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"Not shit" He s this relaxing night I soet how nice it can be to just bartend No screairls in my damn ear You know?"

"I hear ya" I pull out my wad of cash and throw him a ten "Give e and slams a beer down in front of o ith your girl?"

I give hi to keep ood" I tilt back ed a little fun for her tonight and it has h h I have no right to be mad"

"Ouch You just have to think of it this way At least she wants you there for her fun She could want to do whatever that is without you It’s a step,back more of my beer I sit here in silence for a moment and try my best to think of the positive shit this could lead to "I suppose your ass is right If it’s one step closer to ain then I’ll do it and show her how far I’o for her this time"

Cale juht on You knooive him a dirty look "She left me, asshole It obviously doesn’t work on her"

"Yeah And that’s why you have to show her the new Hemy charm Has any other woman been able to resist you?"

I shakeoff my beer

"Exactly!" He jumps down from the bar and fetches et the hell out of here I have shit to do"

He backs aith a ser with both hands before turning around and helping another custoain I don’t care how

Chapter Seven

Onyx

I’ve been off work for the last hour, trying to get hts of He to decide what I should do He hurt me He hurtinit hard to even function

We weren’t supposed to meet up like this I was supposed to have nize me at first and that I would have ed I have soe his life forever, but I need to know that he is clean, and the only way to do so is to spend ti out with hi him That’s why I have to be careful I have to do whatever I can to keep him at a distance, and to keep my heart safe The kiss that he surprisedIt was all too fa

"You can do this," I whisper while looking into the rip the sink and close my eyes