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Hoas that even possible?

I didn’t even realize Haas still in the garage until he tapped on myI sed hard and rolled the n

“Everything okay?” Hawke asked

“Yeah,” I said quickly as I started the car “Thanks” Even to my own ears, my voice sounded unnaturally scratchy and uneven

I hated how the h ave him a brief wave and a sh and backed the car out of its spot It was a monumental effort to keep my attention on the road for the short drive ho rush hour traffic I forcedto find a job for the rest of the summer so I could have as much money saved up before school started in the fall, but it was a wasted effort becauseback to Mav and the way he’d looked at me when I’d handed him the motorcycle helmet

He’d looked so…hurt

Which hadn’tthat wasn’t there Only I couldn’t shake the feeling that he’d somehow seen my need to escape his presence as a rejection of sorts

My phone going off was a ut clench as I searched it out A h me when I saw the name Dom appear on the screen I knew I needed to answer it, but even as I let my thumb hover over the answer button, I couldn’tto invite me to dinner this weekend and based on what Brennan had told me the day I’d been assaulted, it was likely the welcoether for me

I knew I couldn’t keep putting hi an extended aan and the rest of what once had been ate family left me cold If they knehat I’d done…

The sha h h air to stave off the iet home before it hit, Baby would be there to ease ht after DoiftedBecause the security I couldn’t find in another person’s ar

Except there had been one set of arms that had made the pain in my chest recede, that had s…

I re arms had held me close and his broad chest had blanketed my back I hadn’t understood a word he’d said since he’d been speaking a different language, but just the sound of his deep voice into concentrate on and I’d focused on how right it had felt to have our bodies perfectly aligned rather than the terror that ca like I couldn’t breathe

The pressure that had slowly been building in an to ease and I let my mind wander to all the o and the day of the assault Except for that e when I’d reverted back to my old ways, I hadn’t felt dirty when Mav had touchedor doing so to inadvertently turn him on Even after he’d admitted that he knew I’d sold ust that he should have felt

And yet I’d still run from him

I shookwheel It didn’twith the an and the rest of usted if he found out the truth

But those thoughts lasted about as long as it took foronto ently against a car that was parked right in front of my apartment

I barely etMatty’s Spider towardsI resisted the urge to throw my arms around hi my hands under my armpits as best as I could with the doll clutched in one of them “Hi”