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“No, but there were three that were always there.” I lick my lips, not ready to tell them that their voices are the ones I grew up hearing. “The new voice was… mean. It said things that scared me, and I would run to my parents’ room.”
“Waylynn, you haven’t said shit that frightened me away. I’ll admit to being a little surprised. It’s not every day you find out there’s proof you have a soulmate, but, baby, you’re still the same girl from yesterday, and I still want you, all of you—voices or not.”
“I knew it was you the moment you said, ‘Do you ever watch where you’re going?’” Waylynn deepens her voice, trying to mimic mine. “It never stopped me from wanting to be around you or from falling in love with you.”
“Thank fuck, because hiding out in your basement and creeping on you when you sleep just so I could be around you might have gotten me arrested.” Waylynn rolls her eyes at me, like I’m joking. I don’t think she understands the depths I would go to just to make sure she’s mine. I hope we don’t ever need to explore them.
“Normal is way overrated, Waylynn. There’s nothing wrong with being extraordinary, and you don’t have to thank me for standing up for you. I’ll always be there for you—always.”
I started thinking about how he’s never fucked up and how she’s never had to question his loyalty, and I realized that while I will always love her, I can’t control if she loves me or not, and that threw me into a fucking tailspin of negative thoughts. I told myself I’d be happy with whatever she would give me, but that’s not the truth. Anything less than all of her will never be enough.
I make sure he sees me right on her ass, so there’s no question who or what I am to her. I never thought of myself as a jealous person, but that was before I had something I was afraid to lose.
“She’s not going anywhere, man. She thinks you hung the fucking moon. You could tell her up was down and she would swear it was the truth. I’m not worried about her leaving you. I’m worried about you hurting her and breaking that thing inside her that makes her so damn special, because even then, she would stand by you.”
“Yeah, I’m the best. Eat your food before it’s too cold. I’m not heating it up again, and remember, Memphis’ and Oswald’s babies are mine too. I get them all.”
“I don’t like the way he looks at you.” “It will never matter how he looks at me because he isn’t you.”
