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"Lie to her?"

His arm shot out in front of hi with Keith Who the hell are you pretending for? Who the hell are you kidding, Deacon? We all kno you feel about kids!"

"That isn’t a damn secret! She knows too!"

"So who’s this performance for then, huh? Like you said, it isn’t a secret Why act like you care about hih h "He’s cool; he’s a cool kid I thought that before anything ever started between Charlie andto prove myself to you? You knohat? Fuck it, I’m done" I lifted my hands in the air and stepped back toward the hall "If she can believe h, then that’s all that er’s top lip curled in a sneer "Yeah, looks like she’s the only one who does"

Grey’s eyes shut "Jagger Why--"

"Your own best friend doesn’t even believe youwith any of it"

My steps faltered, and I glanced to Knox, then Graha at the floor Graham’s eyes ide, his mouth set in a hard line

"Graham hasn’t just told us that Charlie shouldn’t be with you He’s been warning us to get her away from you And why’s that, Deac?"

But I couldn’t respond I couldn’t stop looking at Graha to say before he continued I knew, and I fucking hated Graham for it

"I mean, this other phone you haveI don’t know if I’m even surprised because it’s just so you, Deacon But the fact that you still talk to other girls on it? And who knohat the fuck you’re doing with theht Just one And we only ever talk

Fear seized me I didn’t know if they’d told Charlie about it or not Didn’t knohat she thought about ive up Words, but to lose Charlie?

Thatthat I couldn’t do

I sed thickly, and shook rowled, "You don’t knohat the hell you’re talking about"

I turned to go find Charlie, but paused, and let "

"It’s not o when you and Harloere first talking, I said so to her to piss both of you off, and you punched me"

From the corner of my eye, I saw Graha the word out

"Was it worth it?"

When he answered, I heard the smile in his words "Hell yeah"

I nodded, then started to take a step toward the hallway At the last second, I turned and closed the distance between Graha the collar of his shirt, I forced him closer just as my fist smashed into his nose