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“I can’t. I don’t want to.”

“I believe I’m missing something here,” Wolf commented. “I can go first.”

“No,” Maya said. “Swan is going first.” She took my hand from around her wrist to hold onto it. “You’ve got this. You’re going to walk in there with your head held high. If the opportunity arises, you’ll ask him why he stopped communicating with you. Then, if you don’t like his answer, you kick him in the shin and run.”

Snorting, I shook my head. “And get tackled to the ground instantly by his guards.”

Texas scoffed. “We’ll keep them back.”

Smiling, I nodded my thanks.

Okay, I could do this.

It was too late to run now anyway.

There was only one woman in front of me as Maya gently ushered me in front of her.

I glanced off to the side.

Maybe I could make a run for it.

No.

I would do this.

It was just Lockland.

He was my best friend.

The one who knew everything about me.

Until he decided to ghost me.

I did deserve an answer.

“She looks like she might faint,” Wolf commented.

“She’ll be fine. She’s just a little nervous,” Maya said.

A little?

No, my bowels were pressing down on my asshole, and I was going to shit myself. I had to clench that thing like my life depended on it.

Hell, maybe I was a little more like my mum than I thought.

The woman before us let out a squeal when they announced she could go through the black curtain.

A least I wouldn’t react like that.

Not that I could blame her. He was a superstar.

Oh shit, I can’t do this. I can’t face him.

Lockland was just behind that curtain.

What did I say? How did I stand?

What happened if I entered and fell on my face?

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