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I said nothing, and he left.
I locked the door.
The next day, Liam was there.
I acted like he wasn’t and walked towards
Hank.
I felt him staring.
I told Hank what was going on.
He didn’t care.
He was glad that I was his now.
Liam was waiting for us at home.
I didn’t understand.
Was Liam trying to win me back?
I didn’t think he could do that.
He always needed to be in control, and I
wasn’t doing what he wanted.
He got in the way.
He looked at Hank and said:
“Hailey, I thought about it, and what
happened at the party was wrong. I know
you’re mad, but I’ll wait for you.”
Liam never said anything like this before.
But what was that going to
I said to Hank.
“It’s cold, let’s make hot pot.”
Hank started rubbing my hands.
“It is getting cold. Did you bring warm clothes? Do you want me to get them?”
“It’s okay. I watched videos, I got this.”
“Hailey!”
Liam yelled.
I kept talking to Hank.
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