“I’m so sorry, little one. I…I can’t believe I fucked up this bad. I just…can’t believe it,” he says with a shake of his head. I reach my hand out to cover his as I attempt to meet his eyes. “Hey, I mean it. It wasn’t anyone’s fault but Corwin’s. You did everything you could to protect me.” Wesley shakes his head. “That’s not true, and we both know it. I just…I don’t get how I missed it. I didn’t hear a thing upstairs. He didn’t wake you at all, and I can’t figure out how.” I look down at our joined hands as I speak. “I know how.” Pausing for a moment, my eyes slowly lift to his. “He did
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