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“Why would I tell you anything about her? You had your chance. Why do you deserve another?” Case growls.

“Don’t you play with me right now, Case. I’m really on fucking edge and games are the last thing I need. If you know where she is, and you aren’t telling me, you’re crossing a major line. I can’t be expected to make it right if you’re going to stand in my way. Where is she?”

“You know Faith, probably better than I do. You tell me where you think she is right now.”

“I don’t know. She left, so I assumed that meant she was going back to Georgia. I’ve been trying to call her all damn night.”

“Think harder. She loves you, right? Told you so herself? Do you honestly think she could go anywhere without making sure you were okay first? Is that the Faith you know?”

Realization busts into my brain like a freight train through a brick wall.

“She’s still here.”

“You didn’t hear it from me.”

I check the time. “Look, Case, I have to go. I have the weigh-in soon, and I have a couple workouts first.”

“Are you serious? After everything we just talked about? Tell me you’re joking. Your sister is going to lose her damn mind, and then I’ll have to lose mine, and I promise you don’t want to see that.”

“This is all I know, Case. I need to meet it head on before I can move forward. Just…trust me, okay? I need someone to just trust me.”

“Earn it first. Earn my trust, then you’ll always have it. And earn hers, Falcon. Show her. If you care about her, show her.”

“How? How can I do that? I’ve shown her. I’ve told her.”

“Christ, it’s like you’ve never done this before.”

“I haven’t. No one, nothing, has meant this much to me.”

“Listen to what you just said. Let that sink in...then you’ll know what you need to do.”

With that...he hangs up the phone, leaving me with one thousand questions, and only one answer.

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