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He again went silent for a few moments I drank ht sky It was peaceful out here away froet my past and focus on the fact I’m alive Even if it wasn’t fair and I didn’t deserve it I was here Breathing and able to see the s I once didn’t think about or appreciate I was too busy trying to find happiness in ways that only lead to bad things Terrible things

"You’re right," he finally said I took ave hiirl I knoe should be treated What we deserve And what you deserve Life is short We don’t knoill happen tomorrow--as cliché as it sounds, it’s very true I know" I paused before I said more I didn’t want to tell hiht

He ister as happening until the warmth of his lips covered mine and his hand slipped into my hair Then I was fully aware

Curiosity won the very mini brief conflict in my head Brady was a friend, and I wasn’t anyone that soed beyond repair But I wanted to taste this To give the little girl who had thought she loved Brady Higgens a glimpse at what it was like to be touched by hiirl could move on from that and live her life My fantasy complete

His lips were soft but firled in ht of this mo his war his scent The cologne he as subtle but attractive I was sure et near it It wasn’t until his tongue slipped past my lips and into the heat of my mouth that I understood the repercussions of what I was allowing

Brady was here with another girl He was my friend and could only ever bemore to anyone I had demons that haunted me and would iveness from, and Nonna had said Brady was off limits She was all I had left, and I couldn’t lose her, too

Placing both hands on his hard chest, I felt the ache of loss before I pushed away fro air, and I wanted to touch them to hold the waret frolance, I ran

Where’s Willa?

CHAPTER 17

GUNNER

Willa was not here I’d been gone back to the woods with Serena for about thirty minutes

Noas back, however, I couldn’t find Willa Dammit

"She left with Brady Went into the woods," Asa said, walking up to me He sounded as annoyed as I felt

I started to ask which direction when I spotted Brady co for ot back into Ivy’s view and she sidled up to hiht hand, so at least he hadn’t been drinking with her Didn’t help the fact he was back and she wasn’t He’d better not have left her in the woods

"Where’s Willa?" I asked with an angry bite in my voice