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g on Deacon's head. Let me back

r a book, when Deacon yelled. I i

me, I'll take your bras a

my head inside, sprinting out of my room and out of the house. I tackled Deacon to the gro

ff my

ead a few good times b

back of his head. "Damn, Tor

ll knock some s

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h,

ke to read them. Take

eed a

hobby."

knocked on the front door. Nora answered as I handed her t

't tell y

om come clean about you

don't understand why we hide ou

I find it disturbing. When I turned to return to my house, something clanged on the cement. I l

de of the car, staring at me. I moved towards t

know you w

ago. I had to take care of a

d leaned on it. "How does it fe

s. "It had its moments. You

you

eeped its horn as Brad

Let's go!"

alled me babe. The Wilson brothers have this ha

adley thinks you're doing somet

doesn't

you s

ed out to Bradley's car and got in. I didn't understand Elias. While growing up, he would

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nged a lot since the last time I saw her. I didn't know what she saw i

out of the car. He walked towards me. "

anging sp

y and moved the pro

ou seem i

ce novels for Mom. Then

con bitched about T

they sta

. Bradley put on a good sh

let Tori d

uld date at sixteen. Sometimes

imes,

t it back, then went in and washed up. I'll work in construction

and changing my shirt. Mom would kill me since I got grea

lson. The guy is a weasel. So are his brothers. They

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, staring out of the w

there." Brad

yes and shook

pants. "You know you could help m

iving you

as a gir

uck, p

d against my mo

upid bitch. You

t of the car. I slammed the car door and lea

ff! We'

. I was so angry that tears fell down my cheeks. I called Deacon. If I

got in, and buckled my seatbelt. "Thanks for picking

no pro

face to face with Elias. My brown eyes met his