Tangled
Chapter 279
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279 Ava: Best Friends Together Again
Kellan nods reluctantly, trudging off the porch with slow steps. I shake my head, still smiling, and step inside.
“Lisa?” I call out. "It's safe to come out now. I've banished the big bad wolf."
A muffled curse comes from the direction of my bedroom, followed by the sound of shuffling feet. Lisa appears in the doorway, wrapped in'a towel, her wet hair dripping onto the shoulders.
"Is he really gone?" she asks, peering around me suspiciously.
I nod. "He's outside. I told him to give you some space."
Lisa's shoulders relax, and she pads over to the couch, sinking into it with a heavy sigh. "Thank God. I thought he was going to break down the bathroom door. I had to kick him out because he kept peeking in to make sure I was okay. While showering"
"Yes, I'm not surprised." I toss a few things at her to wear. Shirt, pants, underwear. "These aren't fancy, but none of us got to bring our wardrobe."
"I never realized what a luxury clothes are," Lisa agrees, unperturbed by the mismatched and style-less choices, hopping into the bathroom to get dressed. "Do you happen to have a hair dryer?" "Nope."
"Damn. Oh, well."
Lisa emerges from the bathroom, striking an exaggerated pose in the oversized clothes I've given her. The baggy fabric hangs off her frame, accentuating how thin she's become.
"How do I look?" she asks, her voice playful but strained.
My heart clenches painfully in my chest. "Fabulous as always," I manage, forcing a smile. "You could make a potato sack look good."
the couch, and I join her, our shoulders touching. For a
weariness that makes her look years older. "I don't want to think about it right now, if that's okay." She reaches for my hand, squeezing it tightly. "Can we just focus on the fact that
no," Lisa interrupts, her voice gentle. "Don't
spilling out, raw and painful. "There was no way to get to you. We didn't know where you were, and then we did, but we were powerless to save you immediately, and then... then there
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Ava: Best Friends Together
be there. I
get it, okay? I hate that our... our selfishness brought all this tragedy to Westwood. If anyone should be apologizing, it's me. I was with you every step of the way, whining and complaining. I'm
want to say, so many questions I want to ask, but I can't bring myself to break this fragile
we sit, hands clasped, lost in our own
least until Lisa says, "So, do you have any coffee around
quirk. "I think so, but we'd have to let Kellan in. He's been feeding and
good at that." A grin flashes across her face. "Though the food is
"Still, he orders it."
that I hate
"And olives."
and adds
you aren't too unhappy with how things have turned out,
out of nowhere growling and ready to tear us apart. All the other wolves don't even fight him, and then-ugh. Anyway,
her voice to hiss, "He kissed me, Ava. Not a peck. Not
chin on my hand. "Was it
But everyone was watching. And then he picked me up and refused to put me down. And
that." Trying desperately to hide my
inch of my life if I was ever kidnapped again. Oh, and then he threatened to cut off all my hair and turn me into a monk if I ever hide behind
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