“None of this is your fault, okay? You didn’t do anything.” “I tried to call—” “I know, princess.” I crush her back into my chest. “You’re so perfect, so selfless. You do everything for everyone around you—and tonight was a freak accident. It could have happened to Sadie if she was picking them up, to Rhys, to Anna or Max—any of them. Would you want Sadie beating herself up over this?” She shakes her head, forehead rubbing across my stiff button-down and suit jacket. “Would you think Rhys was bad for Sadie if this happened to him?’ ” She shakes her head again. “Exactly. So let’s get rid of any
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