be over.I want things in
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I know you’re scared of me, and I
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Tiernan“It’s eighteen degrees,
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He lifts his chin, his shoulders re
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Looking up, I see the cabin on the
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I turn my head. “Is it over? The
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I scan his body, making sure he has
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TiernanI touch his face, tracing th
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you’re sorry.”He gives my tummy
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I jog after Jake. “Are you okay?
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But that doesn’t mean he’s stop
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We should be able to rejoin the wor
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going weak. I lose the pills and th
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I look down at my nails, seeing the
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Still, nothing. Did he know? He see
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TiernanI run up the stairs of the d
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If it’s his, I might learn to liv
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I rest my hands on my thighs, lifti
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He smiles. But then he stops, remem
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She can’t come here. Kaleb has no
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fits, but I know it’s necessary.I
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He chuckles, stepping toward me as
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I shake my head. He thinks that’s
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I blow out a silent breath, pinch t
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I shoot out my foot, kicking him to
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I walk into the kitchen, seeing Kal
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But I can’t do this. I need to ge
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TiernanI move my spoon through the
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I look over at the urn that looks l
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It’s that easy, isn’t it? It’
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But he’s not much of a talker on
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the outside.“Dad says he left for
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carb since 2002.”I snort, but I c
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cut down the tire last August, and
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I slide off the tire and turn to fa
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KalebFive Years Later…I run my th
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But Noah tightens his arm around hi
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“I just want to remember her as s
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“Because I made your thighs quive
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If you like forbidden, age gap love
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She finishes pouring her beer and l
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Turning left, I pull the rubber ban
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I find nothing, I move up to the ne
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“Thanks,” I tell the guy next t
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Oh, duh.I sit up. “Landscape Desi
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Well, how old could he be? Nineteen
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We push through the door, the last
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“Police station, I’d assume.”
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dinner table. You both really do pu
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And all of her stories have Pintere
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