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My brow furrowed. I had no idea what he was talking about. “You’re going home, Bailey. I just received an order for your immediate release.”
EVERYBODY CHEERED!!!
“She said sometimes when a man goes to war, he has to make himself forget the people he leaves behind. It’s the only way he can become the warrior he needs to be to survive.” Damn. Gram always seemed to have a way of getting straight to the heart of things. “Yeah. That’s exactly it.” “The good news is, you can put down your weapons,” Logan said. “War’s over.” I looked down at my battered hands. Put down your weapons. I wasn’t sure if I remembered how.
:(
My breath caught in my throat, and for a second, I couldn’t speak. It was Asher.
DGJHKILYJDTHXUKFTJDHJCVY
“My pleasure,” Logan said. “And sure we did. Gotta initiate you back into Tilikum life, bronanza.”
Logan is so richie tozier coded im in love with him
But he was still Asher Bailey. And I still loved him. Blind stubbornness hadn’t kept me loyal to him. It was so much simpler—and so much harder—than that. It was love.
loved this man. That was why I’d waited. Why I’d accepted his silence, kept his ring on my finger, and remained faithful. We were two halves of the same whole. Two souls meant to be connected to each other. Nothing was ever going to change that.
We hadn’t said our vows—hadn’t declared in front of family and friends that we’d be true in sickness and in health, in good times and in bad. But I’d kept those vows anyway, and I didn’t regret a single second of it. Because this was love. Messy, imperfect, painful love.
“So, that’s my number. Text me, or give me a call?” Evan barely acknowledged the scrap of paper. He took another drink and set his beer down. “Uh-huh.” I felt bad for the poor girl. She looked so sweet and hopeful.
WHY IS HE SO MEAN
She was the moon to my ocean. I couldn’t escape her gravity.
That even though we haven’t spoken in so long, we’re still connected. We’re beneath the same sky.
“Whoa,” Gavin said, holding up a hand. “Hang on, don’t sit down yet.” I stopped with my legs bent. “Why?” He winced. “I might have poked some thumbtacks through the seat so when one of these dorks sat down, they’d get stuck in the ass. But I have a feeling you won’t find that funny and you’ll probably hurt me, so let me make sure they’re all gone.”
HHEELPPP😭😭
“Lay it on us, bronoculars,” Logan said.
nobody can convince me logan isn’t inspired by richie tozier
“Yep,” Logan said. “But if this is going to continue, we need to talk about better sleeping arrangements.” Levi sat up. “Or maybe you need to not suck and you’d get the couch. This was comfortable.” “You want a rematch? I’ll pin you right now.” “Did you guys wrestle for who got the couch?” I asked. “Yeah, out front. But he cheated,” Logan said. “I didn’t cheat. You’re just pissed that I’m better than you.”
i’m obsessed with these two
Asher: Then it was worth it. I love your smile.
WE WOONNN 😭😭😭😭 WWWW
And for the first time since I’d been back, I saw Elijah smile.
LOVING THEIR FRIENDSHIP ALREADY 🫶🏽🫶🏽🫶🏽
“Maybe that’s not how love works. Nobody’s keeping score. I love you because I do. Because of who you were, and who you are now. Because something deep inside me is connected to something deep inside you. And whatever that is, I think it’s worth fighting for.”
“Don’t you guys ever get tired of pulling pranks on people just because your parents and your grandparents and your great-grandparents were doing the same thing?” Cara asked. Everyone’s gaze swung to her. All four Baileys—even Asher—looked at her like she’d just suggested gravity was a myth. She put a hand up. “Sorry.”
LMFAO
“Maybe you shouldn’t have fucking killed the guy.”
i just felt the entire world stop spinning my jaw is literally on the floor
Released from the grip of the unseen hands, I shot up, completely disoriented. Something touched me and I reacted before I’d even opened my eyes. My elbow cracked backward, connecting with something hard. The sharp scream of pain woke me completely. The room came into sudden focus. Grace’s room.
BRO WHAT THE FUCK&/$:&3!:&:
Everything I’d been telling myself had been a lie. That I could do this. I could make this work. I just needed time. I didn’t need time. I needed to be kept away from everyone. They probably should have stuck me with the murder charge. Kept me locked up forever. At least then I wouldn’t have been a danger to anyone except the pieces of shit who deserved my wrath.
ASHER I AM GOING TO CRAWL INSIDE OF YOUR BRAIN AND REWIRE IT
And then I realized I smelled smoke in the air. I broke into a run and rounded the corner onto Grace’s street. A column of black smoke rose into the pre-dawn sky. Grace’s house was on fire.
WHAATT THE FUCXKKK WHATTTGEJDEJ??/$:3&:?28:!3&3!4!
“But even if you decided you weren’t, no one would ever be right for you the way I am. You know how I know that? Because no one will ever be right for me the way you are.”
LITERALLY SCREAMING BECAUSE ASHER JUST DOESNT GET IT
had so much pain burning inside me, I needed to get it out—inflict it on someone else. I drove straight to the Timberbeast Tavern. It was mid-afternoon on a weekday, but if I
BROROOOOO WHAT ARE YOU DOING
“Keeping your scary ass from going to prison again.” He patted my shoulder. “Let’s go.”
THANK U GAVIN 😭😭😭😭😭😭🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
“Do you have any idea how many fights I won in prison?” “How many were knock-outs?” he asked. “Most of them.” He shrugged. “Can’t knock me out. That means you gotta make me tap out. You might look scary, big brother, but you’re out of practice. And I’m not.”
GAVIN REALLY DOES HAVE A DEATH WISH 😭😭
He took a quick step forward and popped me right in the nose. “What the fuck?” I roared. “Oh shit, he actually did it,” Logan said.
LMMMFFMAAAOOOO
pain in his eyes reflected mine. This was killing us both and it made me furious. And I snapped. “I waited for you for seven fucking years.”
GET HIS ASS GRACE
So I looked down at that ring, opened my fingers, and watched it fall to the debris-littered floor.
THE GASP I JUST GUSPED
“I’m standing here before you, a man who was stripped of his freedom, his future, all his plans. This whole experience brought me to my knees. But there was one thing they could never take, and it’s all I have left to give you. My love. I don’t know if it’s enough—I don’t know if anything could ever be enough after what I’ve done—but if you’ll have me, it’s yours.”
We both had a lot of healing to do. But wrapped in each other’s love, there wasn’t anything we couldn’t face. I believed that down to the very bottom of my soul. Asher and I belonged to each other.
“Couple more weeks and we’ll be neighbros.” Logan lifted his hand to fist bump mine. I just looked at him. “What?” “Didn’t I tell you? We’re moving in next door.”
who is going to tell the bailey brothers that they actually won’t die if they live more than 5 miles away from each other
But we were rebuilding. Because love was bigger than tragedy. It was bigger than pain. I’d lost sight of that for a while, but Grace had been here to show me the way.
ultimately, our love had prevailed. I’d always believed, deep down, that Asher and I were meant to be together. Our souls were inextricably intertwined and there was nothing that could tear us apart.
