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Dad cracks a grin, and I hate that ah within ail You always e"

"Tommy shot me," I blurt because I don’t have time to play, not even with hiet it Eric savinga shot at eoverwhelmed Then the last real conversation I had with Linus, he informed me that if I wanted out, there is no out That I’ you’re working with Eric I’estures up with his hand "You are out"

"I’ My home is in Louisville My life is in Louisville Grams is in Louisville"

Dad narrows his eyes on et schooled "You have broken nearly every rule I gave you to stay alive You"They weren’t friends within the streets They were out"

"You fell in love"

My eyes snap to his, wondering how he knows about Logan "He’s a good guy"

"You trusted when I told you not to trust"

I blink Then blink again A coldness crystalizes the blood in my veins "My friends, those attachments you’re worried about, they won’t betrayto"

"I never trusted Ricky I never trusted any of the for me to catch up, and when the answer strikes me the blood rushes out of my face and I bend over with the io after you," Dad says under his breath "Not to kill, just to scare you It went further than he had intended"

My hand presses against"How do you know this?"

Dad’s blue eyes become ice "Because he confessed toaway and didn’t like it Felt like his ly tied to you and he needed to keep you in and figured he could use fear to do it You aren’t safe with hi for Ricky"

My heart jumps to my throat "Ricky was in on this?"