“Then you were there.” He pauses, taking in my appearance. “Why are you wet?” he asks before noticing the tears coating my cheeks. “And why are you crying?” He throws a blanket over my shoulders and pulls me into his scrawny body. His question opens my heart. All of my feelings come pouring out, and I start crying right there on the edge of Cade’s bed. “Oh shit,” Cade mumbles into my hair as he awkwardly wraps me in a hug. “That’s a bad word.” My voice shakes as I struggle to get the words out between my sobs. Cade pulls his blue comforter around us. Without words, he nudges me up the bed.
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