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“Swear toher voice, “that whatever this is, it isn’t so you and Oliver have cooked up to screithEspecially not that”

My jaw clenches and anger ht to be suspicious of my motives Fuck knoould be too if I were in her situation

“That’s the second tiiven you no reason to trustyou to do so noay Oliver has not one da on between us In fact, I think it’s safe to say this is not so he would be okay with”

After several tense seconds, she nods “Okay”

That one word has

She leans back against the door, resting one hand on the steering wheel and laying her other ar screen in front of us

“My parents brought h, thewryly

“No shit?” Small world

She sht on my chest doesn’t feel quite so heavy “Yep It wasto a drive-in theater”

I recline my seat back a couple of inches and pull her closer towheel and places her hand on my chest

“The night ht we ever went to the theater Monant with Danielle She started her affair not long after Danielle was born”

“I’m sorry,” Rylee says quietly

I shrug “I got over it a long tio” I twist e one of her hairs stuck on the bristles onbusiness ht when Dad and I went to visit her at the office We saw thee Mom left; didn’t even try to work it out with Dad When she left, she left for good I’ve only seen her a handful of times since then And she’s seen Danielle even less”

“What a bitch,” Ryle

e o wide and she slaps a hand over her mouth “Sorry,” she mutters, the word muffled