e Camp

confusion. "What... what did you jus

tching me with a barely concealed smirk o

nd steady now. The tremor was gone. "Go on. Be her knight in

d, unshakeable weight in my

it real, the words that I had b

t a div

ering rage. Not just my rage, but his. He had refused to accep

he' d said, yanking open the passenger

into the back seat, an unwelcome shadow. Now, the sp

ight with frustration. "Nothing happ

the road, my knuckles wh

en threatening her, saying he' d plant drugs in her apartment and call social services to take Cael away. He lured h

t all I heard was the same old story. Brittny was in trou

soft sob came fr

pered. "I never meant to come between you t

"But Dorian... he' s just so... good. He' s kind and

it would be like if I wasn't a single mom with so much baggage. I

words. I felt a surge of nausea. Dorian was silent, and I knew, without ev

was

d on the

rearview mirror, I saw Brittny' s eyes, wide with a flicker of fear before she composed

d, a bitter,

wn the passenger-side windows. The cool evening air ru

corn. "I' m making it easy for you. You do

s mouth agape. "Adelin

Brittny' s in the rearview mirror. "Go ahead. Fuck in a m

could feel them tearing at

ded, the cruelty of the words a shield against the c

ly breathe. Brittny' s face crumpled, her act finally

with the door handle. She scrambled out of the car, s

r slammed shut, Do

th anger. "You had to humiliate her like that? What is

car. "I have to make sure she'

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