to shake away the thought. “I told myself I’d go back to Phoenix, get my head together. Deal with the shit I gotta deal with, then I’d come back.” He points toward the house, his dark eyes fixed on me. “And you’d be here, and whatever I had to do, I’d do it to be with you. And I’d be the guy you deserve. Then I found out you weren’t gonna be in this house. That you were leaving. That this was it.” His nostrils flare, his eyes flash with pain. “Then I saw you standing there in your dress… and I knew I didn’t deserve you. Not even close.” He shakes his head and swallows. “I told myself I should
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