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"Why on earth would I beyour mind? I love it when you’re a bitch," he reh as well, but then he saw the tears

"I just don’t get it," she squeaked out "What did I ever do to hi they wanted How can you hate someone you don’t even know?"

"Because he’s irl, so he wants everyone around him to be miserable," Jameson explained She sniffled and wiped at her face

"Well, he does a da miserable," her voice finally cracked at the end, and the tears couldn’t be stopped Ja

"Don’t say that You have me You don’t need hi his hands up and down her back

"It’s not your fault I just …, hate him, Jameson I really, really hate him, and I don’t want to I don’t even want to know hi her arms around his waist

"It’s done You said what you wanted to say You never have to see hi her breath, "I’et home I don’t even want to be an O’Shea anymore I don’t want that name I don’t want that connection"

Jameson took a deep breath Pressed his face into her hair

"Sounds good to ht to discover she was alone She thought about getting up and looking for Ja with her fa Jameson had all but carried her up to the room, undressed her, then tucked them both into bed She fell asleep with hi she was better off not knohat nefarious deeds he was up to, Tate went back to sleep

In thesomewhat refreshed She’d never actually had an outburst like that with her father Sure, she’d snapped at him, that one time Jameson had taken her ho she’d ever sort of wanted to say; it felt good She felt like she had finally closed a chapter So when she got out of bed, she al to sleep the day away," Jameson comht about it," she replied, kissing hi down across fro away froed and plucked soood," she told hiht I kind of wanted to puke But now, it’s like …, gone You know?"

"Good I’ht? I woke up and you were gone," Tate said, then reached over and stole a piece of toast

"I had stuff to do"

"At three in the ?"

She took another piece of bacon

"There is an entire spread over there," Ja away from his paper "Why do you always take my food?"

"Cause it tastes better when I steal it from you," she teased