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Those were my smiles, goddamnit.

It was high time I got off my ass and did something about it.

Therefore... I planned.

Lila

Something had changed with Bronson... it was just too fucking bad for him that I had almost worked him out of my system.

The keyword... almost.

But you know what they say?

As long as there’s a sliver of chance, there’s still hope.

Fuck.

Squirrel Text Thread

Cole – What are we going to do?

Madalyn – I don’t know, but we have to do something.

Cole – She’s going to walk away.

Madalyn –*gasp*How do you know that?

Cole – Heard her talking to Everly.

Madalyn – Crap.

Madalyn – Okay, what do you think we should do?

Cole – Talk to Dad?

Madalyn – We have to, because I view her as my mom.

Cole – Same.

Ethan

I stared at Melanie as she slept.

I had unloaded on a therapist I had started seeing at my family’s request.

I hadn’t thought it would help.

But it had.

And she made me realize that all the times I had forgotten about things with Melanie, I was silently punishing her for her mother’s actions.

Nothing could have made me feel lower than I did when that revelation came forefront and center in my mind.

Garrick

I wrapped my arms around Tatum and kissed her hard.

She moaned in my mouth, then I heard Sage say, “You two.”

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