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¡°He would have been there for you.¡±

¡°What am I supposed to do, huh?¡± I threw my arms in the air. ¡°I¡¯ve already given u¡ª¡±

I stopped myself before I could finish but it was too late.

¡°What? Given up your girlfriend? Ha!¡± He spat on the ground and I felt my blood boil,

heating up my face. ¡°You think any of us gives a fuck about some whore you met an hour

ago? What? You love her?¡±

¡°Fuck off. Now.¡± I snapped. ¡°She¡¯s nothing to me. I haven¡¯t spoken to her. I¡¯m not

going to. What more do you want from me?¡±

¡°Enough!¡± Tank¡¯s voice boomed over us, Crow zipping his mouth before he could

shoot it off more. ¡°Jesus, Crow, I¡¯m not sayin¡¯ Wrench didn¡¯t fuck up that night, but he¡¯s

right, you¡¯re putting the blame on the wrong guy. But he ended things with the girl¡­

What else can he do?¡±

Crow pressed his palms from the table to push himself from his chair. ¡°I guess there¡¯s

nothing,¡± he said and walked out of the busy bar.

My chest was heaving, and I stared at the table, feeling all of their eyes on me.

Lighting a cigarette and grabbing my beer, I slammed back to my chair, fuming. I felt a

hand on my back and Archer¡¯s voice say, ¡°Cheer up, big guy.¡±

¡°Hm.¡± I drank my beer.

¡°So, that girl¡­¡± he asked quietly so no one else would hear. ¡°You¡¯re really done with

her.¡±

¡°Yes, Christ,¡± I said through my teeth, ready to knock out the next person who

interrogated me. ¡°I slept with her once and missed a phone call and you¡¯re all acting like I

gave her a fuckin¡¯ engagement ring.¡±

¡°Fine, then,¡± Archer said and motioned toward a blond sitting at the bar alone. ¡°She

looks like she¡¯s looking for some company. Blonde, too.¡±

Not looking at Archer, my forehead wrinkled. I hadn¡¯t mentioned any preference for

blonds before. Before Samantha, everyone knew I had a thing for redheads. Deciding it

was a coincidence, I stared at the back of the woman¡¯s blond hair that reached the mid of

her back. From behind, she looked small. Shorter than Samantha with a little more

weight, but not too much.

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