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I suppose you can’t get any shorter than one word.

My phone buzzed again.

Why?

He had a very good point. He knew I didn’t like shopping. It wasn’t like it was a hidden secret that I despised it. To give him a real answer to that question, it was going to take more than a few words.

Dad wanted us out of the clubhouse for a bit

I pretended to help Kim look for a new dress while waiting for his reply. When five minutes had passed and I had heard nothing, I realized maybe he wasn’t going to write back. Wasn’t like I had given him much to go off.

My doubt disappeared when my phone buzzed again.

Hear your wrist is broken?

I frowned instantly. Hadn’t he already known that when he left? Unless he had left before anyone had told him.

Perhaps he didn’t even know I went to the hospital?

You left

I wanted to add,‘and it really bothered me that you pissed off without a word,’but I thought it was better to just keep that to myself.

Not by choice. Are you coming back here tonight?

His little explanation didn’t really answer any of my questions. But then again, I wasn’t sure if I could answer his question either. I glanced over at Kim, who was still going through racks and racks of dresses.

I had a strong feeling that she had no plans of heading back to the clubhouse tonight, and it wasn’t like I had anyone else to be with.

I don’t know

I decided to just write back the truth because I had no idea what the plan was. I knew Dad didn’t want us back early, and I knew Kim didn’t want to go back tonight at all.

I want to see you

I smiled instantly reading that. I wanted to see him too. Hell, I’ve wanted to see him every day since he left. But I couldn’t be all needy and tell him that. I had to play it cool.

I’ll be back when I’m allowed to

And that was the truth. As soon as Dad let us back, and Kim wanted to go back, I would be there. Until then, I just had to stay away.

He didn’t write anything back, and I sort of didn’t expect him to. Sighing and putting my phone away, I spotted Kim and headed towards her.

I really wish this day was over already.

Chapter33

Abby

He was wearing a tank top, with long open sides that showed off his tattooed side piece and part of his back piece. Leaning on his bike, a pair of thick black sunglasses blocked his marvelous eyes, which I could spend hours staring into.

He had a half smile on his face while he listened to some man who I hadn’t seen before. In fact, he was so focused on their conversation that he hadn’t even heard Kim pull in, which was saying something.

“Get the boot, Abby,” Kim grunted while readjusting her shopping bags. “Seeing as you aren’t getting any shopping bags.”

Rolling my eyes at her pointed remark I closed the boot and followed slowly behind her.

As far as I was concerned, there was no rush to go inside because once I was in there, I wouldn’t be able to gawk at the sexy god beast known as Reaper.

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