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“I didn’t let him back this time,” she says while she stirs his coffee.

“She washed his clothes,” I say, pointing to the couch.

Ash stomps across the kitchen to the cupboard under the sink where Pippin keeps old plastic bags. He yanks one out and goes into the living room. Then, he fills the bag with all the men’s clothes, ties it up and goes outside. There, he dumps the bag next to the post box.

Back inside, he tells Pippin, “If I hear that he ever came inside here, I’ll move you out of this place kicking and screaming. I’m not kidding, Pip.”

She nods. “I won’t let him in. Promise.”

“And what about child support? Is he giving you anything?”

She shakes her head.

Asher is fuming. “Can you believe that guy?” he asks me.

“Biggest cunt I ever met,” I say. “Keep your voice down. Ezra is sleeping. Probably Reece too.”

Ash’s face softens, and Pippin looks between him and the bedroom. “Reece is here?” he asks.

“Yeah. Lying down with Ezra.”

Ash goes into the bedroom and Pippin’s eyes follow him.

“Carlson is trash, but he said something when he came here. I thought it was weird,” she says, keeping her eyes on the bedroom door that Asher left ajar. “But now, I don’t know.”

I take my cup to the sink to rinse it, and Pippin’s eyes follow me. “What did he say?”

“He said Deliah at the General Store asked him if you and Ash are getting a divorce.”

“What? Why would she ask something like that?”

“Something about one of you cheating.” She looks pointedly at the bedroom door.

My face reddens, and I’m caught. Pippin is too good for these things. I’ll never get away with lying. “He’s a . . . close friend,” I say.

“Are you sure?”

I sigh. “He’s more.”

Pippin’s face is instantly red with rage. “How could you do that to Asher?” she hisses.

“He knows.”

“He knows? Sawyer, what the hell? You’re not like that—”

“Reece is . . . close to Ash too.”

“What does that—”

Her eyes get big and then she slaps her hand over her mouth. “Both of you?”

Yeah, I feel like a kid caught with candy that doesn’t belong to me. “Yeah, Pip.”

She laughs. “You guys are nasty. I hope you know what you’re doing.”

Chapter 44

Reece

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