“Why do you care?” Because I knew what could happen. I had watched it happen to my mom, and I didn’t want anything to happen to Monroe. “Doesn’t matter.” I pushed up from the curb, walking to the side of the road while I fought the emotions screaming to surface. Of course, she followed me. “You know you’re cryptic as fuck, right?” “And you’re stubborn as fuck.” “I didn’t ask you to get involved in my life.” I spun around, pissed that she wouldn’t tell me. Pissed about everything to do with our shitty lives in this shitty town. “But you sure as hell showed up in my drive. With a stolen car.” I
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