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"Because I didn’t knoas going on, Dixie I love Wheeler, I really do I love the life I have with him, but I met Roni and … sparks Seriously, sis, I felt like I’d been living in black and white and she flipped the switch and everything was suddenly in color I didn’t want to hurt Wheeler but I couldn’t say no to soht either"
Good people usually have a reason for doing bad things Church’s words hah
"You have to tell Wheeler, and you need to be honest with Mo this situation more understandable
"I didn’t mean for any of this to happen I went to talk to Wheeler today and I saw hi to lose and panicked I don’t kno to live a different kind of life than the one I’ve always lived"
She rong "That’s not true We all learned how to live different lives when Dad was hurt It takes soure it out We’ll all figure it out as family just like we did before Obviously the experience you had with this Roni orth everything you ht lose Don’t diminish that because you’re scared of the fallout that coe"
"It’s scary, Dixie I don’t want to lose anyone’s love" She sounded like a scared little girl
"You won’t lose it, Kallie Love doesn’t go away because the person it’s attached to has changed It siive you a hug It sounds like you could really use one"
She gave a dry laugh, and I could clearly picture her pulling herself up "I could use a hug, but I guess it’s tiirl panties and try and fix the e step, and it didn’t hurt half as bad as I thought it was going to You’re right, you know" She blew out a breath "The experience with Roni orth losing everything I had to have it in order to know that what I had with Wheeler was never going to work out in the long run I did it the wrong way, but it was the right choice tohoh I’m just a phone call away if you needup I was exhausted and felt like I had been emotionally drained I made my way back into the house, and sent a silent thank-you towards the ceiling when the bathroo for e of the sink that Church had left for ood to strip out of my tank top and jeans that I had to take a minute to stretch out allon the back of the bike was rigid in my muscles and tendons I couldn’t wait to stand under the hot water and loosen up
I scrubbed my hair with shampoo that s that sed-boy stink It hed even harder when I noticed that the shirt Church left for er It was an unfalteringon the back that spelled out his last naiant-sized because the hem fell almost to my knees and made the fact that I was sans underwear more tolerable as I bolted across the hallway and into his roo TV or even better talking to his dad but he was standing in front of the mirror that had the pictures tucked into it His expression istful and far away but the second his eyes locked on me they flared to life with an internal heat that was hot enough to scald hthearted but the words came out breathless and laced with an invitation I wasn’t a hundred percent sure I was ready to extend
His eyes took a leisurely perusal over my wet hair and down to my bare toes When he was done his lips twitched so hard that the smile trapped there al serious like Dalen is involved in I liked the cheerleaders, and it was easier to talk them out of their skirts if I had a jersey on" His lips twitched again and this tirin but it was a grin just the sairls that have spirit and pep" He reached out a finger and hooked it in the neck of the jersey He gave the fabric a tug I took a step towards hi a pretty nice vien the shirt It s "I used to try and sneak girls in here all the time When your old man is a cop that doesn’t work so well Gotta say the one I finally got in here puts all the others to shaood wrapped up in my memories, Dixie"
He made it so hard to resist him He made the space that I knew I needed feel useless and painful Hethat existed between us We were nothing more than two entities that craved one another, that lived to satisfy and to surrender to the other Desire ht seeood when you let your asped a little as his fingers skated over my collarbone and over the top curve ofhi out of his reach My nipples pulled tight and beaded into hard points as he reached past my head and shut the door with a definitive click