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418 Irreparable Damage (Jayden)

But Lance had to see his mom's slow decline into depression before she finally ended things herself too. He had no other family he knew of and a shit ton of money.

So, we just became best friends, and then we met Winona and Lisa. We became each other's family when he didn't have one of his own, and I guess I didn't realize how much that bond had shaped us both until

now.

Lance and I bonded over our shared, fucked-up parent issues, and it made us inseparable. My mother might have been dysfunctional in her love, but at least she stood by me. He never had anyone.

Only us four friends hanging out and doing life. We were the ones who helped each other survive high school, then college, through all the madness of growing up.

We were just kids then, thinking we could save each other and the world. But adulthood and this betrayal make those bonds fragile.

what it would do to me." He looks down, a

get to decide how I feel

I do know she loves you. More

crossing my arms. "And how am I supposed to believe that when she didn't

about you. But I won't. You always have to make everything about yourself." "So now it's my fucking fault? That's rich!" I yell back, the heat burning in

about you. It's about everyone around you. Pull your head out of your ass and see it from Winona's

was with you that cuts me deep. That you could think so little of us..."

it. But I am sorry. I just want you to not let

stare at him knowing

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rare crack in his usually irreverent facade. "Don't do that to them The vulnerability is

the one who needs to sort out your own shit.

is that supposed to mean?" I demand, narrowing my eyes. There's something off in his

been through hell, and maybe you need time, but don't let this ruin what you have. Just talk to her, hear her. There're bigger things right now

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