Cole brought me home.
It was dark.
We sat on the couch.
After a while, he said, “Don’t you want to
ask? Aren’t you going to hurt me?”
I said, “If you want to say something, you will.
If you don’t, it won’t matter.”
He didn’t smile.
“Do you know why she came to me?”
I shook my head.
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Maybe she liked him.
Or Chad sent her.
He wanted to know if I wanted that land.
I was shocked. “How do you know?”
“I own it. It’s what my dad left me.”
What a coincidence.
So, Tiffany was trying to get it.
How did she know?
Chad must have known.
He looked at me.
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“You don’t think I just want the land, do you?”
I felt bad.
I was doubting him.
He grabbed my face.
“Don’t be like that.
“I did think about that. But then I stopped.
“I trust you.”
“You trust Rex, too?”
He smiled. “You’re different. I saved them
because I was kind. I saved you because I
liked you.”
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“You’re good at this.”
I tried to act mad.
He looked at me and kissed me.
“It’s not something I do. It’s just how I feel.”
I felt warm and buried my face in his chest.
He was beating fast.
I said, “I like you, too.”
He pulled me in.
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