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Ryder: Tomorrow then?

A seed of hope plants itself in my chest and I hate myself for it.

Kat: I can’t.

Ryder: You think I’m going to give up that easily? I have something you need, Kitten. Something I’m more than willing to give you.

Jesus.

I’m screwed.

So fucking screwed.

Because the more he texts me, the more I get sucked in.

Another text comes through but I frown at the name on the screen.

Styx: How are you?

Anger boils under my skin. I have nothing to say to Styx.

Not a damn thing.

But it seems he’s got plenty to say to me since another text comes through.

Styx: Come on, Kitty Kat. Don’t shut me out. I want to apologize… please.

Emotions engulf me and tears prick the backs of my eyes.

I want him to apologize too. But I know it won’t change anything. Stygian Johnson is as stubborn as they come.

Well, fuck him.

I close his chat thread and pull up Ryder’s name again.

Kat: Fine. You can take me out. But we can’t go anywhere local and it’ll have to be later.

Ryder: You got it. Pick you up at six. Wear something warm and comfortable.

Kat: Don’t come to the house. I’ll meet you at the gas station on Marren Street.

Ryder: I’ll be the good looking one on the bike.

I text back an eye roll emoji and throw my phone down on the bed. This has mistake written all over it.

But then, I never have been very good at making the right decisions.

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STYX

My cell vibrating against my nightstand and then crashing to the floor is the wake-up call I definitely didn’t need.

I ended up working until close again last night despite the fact I’d already told my manager that I wasn’t staying—for the first time in… too long. But then she got a call that her dad had been taken back into the hospital and took off without a second glance.

I got it. If I had someone to care about, I’d have done the same.

But seeing as we were short-staffed, and even shorter of trustworthy staff who I trust to cash out and lock up, I had little choice but to stay and sort it all out.


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