“I’m not just any woman,” she corrected with almost a wince. “No,” I agreed, runnin’ my thumb down her square jawline so I could pinch her chin and force her to meet my eyes. “You’ve never been just any woman. We might not be…friends anymore, Mei, but once, you were family. Once, I went to prison happy to think I’d given you a chance at a beautiful life. One I believed to my bones you deserved. Don’t know why you stopped talkin’ to me, and honest to fuck, I don’t wanna know anymore. We don’t hafta open up those old wounds. Right now, this mornin’, you’re a woman I’ve cared about who needs
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