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, Jenny does love you. I know it. Will you come over and have Saturday morning breakfast again?”
“Maybe . Sometime.” Aeron led Logan back down the hall toward the living room to get his coat and boots.
Still holding Cojack, Logan gave Aeron some squint eyes as he stomped his feet into his boots. “Aeron, are you staying away from Jenny on purpose?”
“No. Why would I do that?” he asked as he shrugged into his coat. He pulled on one boot then the other. When he was ready, he snapped the leash on Cojack’s collar and pulled open the front door. “Okay, let’s go.”
“C ome over. Tonight.” Logan begged, crunching over the snow, ahead of Aeron. He set Cojack on the sidewalk. The dog immediately lifted his leg, whizzing into the snow. “Come for dinner. Please. It was nice when you were staying with us. It felt…normal. Like a real family.”
God, he wasn’t going to give up. “I can’t, Logan.”
“Please? Just for dinner.”
“No, Logan. How far are we going to walk Cojack?”
“That way. I need to go home. I promised Jenny I wouldn’t come over here and bother you. She made me promise.”
Damn. Of course she had told him not to come over. She was hurt. She was angry. She wasn’t going to allow Logan to hang out with him after he’d run out on her.
“I guess you’d better go home then. I’ll walk Cojack.”
“Will you walk me home? I can say I had to stay after school to finish some work, and you were walking by when I left. You can have some hot chocolate at my house.”
This kid was persistent. He had to give him that. “No, I won’t have hot chocolate at your house.”
“Why not?”
“Because.” Aeron let a big sigh slip up his throat. If there was any hope of Logan giving up on the idea of him and Jennifer falling in love, he was going to have to come clean and tell the truth, at least a little of it. “Listen, Logan. Your sister and I had a problem. That’s why I had to leave. She’s upset, and I’m sure she doesn’t want to see me or talk to me right now. I’m trying to do the right thing and stay away from her.”
“I don’t understand.”
“It’s complicated.”
“Grown- ups make everything complicated,” Logan grumbled. “It shouldn’t be complicated. You like Jenny. Jenny likes you. Come over to my house and talk to her.”
“I can’t, Logan. I’m sorry.”
“Fine.” Logan shoved Cojack’s leash into Aeron’s hand and stomped several feet ahead of him. He stopped, twisted to glare at Aeron over his shoulder, and said, “If you won’t come over, then I don’t need to be your friend either. Bye.”
Great.
Wonderful.
Now this case had completely gone off the tracks. He had lost Logan’s trust. And if he couldn’t get it back in time, Logan would suffer the consequences.
Somehow, he had to regain it. Quickly.
* * * * *
Why, oh why had Aeron put her in this position? The bastard. It was only two weeks. Two weeks. Why couldn’t he have stayed? Why?
So they kissed.
So he touched her down there .
So she was a virgin? So what?
She was a big girl. She could handle it. He didn’t want any strings. She got it. They could have come to some kind of understanding.
Now, she had to deal with worse.
I can do this.
Bobby was sprawled on her couch, one thick arm draped across the back, a foot resting on the opposite knee. “I was surprised to hear from you. It’s been a long time. Over a year.”
“Yes, it has been a long time.”
“How’s school?” Bobby asked. “Weren’t you taking some AP classes this year?”
“I…quit.”
His eyes practically bugged out of his head. “What? Quit? You?”
“ I know. Shocking, right? A lot has happened since…last time you saw me.”
“ Wow. Well…you look good.” He said that to her chest.
This wasn’t a good idea. Not at all. Being t wo years older than her meant Bobby was legally old enough to be Logan’s guardian if DHS came in to investigate. But that also meant he might
“Maybe . Sometime.” Aeron led Logan back down the hall toward the living room to get his coat and boots.
Still holding Cojack, Logan gave Aeron some squint eyes as he stomped his feet into his boots. “Aeron, are you staying away from Jenny on purpose?”
“No. Why would I do that?” he asked as he shrugged into his coat. He pulled on one boot then the other. When he was ready, he snapped the leash on Cojack’s collar and pulled open the front door. “Okay, let’s go.”
“C ome over. Tonight.” Logan begged, crunching over the snow, ahead of Aeron. He set Cojack on the sidewalk. The dog immediately lifted his leg, whizzing into the snow. “Come for dinner. Please. It was nice when you were staying with us. It felt…normal. Like a real family.”
God, he wasn’t going to give up. “I can’t, Logan.”
“Please? Just for dinner.”
“No, Logan. How far are we going to walk Cojack?”
“That way. I need to go home. I promised Jenny I wouldn’t come over here and bother you. She made me promise.”
Damn. Of course she had told him not to come over. She was hurt. She was angry. She wasn’t going to allow Logan to hang out with him after he’d run out on her.
“I guess you’d better go home then. I’ll walk Cojack.”
“Will you walk me home? I can say I had to stay after school to finish some work, and you were walking by when I left. You can have some hot chocolate at my house.”
This kid was persistent. He had to give him that. “No, I won’t have hot chocolate at your house.”
“Why not?”
“Because.” Aeron let a big sigh slip up his throat. If there was any hope of Logan giving up on the idea of him and Jennifer falling in love, he was going to have to come clean and tell the truth, at least a little of it. “Listen, Logan. Your sister and I had a problem. That’s why I had to leave. She’s upset, and I’m sure she doesn’t want to see me or talk to me right now. I’m trying to do the right thing and stay away from her.”
“I don’t understand.”
“It’s complicated.”
“Grown- ups make everything complicated,” Logan grumbled. “It shouldn’t be complicated. You like Jenny. Jenny likes you. Come over to my house and talk to her.”
“I can’t, Logan. I’m sorry.”
“Fine.” Logan shoved Cojack’s leash into Aeron’s hand and stomped several feet ahead of him. He stopped, twisted to glare at Aeron over his shoulder, and said, “If you won’t come over, then I don’t need to be your friend either. Bye.”
Great.
Wonderful.
Now this case had completely gone off the tracks. He had lost Logan’s trust. And if he couldn’t get it back in time, Logan would suffer the consequences.
Somehow, he had to regain it. Quickly.
* * * * *
Why, oh why had Aeron put her in this position? The bastard. It was only two weeks. Two weeks. Why couldn’t he have stayed? Why?
So they kissed.
So he touched her down there .
So she was a virgin? So what?
She was a big girl. She could handle it. He didn’t want any strings. She got it. They could have come to some kind of understanding.
Now, she had to deal with worse.
I can do this.
Bobby was sprawled on her couch, one thick arm draped across the back, a foot resting on the opposite knee. “I was surprised to hear from you. It’s been a long time. Over a year.”
“Yes, it has been a long time.”
“How’s school?” Bobby asked. “Weren’t you taking some AP classes this year?”
“I…quit.”
His eyes practically bugged out of his head. “What? Quit? You?”
“ I know. Shocking, right? A lot has happened since…last time you saw me.”
“ Wow. Well…you look good.” He said that to her chest.
This wasn’t a good idea. Not at all. Being t wo years older than her meant Bobby was legally old enough to be Logan’s guardian if DHS came in to investigate. But that also meant he might
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