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"Tonight" I nodded toward the journal, still in her hands "I sahen you went to go check on Keith Don’t try to turn this around to so to walk away froht that walking fro to do And what did you do?" My lip curled as I stared her down "You told who you thought was another guy that you loved him as soon as I left your damn bed"
"No!" she whispered, horrified "No, that’s not true That’s not who the song was about!"
"Bullshit, Charlie!" I roared The loud boom of my voiceyou the truth!"
I pointed at the phone, and yelled, "Don’t forget, I’ve been present for every fucking conversation"
"The chorus was about you, Deacon! I was going to tell hi!"
I sneered a laugh "Oh bullshit Again, Charlie, save it I’ for?" She asked to ot off it and her footsteps as she followed et me in bed, and then use this as your reason to leave me? Use this as a reason to do what you do best: find soht ahead as I spoke through gritted teeth "I’ve spent the past et you to trust me and see the real , but, yeah, you’re right, Charlie Fucking you then leaving you has beenin my tone was thick and unmistakable
"You just wanted ly throw myself at you"
"How’d you know?" I pressed as I slowly turned, and grinned lazily to give her what she so clearly needed to see froer and the betrayal on her face, and stepped close "Too bad for you I won’t stick around Maybe you can trick another bastard into getting you pregnant before he sht her wrist in my hand before her palm could connect with my face, and forced myself to stare into her tear-filled eyes as her chest hitched with a silent sob
"You’re such an asshole," she choked out
I leaned close until est tease of them all, Charlie Girl"
I released her, and stepped sloay My expression re until I hit the doorway, and then I cracked I let her see everything I was feeling, everything she’d done to me Just before I left, I said, "Just in case you’re not used to seeing so away looks like"
Chapter Nineteen
Charlie
July 22, 2016
I DIDN’T SEE him
I didn’t hear from him
No one spoke about hione, completely re the size of our town and how often I had seen hiun