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I held his stoic gaze as he motioned for one of the uniforms to unlock the cell door

I sent up ahtclue of where he was takingreleased, I couldn’t help myself He was my only lifeline to rowled

"You have to giveholes in the floor, stuck in this godforsaken place all night"

"Shut Up" He jerked my ar toward us

They all shared chin jerks

I ht back intoup?"

He suddenly stopped and shoved odda mouth"

"Is that what you would do in my situation?" I shot back "Shut yourto pieces around you? Fuck that, To and n up for this bullshit"

"And you think I did? You think I willingly signed up to have my whole life flipped upside down? My child snatched froain? This is htmare I know you hate it, but Charlotte isht me You can lockto keep ether"

"For fuck’s sake, son Give it a rest" He grabbedme toward a mystery door at the end of the hallway

"I want to talk to et that a hell of a lot quicker if you shut your mouth"

I silently followed hi, "I’m serious, Tom I love her Charlotte and those kids areat the door "I got it, okay? You love Charlotte She loves you The world is filled with rainbows and butterflies when you two are together…yadda yadda yadda" He snatched the door open and shoved h it "Listen to your attorney this time, son"

"Porter!" Charlotte called as I stu room at the front of the police station

I blinked Tanner was there, huddled together with…

I blinked again My two attorneys?

I had no fucking idea how the tide had turned and I was now a freequestions--at least, not about that

I rinned and a blast of relief filledin there He’s still on the vent, but Greg and the cardiologist agree, so they’re going to wean hiave Brady so"

My jaw turned hard, and I could only iine the fury on my face

She pressed up onto her toes and brushed her lips with mine "Relax My es I don’t have a choice but to let him see him However, we do have a choice hoe handle this from here on out"

"And how exactly is that?" I asked, sour settling into have to stay away fronited into a vicious inferno "No fucking way"

She rested her hands on my chest "Listen, Porter Toet you released They told him about Travis’s heart and that, when he collapsed, it was a highly emotional situation, but they have assured hi"

My eyebrows shot up "We’ve been basically living together for a week"

She cut her gaze away, and her cheeks pinked "Yeah… We, um…decided to leave that part out"

"How? We were at Tanner’s for a cookout when the ambulance picked him up"