Shattered Girl (Emmy)

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Is there anywhere we can look that is a little more secluded but still close enough to the university and city to make it manageable for everyone?" The guys all stopped talking to consider my question.

"We aren't going to find the type of seclusion we have here, but there are several areas we could check out that are only a twenty- to twenty-five-minute drive to the city and university," Patrick said, typing into his phone. Here, this is what I was talking about." Patrick slid his phone across the table to me, and I looked at the sight he had loaded onto his phone.

The information he had pulled up showed a smaller town, only a twenty-minute drive from the university. The houses that were listed for sale were all Large enough to our needs, and almost all of them had some amount of land, so while there were neighbors, they wouldn't be on top of us like in the city.

"I like this idea, are there more places like this that could work? I slid Patrick's phone back to him, and Jake leaned over to take a look.

"Yeah, I like that area; it's close to school but has plenty of privacy. Josh nodded his head in agreement.

Our discussion was interupted by the waitress returning with our food. We dug into our food, my moan of pleasure causing the guys to all stop and look at me. "What? It's good," I grumbled, ignoring Josh's short and focusing on my burger.

been divided into small rooms, and each area held something different. The space

on exploring the space, lost in my own head, that I didn't even notice when someone walked up behind me. It wasn't until I had leaned over to pull a book from a lower shelf

is following us everywhere for a reason, and he can't guard your body if you vanish without saying anything." Josh scolded, making me duck my head my heart feeling heavy in my chest. I became very interested in the patterned carpet covering the floor where I was standing Guilt and embarrassment made tears threaten to spill from my eyes, but I bit the

lump that had formed in my throat when he began scolding me. When he saw my tear-filled eyes and trembling lip, he pulled me into a tight hug,

wrapping me in a tight hug, and then running his hand up and down my back in a

motion.

at me; I didn't mean to make everyone worry or to upset

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not mad; I was scared, baby," Josh murmured against my hair as he pressed another kiss to the top of my head. I shook my head

you understand? Josh still had his

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before kissing my lips.

my hand in this, he led me out

saw Jamie visibly relax, now that he had eyes on