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now you’re keeping some demons down

Then Faith came in and sang the title lines with her.

Stop draggin’ my

Stop draggin’ my

Stop draggin’ my heart around.

They sang with feeling and inspiration as they stared into each other’s eyes. At first Destiny felt the anger from when Faith wouldn’t talk to her. She did feel like her heart was being torn apart. She could feel the hurt, but she also felt love. There had been a tug-of-war going on inside her since Faith had told her the truth.

Destiny was angry that Faith hadn’t told her what happened. She wanted to yell, but what good would that do? Faith now regretted not telling Destiny the truth three years ago. The anger had still been there, but she put it in those words and it was fading.

Destiny had the next verse and she quieted her voice a little as she sang.

It’s hard to think about what you’ve wanted

It’s hard to think about what you’ve lost

This doesn’t have to be the big get even

This doesn’t have to be anything at all

As Destiny sang the words she felt the truth of them. There was nothing to get even for between them. They had both lost the most important thing to them: each other.

“Sing with me,” Faith said.

Baby, you could never look me in the eye

Yeah, you buckle with the weight of the words

Stop draggin’ my

Stop draggin’ my

Stop draggin’ my heart around.

Destiny put all the anger and pain in the chorus. As the words flew into the air the feelings left her heart. The song ended and they stared at each other. Faith was right; she did feel lighter.

The bartender and one of the men at the bar clapped a couple of times. When they looked at each other again, laughter began to bubble up between them.

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“Ithink it worked,” Destiny said. “The only anger I have left is for Gloria, but even that doesn’t feel as intense. When we win that contract I think it will be gone, too.”

Faith smiled. She knew Destiny had been holding back her anger. Faith could see it in her eyes and feel it at times. She wanted to gain Destiny’s trust again, and she didn’t want her to live with that anger and pain if she could help her ease it.

When Faith realized she’d made a huge mistake by not going to Destiny with the video, she could have run away like she’d done before, but something made her stop and look at herself. She chose to believe it was their love that still lived in her heart. It was trying to help her see. That night in the shack with Destiny asleep, her head on Faith’s shoulder, it all became clear.

“I have a song for you,” Faith said softly. She searched through the songs and hoped the music and lyrics would be there.

Destiny raised her eyebrows.

“You’ll know it,” Faith assured her. “We used to watch the show.”

Faith found what she was looking for and queued up the song. She turned to Destiny and reached for her hand. “Do you remember when we watched The Fosters?”

Destiny nodded. “Oh yeah, we loved that show.”

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