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"Don’t ask me that Please? Because I don’t know and I don’t have the brain space to even think about that" Or the lady cojones to answer it honestly "What happened last night, well, it happened It’s not going to happen again It’s done with"

"Huh," she said again

My gaze slide over to her "What?"

She lifted a shoulder "Nothing" There was a pause "So what are you going to do now?"

I glared at the ceiling "I’o home"

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Somehow my car had made its way to Foretoken, and Zoe rode with et ho in the driveway Then it struckto run, aren’t you?"

"I can run really fast," Zoe replied

"Not in gyed behind e had to do sprints and other annoying things at a God-awful early tiy and effort to slow o at normal speeds for me" She looked over at o in there?"

"No? Yes?" I glanced at the front of the house and then priedwheel "I don’t knohat to say to her"

Zoe followed "

"And you’veyou’ve never talked to her about me?" I knew that Zoe had never been around her, but that didn’t mean they hadn’t had conversations

She shook her head "Sylvia doesn’t knohat I am If she did, I’m sure she wouldn’t have been supportive of our friendship"

"Because she’d be worried you’d tellto the surface

"Yes, but I’m sure it’s not for malicious reasons, Evie What happened to you, what’s been done, isn’t nornored my sarcasm "Sometimes the truth is hidden as a form of protection"

Even if that was the reason to hide the truth, it didn’twith the fallout any easier, but it wasn’t like I could sit out here forever "I’reed "I’ll text you later Okay? Grayson’s going to take over"

My brows lifted "You in is still out there We’re not taking any chances with you I would stay, but Luc doesn’t think that’s a good idea"

"Why?" I frowned

"Because he’s worried that if soet involved out of fear for me," she explained "He’s not worried about that when it coht Again I was really beginning to hate that "Why isn’t Luc watching me?"

"Well, maybe it has to do with the fact that you told hiain, he sure wasn’t staying away froht, with his shirt--"

"Stop," I whined, shaking ive you space Real space"

"Thatthat would be shed I looked over at Zoe, and then I ad important "I don’tI don’t hate him, either"

A soft slanced at the door "You’d better get in there"

"Yeah" No ood-bye, and it was tiet out of the car and face, well, whatever aiting forover my shoulder as I walked to the front door and found it unlocked Taking a deep breath, I headed inside